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
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Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which one of the following cities has emerged as the ‘electronic capital’ of India? [All India 2012]
(a) Delhi
(b) Kolkata
(c) Bengaluru
(d) Hyderabad
2. On what basis is the industrial sector classified into public and private sectors? [All India 2012]
(a) Employment conditions
(b) The nature of economic activity
(c) Ownership of enterprises
(d) Number of workers employed in the enterprise
3. Which one of the following factors plays the most important role in the location of an industry in a particular region? [Delhi 2012]
(a) Raw material
(b) Market
(c) Least production cost
(d) Transport
4. Which one of the following industries generates the largest amount of employment? [Foreign 2012]
(a) Cotton Industry
(b) Jute Industry
(c) Silk Industry
(d) Textile Industry
5. Which one of the following agencies markets steel for the public sector plants? [CBSE (CCE) 2012]
(a) HAIL
(b) SAIL
(c) TATA steel
(d) MNCC
6. Which one of the following industries is the largest contributor of Gross Domestics Production (GDP) in India? [CBSE (CCE) 2012]
(a) Rubber
(b) Jute
(c) Sugar
(d) Textile
7. TISCO is: [CBSE (CCE) 2012]
(a) Joint Sector Industry
(b) Private Sector Industry
(c) Co – operative Sector Industry
(d) Public Sector Industry
8. Which one of the following countries is giving stiff competition to India with regard to jute industry? [Delhi 2011]
(a) Brazil
(b) Bangladesh
(c) Philippines
(d) Thailand
9. Which one of the following has been the major source of foreign exchange for IT industry? [AI 2011]
(a) BHEL
(b) SAIL
(c) BPO
(d) OIL
10. Which one of the following public sector plants is located in Chhattisgarh? [Foreign 2011]
(a) Bokaro Steel Plant
(b) Bhilai Steel Plant
(c) Durgapur Steel Plant
(d) Rourkela Steel Plant
11. Which one of the following industries uses limestone as a raw material?
(a) Aluminium
(b) Cement
(c) Chemical
(d) Fertiliser
12. Which one of the following agencies, markets steel for the public sector plants?
(a) HAIL
(b) SAIL
(c) TATA Steel
(d) MNCC
13. Which one of the following industries uses bauxite as a raw material ?
(a) Aluminium
(b) Cement
(c) Jute
(d) Steel
14. Which one of the following industries manufactures telephones, computer, etc. ?
(a) Steel
(b) Aluminium
(c) Electronic
(d) Information Technology
Additional Questions
15. The first textile mill was established in
(a) Kolkata
(b) Chennai
(c) Mumbai
(d) Coimbatore
16. Software technology park in Kerala
(a) Kochi
(b) Thiruvananthapuram
(c) Coimbatore
(d) Alleppy
17. Leading centre of woollen textile industry in Punjab
(a) Kanpur
(b) Ludhiana
(c) Murshidabad
(d) Panipat
18. Which of the following sectors does manufacturing belong to?
(a) Primary sector
(b) Secondary sector
(c) Tertiary Sector
(d) All the above
19. Which of the following industries is not a heavy industry?
(a) Cotton textile
(b) Cement
(c) Iron and Steel
(d) Ship building
20. To which category Iron and Steel industry belong to?
(a) Small scale
(b) Large scale
(c) Cooperative sector
(d) Agro based
21. The first cement plant was set up at
(a) Mumbai
(b) Delhi
(c) Chennai
(d) Kolkata
22. Which city is known as electronic capital of India ?
(a) Hyderabad
(b) Kolkata
(c) Mumbai
(d) Bengaluru
23. The Software Technology Park in Rajasthan is located at
(a) Jodhpur
(b) Jaipur
(c) Udaipur
(d) Bikaner
24. Which city is known as the Manchester of India ?
(a) Chennai
(b) Kolkata
(c) Delhi
(d)Mumbai
25. The first Jute mill was set up in ……………
(a) Kolkata
(b) Bengaluru
(c) Hyderabad
(d) Mumbai
26. India exports yarn to which of the following countries ?
(a) China
(b) Japan
(c) UK
(d) Singapore
27. Which position does India hold in terms of exporter of Jute goods ?
(a) First
(b) Second
(c) Fourth
(d) Seventh
28. To which one of the following countries does India export jute goods ?
(a) Japan
(b) China
(c) USA
(d) France
29. Which position does India hold in terms of Sugar production ?
(a) First
(b) Fifth
(c) Second
(d) Third
30. Most of the sugar industries are ideally suited to
(a) Private sector
(b) Joint sector
(c) Cooperative sector
(d) Public sector
31. The first Iron and Steel company was set up at …………
(a) Tarapur
(b) Durgapur
(c) Jamshedpur
(d) Bhadravati
32. The shore based Iron and Steel plant of India is at ……………
(a) Vishakhapatnam
(b) Salem
(c) Bhadravati
(d) Durgapur
33. Which of the two steel plants are in collaboration with Russia?
(a) Bhadravati and Salem
(b) Bhilai and Bokaro
(c) Bokaro and Jamshedpur
(d) Burnpur and Durgapur
34. Which country is the largest producer of Iron and Steel in the world ?
(a) India
(b) China
(c) USA
(d) UK
35. Which is the second most important metallurgical industry in India ?
(a) Iron and Steel
(b) Copper smelting
(c) Aluminium smelting
(d) Cement
36. Which position does India hold in the world in terms of chemical industry ?
(a) Tenth
(b) Third
(c) Twelfth
(d) Second
37. India in the third largest producer of:
(a) Phosphate
(b) Potash
(c) Ammonium Phosphate
(d) Nitrogenous fertilizer
38. To which countries does India export cement ?
(a) America
(b) Europe
(c) Middle East
(d) East Asia
39. Which of the following states have more than one Software Technology Park ?
(a) Tamil Nadu and Kerala
(b) Karnataka and Orissa
(c) Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh
(d) Maharashtra and Karnataka
40. The only Software Technology Park is located in which one of the following north-eastern states.
(a) Himachal Pradesh
(b) Manipur
(c) Mizoram
(d) Assam
41. Iron and Steel industry requires Iron ore, coking coal and limestone in which of the following proportions ?
(a) 2 : 3 : 1
(b) 4 : 2 : 1
(c) 1 : 2 : 3
(d) 2 : 3 : 4
42. Which rank does India hold in terms of crude steel production in the world ?
(a) First
(b) Second
(c) Seventh
(d) Ninth
43. The per capita consumption of steel in India is
(a) 50 kg /Annum
(b) 40 kg / Annum
(c) 32 kg/Annum
(d) 20 kg/Annum
44. Which of the following states has more than one Iron and Steel plant ?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) West Bengal
(c) Qcissa
(d) Chhatisgarh
45. To which one of the following countries India has an easy access from Gujarat to export cement ?
(a) Gulf countries
(b) USA
(c) Russia
(d) European counties
46. Which one of the following is not a centre of Automobile industry ?
(a) Chennai
(b) Bengaluru
(c) Jamshedpur
(d) Coimbatore
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