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By 1900, how many mills were operating in Bombay?Read the answer and worked solution →Tipu Sultan's legendary sword was made of a high carbon steel called:Read the answer and worked solution →Which scientist spent four years, 1818 to 1822, studying Indian Wootz steel?Read the answer and worked solution →Which community specialised in iron smelting in Central India?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1904 Charles Weld and Dorabji Tata found fine iron ore at:Read the answer and worked solution →The Rajhara Hills ore later supplied which steel plant?Read the answer and worked solution →TISCO began producing steel in:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the textile wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the iron and steel wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the industry yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the craft wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Textile or steelRead the answer and worked solution →Sort cloths, people and placesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Weavers and smelters bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The first map of Hindustan in 1782, showing Brahmans offering Shastras to Britannia, was produced by:Read the answer and worked solution →Rennel was asked to produce maps of Hindustan by:Read the answer and worked solution →The 1922 Lipton tea advertisement showed Prince Arthur, third son of Queen Victoria, titled:Read the answer and worked solution →British histories of India began with the first Governor-General:Read the answer and worked solution →The last Viceroy with whom British histories of India ended was:Read the answer and worked solution →James Mill published A History of British India in:Read the answer and worked solution →James Mill's history of India ran to how many volumes?Read the answer and worked solution →James Mill divided Indian history into Hindu, Muslim and:Read the answer and worked solution →James Mill was by nationality:Read the answer and worked solution →Mill believed all Asian societies were at a lower level of civilisation than:Read the answer and worked solution →Historians moving away from Mill's scheme divided Indian history into ancient, medieval and:Read the answer and worked solution →Because British rule brought no equality or liberty, many historians call the period:Read the answer and worked solution →The Class 8 history textbook is called Our Pasts in the plural because:Read the answer and worked solution →The British set up record rooms attached to administrative institutions because they believed in:Read the answer and worked solution →In the early nineteenth century official documents were beautifully copied by:Read the answer and worked solution →

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By 1900, how many mills were operating in Bombay?

  1. Over 500
  2. Over 84
  3. Over 20
  4. Over 200
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Correct answer: B. Over 84

1. Parsi and Gujarati businessmen set up many. 2. There were over 84 mills. 3. Their wealth came from the China trade. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 6, Weavers, Iron Smelters and Factory Owners._

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Tipu Sultan's legendary sword was made of a high carbon steel called:

  1. Zari
  2. Chintz
  3. Wootz
  4. Bidri
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Correct answer: C. Wootz

1. Its edge had a flowing water pattern. 2. The steel was Wootz. 3. It was made in furnaces across south India. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 6, Weavers, Iron Smelters and Factory Owners._

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Which scientist spent four years, 1818 to 1822, studying Indian Wootz steel?

  1. Isaac Newton
  2. Humphry Davy
  3. James Watt
  4. Michael Faraday
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Correct answer: D. Michael Faraday

1. Wootz fascinated European scientists. 2. Michael Faraday studied it. 3. The technique was lost by the mid-nineteenth century. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 6, Weavers, Iron Smelters and Factory Owners._

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