WorksheetsWeavers and iron smelters
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 4mins
In which year did the British government enacted a legislation banning the use of printed cotton textiles – chintz – in England. Interestingly, this Act was known as the Calico Act.
1721
1720
1726
1723
Who invented Spinning Jenny?
Robert Louis
Richard Arkwright
John mills
John kaye
What came to represent India, and was put at the centre of the tricolour flag of the Indian National Congress adopted in 1931.
Charkha
Chakrah
Charhka
Chharka
-------------- was mostly done by women.
colouring
spinning
farming
labouring
The invention of the steam engine by who in 1786 revolutionised cotton textile weaving
Chandra Shekhar Nopany
Oswal Woollen
Richard Arkwright
Richard arkwirght
By the 1850s, Which country came to be known as the "Workshop of the World" ?
(a)
Which textile was highly traded by Arab merchants
Muslin
Chintz
Jamdaani
Calico
_____________ refers to any brightly colored and printed scarf for the neck or head.
Muslin
Bandanna
Chintz
Calico
