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Class- 8th

Social Science
Lesson no 12: Handicraft and Industry

Answer the following questions:

1. Write down the two reasons of decline of small scale industries in India.

Ans:- 1. High Rates of commodities produced in the small scale industries.

2. Export of raw material from India to England.

2. Why are goods made by small scale industries were expensive in India?

Ans:- The rates of the small scale commodities were high because more labour was needed to

prepare them.

3. Where and when the first cotton industry was set up in India?

Ans:- In 1853 A.D. in Bombay (Mumbai).

4. Where and when the first jute industry was set up in India?

Ans:-In Sarampur (Bengal) in 1854 A.D.

5. Where and when the first coffee garden was set up?

Ans:- In South India in 1840 A.D.

6. Where and when the first tea garden was set up?

Ans:-In Assam in 1852 A.D.

7. Write down the reasons of decline of small scale industries in India in the 19th

Century.

Ans:- The Britishers abolished many princely states and established of British rule in India. Due

to this, villagers and town people started using the things which were made in the factories

because these were good in quality and cheap. So that is why the small scale industries started

declining and workers became unemployed.


8. Write a note about indigo industry.

Ans:-The production of Indigo started in Bengal and Bihar by the end of the 18th century.

Indian people were put to work in the big Indigo plantations set up by the Europeans. 35 lakh

hectare land was under cultivation for Indigo in 1825 AD.

(B) Fill in the Blanks:

1. The kings of princely states used to use the things made by small scale industries.

2. New generation did not like the goods prepared by small scale industries.

3. All new factories were run by coal.

(C) Write ‘True’ or ‘False’ in the brackets given after each statement:

1. All workers became unemployed due to the decline of small scale industries in towns and

villages. (√)

2. Industrial revolution occurred in England in the 19th century. (×)

3. The rates of the small scale commodities were high. (√)

4. Indian raw material began export to England in the 18th century. (√)

(D) Match the words:-

(A) (B)

1. Assam Tea Company

2. Jute Industry Sarampur (Bengal)

3. Coal Mining Industry Raniganj

Prepared By:- Vetted By:


Harbans Lal Garg (S.S. Master) Ranjit Kaur (S.S. MISTRESS)
GMS Gorkhnath (MANSA) GSSSS TIBBER, GURDASPUR

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