The Decline of Indian Textiles

Q. Which is the only place in India where the Indian national flag is made?

1. Akola, Maharashtra
2. Bengiri, Karnataka
3. Margram, West Bengal
4. Toosa, Punjab

Q. Which of these is a Persian term for 'warehouse'?

1. Aurang
2. Anar
3. Godaam
4. Auzaar

Q. In 1931, the Indian National Congress used the ______ at the centre of their tricolour flag.

1. circle
2. takli
3. wheel
4. charkha

Q. The Indian national flag is by law required to be made of .

1. silk
2. cotton
3. muslin
4. khadi

Q. The Centres for weaving started to emerge in the city of .

1. Baghdad
2. Ahmedabad
3. Kolkata
4. Madurai

Q. Due to the industrial revolution, as the production of textiles began through industrial means, British textiles became _________ than Indian textiles.

1. less competitive
2. cheaper
3. more expensive
4. the same price as

Q. What was the impact of the Industrial Revolution on Indian small scale industries?

Q. Which of the following items were imported to American colonies by the British?

1. cotton
2. sugar
3. steel
4. tobacco

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Q. In the 1900s, leaders like Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi called for the boycott of imported textiles and urged people to buy ______, a handspun, woven cloth - made in India.

1. Khadi
2. Mulmul
3. Muslin
4. Calico

Q. In the early 1900s, there was renewed demand for Indian textiles in the international markets due to which of the following events?

1. Invention of the Spinning Jenny
2. The Calico Act in Britain
3. Invention of the Steam Engine
4. World War I

Q. India's first cotton mill was established in ______ in the year 1854.

1. Calcutta
2. Madras
3. Bombay
4. Dacca

Q. The Indian national flag is required, by law, to be made of _______.

1. Muslin
2. Silk
3. Cotton
4. Khadi

Q. When competition for duty free European textiles had choked the Indian textile industry, centres for weaving started to emerge in cities like ______ and ______.

1. Kolkata
2. Madurai
3. Sholapur
4. Ahmedabad

Q. The national flag of India is required, by law, to be made of _______.

1. Muslin
2. Khadi
3. Calico
4. Mulmul

Q. India's first cotton mill was established in Kolkata.

1. True
2. False

Q. In 1931, the Indian National Congress used the ______ at the centre of their tricolour flag.

1. circle
2. takli
3. wheel
4. charkha

Q. The Centres for weaving started to emerge in the city of .

1. Baghdad
2. Ahmedabad
3. Kolkata
4. Madurai

Q. Which of the following markets that were later occupied by the British were originally India's prime markets for textiles?

1. Europe
2. Africa
3. America
4. Antarctica

Q. Explain factor theorm