alleryThe 'fly shuttle' (also called the flying shuttle) was invented by:
AEdmund Cartwright
BJohn Kay
CCrompton
DWatt
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. John Kay
1. Your syllabus lists textile innovations.
2. John Kay invented the fly shuttle in 1733 — it doubled weaver productivity.
3. Hargreaves spun (Spinning Jenny); Arkwright (Water Frame); Crompton (Mule); Cartwright (Power Loom).
_Source: syllabus History India and the Contemporary World - II, Ch 4 "The Age of Industrialisation", §Inventions ¶1_
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