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The Spinning Jenny was invented by:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D.
1. NCERT lists textile inventions chronologically.
2. James Hargreaves invented the Spinning Jenny in 1764 — it sped up the spinning process.
3. Arkwright made the Water Frame; Crompton made the Mule; Cartwright invented the Power Loom.
_Source: NCERT Class 10 History India and the Contemporary World - II, Ch 4 "The Age of Industrialisation", §Inventions ¶2_
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