Question

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: Do you know that around 270 eucalyptus trees or 460 bamboo plants are saved when we produce one tonne of hand made paper? It is eco-friendly hand-made paper that also checks pollution of water, land and air. Large quantities of polluting chemicals are used by paper mills. Hand-made paper is the best form of recycled paper. It has a fine surface for writing. It is also strong enough for making drawings. Paper manufacturing is a very old tradition. It was invented in China nearly two thousand years back. Indians used the leaves of palm trees for writing. Papyrus is a kind of paper made from a reed of the same name. It grew on the banks of the River Nile, and was used in Egypt. The hand-made paper industry flourished in India during the Mughal period. But it died with the setting up of paper mills in the 18th and 19th centuries. Mahatma Gandhi revived it during the freedom movement. Today it is a fast growing industry

1.why is hand made paper becoming more and more popular?
2.mention two features of hand made paper.
3.what did indians use for writing when there was no paper?
4.what is papyrus?
5.why did the hand made paper industry due in india in the 18th and 19th centuries?
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Answer 1

Answer:

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Explanation:

(a) Hand-made paper is becoming more and more popular because it is eco-friendly and checks pollution of water, land and air.

(b)

• It has a fine surface for writing.

• It is also strong enough for making drawings.

(c) They used the leaves of palm trees.

(d) Papyrus is a kind of paper made from a reed.

(e) Hand-made paper industry died in India in the 18th and 19th centuries because paper mills got established.