Q110
Geography (incl. West Bengal)West Bengal Geography
In West Bengal, silk industry is famous in
- a.Murshidabad
- b.Purulia
- c.Nadia
- d.Howrah
Answer: (A) Murshidabad
Murshidabad is the historic home of Bengal's silk industry: mulberry silkworm rearing and reeling around Kasimbazar, Jiaganj and Islampur, which drew the English, Dutch and French trading companies in the 17th and 18th centuries. The Baluchari sari originated at Baluchar in Murshidabad (it is woven today mainly at Bishnupur in Bankura), and Malda is the state's other big producer of mulberry raw silk. The distractors are known for other things: Purulia for lac, tasar and Chhau masks; Nadia (Shantipur, Phulia) for cotton handloom 'tant' saris; and Howrah for engineering and jute. Karnataka is India's leading silk-producing state.