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James Hargreaves's 'spinning jenny' could operate how many spindles at once?
AEight
BSixteen
CTwenty
DFour
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Eight
1. The Textile Industry section traces British spinning inventions.
2. Hargreaves's spinning jenny is described as a spinning frame with multiple spindles.
3. The text specifies it allowed work on eight spindles simultaneously.
_Source: Maharashtra Balbharati Std XII History, Ch 1 "Renaissance in Europe and Development of Science", §1.4 ¶2_
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