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Under whose guidance, teak plantation was started in Nilambur during British rule in Kerala?

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  1. Lord Mayo

  2. Lord Cuzan

  3. Lord Conolly

  4. Lord Dalhousie

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

H.V Conolly, the then Collector of British, laid the foundation of the Nilambur Teak Plantation in Malappuram in the 1840s.

When the Janmi-Kudian Act was passed that granted the land ownership to the tenants in Travancore?

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  1. 1892

  2. 1894

  3. 1896

  4. 1898

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Correct Option: C

Who started coir factory in Alappuzha in 1859?

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  1. James Smith

  2. James Scott

  3. James Hilton

  4. James Darragh

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The first Coir factory “Darragh Smail & Co.” for the manufacture of Coir floor furnishings was established by Mr. James Darragh together with Henry Smail at Alleppey during the year 1859. He was an adventurous Irish born American national. He started the coir manufacturing industry for producing coir mats, matting and other floor coverings on a factory basis. 

_________was the first prominent Indian to establish the iron and steel industry in Jamshedpur.

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  1. Jamshetji Tata

  2. Ratan Tata

  3. Dhirubhai Ambani 

  4. None of  the above 

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Correct Option: A

India's first textile mill was set up in 1854 in _______ .

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  1. Bombay

  2. Gujarat

  3. Assam

  4. Chennai

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Correct Option: A

The first cotton mill in Bombay came up in ________.

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  1. 1654

  2. 1764

  3. 1854

  4. 1855

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Correct Option: C

Who was the founder of Tata Steel?

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  1. Dorabji Tata

  2. Ratan Tata

  3. Jamsetji Tata

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C

When the first iron and steel unit in India on modern lines was established?

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  1. 1830

  2. 1907

  3. 1919

  4. 1874

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Correct Option: B

When Tata Iron and Steel Company was formed?

geography crafts and industries development of industries in india traditional crafts and decline of indian industries impact of british rule on kerala

  1. 1830

  2. 1907

  3. 1919

  4. 1923

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Correct Option: B