Class 08 Social Science History Weavers Iron Smelters And Factory Owners CBSE Questions & Answers

From which holy book were quotations taken and written in gold in Tipu sultan?s sword?

Listed below are a few statements about the sword of Tipu Sultan. Pick out the statements that are not TRUE.Tipu Sultan died fighting with his sword in his handTipu?s legendary swords are a part of the valuable collections in the museums in EmglandThe sword had an incredibly hard and sharp edge that could rip through the opponents armour. The quality of the sword came from a special type of high carbon steel called Wootz

What was the type of carbon steel that Tipu?s sword was made up of called ?

Identify this personality based on the clues given. He toured Mysore in 1800 and left an impressionable account of the technique by which Wootz steel was produced.

Wootz is an anglicised version of the Kannada word ukku. Telugu word hukku and Tamil and Malayalam urukku. What does this word actually mean ?

Identify this legendary scientist and discoverer of electricity and electromagnetism who spent four years studying the properties of Indian Wootz.

What are Bellows?

With the help of the image given below, pick out the name of the community specialized in iron smelting. These workers were affected by a series of famine and had to desert their village and migrated to other places

Wh travelled along with Charles Weld in Chhattisgarh in seaarch of iron ored deposits in 1904 ?

Choose the name of the hills where the finest ores were discovered by the American geologist Chalres Weld and Jamsetji Tata?

Which unit was set up to produce steel in 1912 ?

Pick out the from the different names of rivers, the banks on which a factory and industrial township of TISCO was set up

Choose the city where the Tata Iron and Steel Compnay (TISCO)was established in 1912 .

Which state owned enterprise turned to TISCO when the imports of British steel into India declined ?

Complete the following. By 1919, the colonial government bought ___________ percent of steel manufactured by TISCO.