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Class 10 · Social Science · India and the Contemporary World - II

4. The Age of Industrialisation

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James Watt improved the

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Answer: A. steam engine

He improved Newcomen's steam engine and patented it in 1781.

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The spinning jenny was invented by

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Answer: A. James Hargreaves

Hargreaves devised it in 1764; one worker could run many spindles at once.

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Gomasthas were

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Answer: A. paid servants of the East India Company who supervised weavers

They collected supplies and checked the quality of cloth.

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