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Which combination of British inventors and their textile inventions is correct as per the text?
ACrompton — cotton gin; Cartwright — spinning mule
BEdmund Cartwright — spinning jenny; Hargreaves — power loom
CJohn Kay — power loom; Richard Arkwright — flying shuttle
DJohn Kay — flying shuttle; Richard Arkwright — mechanised spinning frame
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. John Kay — flying shuttle; Richard Arkwright — mechanised spinning frame
1. The Textile Industry section assigns each invention to its inventor by year.
2. John Kay made the flying shuttle in 1738.
3. Richard Arkwright (1769) advanced the mechanised spinning frame.
4. The other combinations swap inventors and devices.
_Source: Maharashtra Balbharati Std XII History, Ch 1 "Renaissance in Europe and Development of Science", §1.4 ¶2_
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