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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, BHUBANESWAR.

Class VIII: SOCIAL STUDIES – GEOGRAPHY
CHAPTER - 5- INDUSTRIES

Multiple Choice Questions

(NOTE: - Choose the correct option and put a tick mark.)

1) Natural fibres are obtained from wool, silk, cotton, linen and _____.

a) Jute
b) tree bark

c) banana leaves

d) roots of cactus

2) In which century power looms facilitated the development of cotton textile industry?
th
a) 19
th
b) 18
th
c) 20
st
d) 21

3) The term ‘textile’ is derived from the Latin word___________.

a) Texere
b) carpe diem

c) Cogito

d) Veni

4) In 18th centurypower looms facilitated the development of cotton textileindustry, first in
_______ and later in other parts of theworld.

a) Brazil
b) Argentina

c) Britain

d) Spain

5) Where are Chintzes produced?

a) Visakhapatnam
b) Masulipatnam

c) Salem