Choose the correct option:
Question 1.
Which one of the following has been major source of foreign exchange for IT industry?
(a) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)
(b) Oil India Limited (OIL)
(c) Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)
(d) Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)
Answer
Answer: (d) Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)
Question 2.
In what ratio are iron ore, coking coal and limestone required to make steel?
(a) 4 : 2 : 1
(b) 4 : 1 : 2
(c) 4 : 3 : 1
(d) 4 : 3 : 2
Answer
Answer: (a) 4 : 2 : 1
Question 3.
Which one of the following groups of factors is a prime group for the location of aluminium smelting plant?
(a) Capital and market
(b) Raw material and electricity
(c) Labour and raw material
(d) Capital and transport
Answer
Answer: (b) Raw material and electricity
Question 4.
Which one of the following is not true regarding the National Jute Policy of 2005?
(a) Creating awareness about the use of biodegradable materials
(b) Ensuring good prices to the jute farmers
(c) Increasing productivity
(d) Improving quality of jute
Answer
Answer: (a) Creating awareness about the use of biodegradable materials
Question 5.
What is per capita consumption of steel per annum in India?
(a) 28 kg
(b) 30 kg
(c) 32 kg
(d) 34 kg
Answer
Answer: (c) 32 kg
Question 6.
Which of the following factors are not necessary to set up an iron and steel plant?
(a) Proximity to iron-ore mines
(b) Availability of coking coal
(c) Good resources of limestone and manganese
(d) Nearness to a water body to discharge wastes
Answer
Answer: (d) Nearness to a water body to discharge wastes
Question 7.
Air pollution is caused by
(a) Organic and inorganic industrial effluents discharged into rivers.
(b) Presence of high proportion of sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide and air-borne particulate materials.
(c) Unwanted sounds from industries, generators, saws and pneumatic and electric drills.
(d) Overdrawing of groundwater.
Answer
Answer: (b) Presence of high proportion of sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide and air-borne particulate materials.
Question 8.
Most of the integrated steel plants in India are located in
(a) Malwa Plateau
(b) Bundelkhand Plateau
(c) Meghalaya Plateau
(d) Chotanagpur Plateau
Answer
Answer: (d) Chotanagpur Plateau
Question 9.
Which are the two prime factors for the location of aluminium industry?
(a) Market and labour
(b) Transport network and water supply
(c) Cheap and regular supply of electricity and bauxite
(d) None of the above
Answer
Answer: (c) Cheap and regular supply of electricity and bauxite
Question 10.
The first cement plant was set up in India in 1904 in
(a) Jamshedpur
(b) Hyderabad
(c) Nagpur
(d) Chennai
Answer
Answer: (d) Chennai
Question 11.
Which one of the following groups of states have the largest number of cotton textile centres?
(a) Gujarat and Maharashtra
(b) Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
(c) Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh
(d) Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat
Answer
Answer: (a) Gujarat and Maharashtra
Question 12.
Which of the following group of factors is a prime group for the location of aluminium smelting plant?
(a) Capital and Market
(b) Raw material and Electricity
(c) Labour and Raw material
(d) Capital and Transport
Answer
Answer: (b) Raw material and Electricity
Question 13.
Which one of the following countries has the largest installed capacity of spindles in the world?
(a) India
(b) China
(c) USA
(d) Britain
Answer
Answer: (b) China
Question 14.
Which one of the following cities is known as electronic capital of India ?
(a) Srinagar
(b) Noida
(c) Bengaluru
(d) Pune
Answer
Answer: (c) Bengaluru
Question 15.
The first successful textile mill was established in:
(a) Delhi
(b) Vishakhapatnam
(c) Chennai
(d) Mumbai (Bombay)
Answer
Answer: (d) Mumbai (Bombay)
Question 16.
Manufacturing Industries are placed in:
(a) Primary sector
(b) Secondary sector
(c) Tertiary sector
(d) Service sector
Answer
Answer: (b) Secondary sector
Question 17.
Which one of the following air services provides services to Oil and Natural Gas Commission in its off-shore operations?
(a) Indian Airlines
(b) Air India
(c) Pawan hans Helicopters LTD
(d) Alliance
Answer
Answer: (c) Pawanhans Helicopters LTD
Question 18.
The first successful textile mill was established in:
(a) Delhi
(b) Vishakhapatnam
(c) Chennai
(d) Mumbai (Bombay)
Answer
Answer: (d) Mumbai (Bombay)
Question 19.
What is the correct meaning of agglomeration economies?
(a) Many industries set up in rural centres
(b) Industries are basically agro-based.
(c) Many industries tend to come together to make use of the advantages offered by the urban centres
(d) Industries set up produce raw material for secondary sector.
Answer
Answer: (c) Many industries tend to come together to make use of the advantages offered by the urban centres
Question 20.
Which of the following industries has been a major foreign exchange earner in the last few years?
(a) Electronics Industry
(b) Information Technology Industry
(c) Engineering Industry
(d) Tourism Industry
Answer
Answer: (b) Information Technology Industry
Question 21.
Which of the following is an electronics industry?
(a) HMT, Bengaluru
(b) TISCO, Jamshedpur
(c) BHEL, Hyderabad
(d) BALCO, Korba
Answer
Answer: (c) BHEL, Hyderabad
Question 22.
Which of the following is a negative effect of industrialisation?
(a) Economic growth
(b) Pollution
(c) Foreign exchange earnings
(d) Rapid urbanisation
Answer
Answer: (b) Pollution
Question 23.
Which of the following industries is the largest consumer of chemicals?
(a) Fertilisers
(b) Textiles
(c) Chemicals
(d) Paper
Answer
Answer: (c) Chemicals
Question 24.
Sixty percent of sugar mills are concentrated in which of the following states?
(a) Punjab and Haryana
(b) Maharashtra and Gujarat
(c) Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
(d) West Bengal and Orissa
Answer
Answer: (c) Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
Question 25.
When and where was the first successful textile mill established in India?
(a) In Ahmedabad in 1858
(b) In Chennai in 1954
(c) In Kolkata in 1816
(d) In Mumbai in 1854
Answer
Answer: (d) In Mumbai in 1854
Match the following:
| Column A | Column B |
| (i) Software technology park | a. Bhadravati |
| (ii) Iron and steel plant | b. Amritsar |
| (iii) Cotton textile industry | c. Murshidabad |
| (iv) Silk textile industry | d. Bengaluru |
| (v) Woollen textile industry | e. Shahjahanpur |
Answer
Answer:
| Column A | Column B |
| (i) Software technology park | d. Bengaluru |
| (ii) Iron and steel plant | a. Bhadravati |
| (iii) Cotton textile industry | e. Shahjahanpur |
| (iv) Silk textile industry | c. Murshidabad |
| (v) Woollen textile industry | b. Amritsar |
Give full form of the following:
- SAIL
- BHEL
- TISCO
- OIL
- GDP
- NTPC
- BPO
- STPI
- EMS
- NMCC
Answer
Answer:
- SAIL — Steel Authority of India Limited
- BHEL — Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
- TISCO — Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited
- OIL — Oil India Limited
- GDP — Gross Domestic Product
- NTPC — National Thermal Power Corporation
- BPO — Business Processes Outsourcing
- STPI — Software Technology Park of India
- EMS — Environment Management System
- NMCC — National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council
