Indian Textiles

Q. In India, the British had to turn to textile trade as the spice trade was dominated by the _______.

1. French
2. Dutch
3. Germans
4. Portuguese

Q. In the 18th Century CE, the English trading companies often bought woven fabric from Indian weavers with ________________.

1. spices and silk
2. gold and silver
3. diamonds and platinum
4. pearls and oysters

Q. Which was the world's largest cotton textile producing country during the early 1750s?

1. Britain
2. America
3. India
4. Spain

Q. "Calico" is a word derived from the place Calicut, and the word refers to ____________.

1. fish varieties
2. tea varieties
3. spice varieties
4. cotton textiles

Q. Surat in Gujarat used to be a very important port on the western coast of India. When did its importance decline?

1. 16th Century CE
2. 17th Century CE
3. 18th Century CE
4. 15th Century CE