Q1. What is the factory system?
Q2. What is Bandhani?
Q3. Name the varities of Indian cotton textiles that were in demand in Europe.
Q4. Who established the first cotton spinning mill in Bombay?
Q5. Give the factors responsible for the decline of iron smelting industry in India.
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Answer:
ans1:the production of manufactured goods on a large scale using machines in factories, introduced in Britain in the late 18th century.
"the factory system became the dominant form of industrial organization throughout the 19th century"
ans2:Bandhani is a type of tie-dye textile decorated by plucking the cloth with the fingernails into many tiny bindings that form a figurative design. The term bandhani is derived from the Sanskrit verbal root bandh.
ans3:Printing cotton cloths were called chintz, cossaes or khassa and bandanna. From the 1680s there started a craze for printed Indian cotton textiles in England and Europe mainly for their exquisite floral designs, fine texture and relative cheapness. Other cloths that were Kasimbazar, Patna, Calcutta, Orissa, Charpoore.
ans4:Cowasji Nanabhai Davar
The impetus towards the founding of a cotton industry came from Indian entrepreneurs. The first Indian cotton mill, "The Bombay Spinning Mill", was opened in 1854 in Bombay by Cowasji Nanabhai Davar.
ans5:The decline of the Indian iron smelting industry has following reasons: (i) The main reason was the forest laws which were formed by the British Government in India. ... But the iron smelters had to pay a very high tax to the forest department for every furnace they used. This adversely affected their income or earnings.
Answer:
What is the factory system?
❤️The factory system is a method of manufacturing using machinery and division of labour. Because of the high capital cost of machinery and factory buildings, factories were typically privately owned by wealthy individuals who employed the operative labour.
What is Bandhani?
❤️Bandhani is a type of tie-dye textile decorated by plucking the cloth with the fingernails into many tiny bindings that form a figurative design. The term bandhani is derived from the Sanskrit verbal root bandh.
Name the varities of Indian cotton textiles that were in demand in Europe.
❤️Printing cotton cloths were called chintz, cossaes or khassa and bandanna. From the 1680s there started a craze for printed Indian cotton textiles in England and Europe mainly for their exquisite floral designs, fine texture and relative cheapness. Other cloths that were Kasimbazar, Patna, Calcutta, Orissa, Charpoore.
Who established the first cotton spinning mill in Bombay?
❤️Cowasji Nanabhai Davar
The impetus towards the founding of a cotton industry came from Indian entrepreneurs. The first Indian cotton mill, "The Bombay Spinning Mill", was opened in 1854 in Bombay by Cowasji Nanabhai Davar.
Give the factors responsible for the decline of iron smelting industry in India.
❤️The Indian iron smelting industry decline in the nineteenth century due to the following reasons: Imposition of new forest laws prevented people from entering the reserved forests. Due to this, Indian smelters were unable to get wood for charcoal and iron ore.