Question
In pre-industrial cotton-textile production, which operation used a vibrating bow-string to loosen fibres after the seeds had been removed and before spinning?
The correct answer is
Carding
Carding loosened and separated cotton fibres with a bow-string. Ginning removed the seeds, spinning made yarn, and weaving interlaced yarn into cloth.
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Important Questions from Literary Sources
Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
List – I List – II a. Srautasutra i. Measuring of fire – altars b. Grihyasutra ii. Rules relating to sacrifices c. Dharmasutra iii. Domestic Rights d. Sulvasutra iv. Dharma or Law - Consider the following foreign authors :
(a) Ktesias (b) Megasthenes (c) Pliny (d) Ptolemy
The correct chronological sequence of the above authors is : - “As Khizr Khan and Malka-i-Jahan were devoting themselves to interminable feasts and celebrations and did not care for his nursing and treatment, the Sultan attributed his illness to their negligence and his heart was deeply alienated from them".
Identify the source and the name of the Sultan referred to in the above statement. - Which of the following statements is not correct in respect of James Mill, the imperialist historiographer ?
- The following are correct except :
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