Question 1.
Which one of the following industries uses limestone as a raw material?
(A) Aluminium
(B) Cement
(C) Sugar
(D) Jute

Answer

Answer: (B) Cement

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Question 2.
Which one of the following agencies, market steel for the public sector plants?
(A) HAIL
(B) SAIL
(C) TATA Steel
(D) MNCC

Answer

Answer: (B) SAIL

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Question 3.
Which of the following industry uses bauxite as a raw material?
(A) Aluminium
(B) Cement
(C) Jute
(D) Steel

Answer

Answer: (A) Aluminium

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Question 4.
Which one of the following industries manufactures telephones, computers, etc?
(A) Steel
(B) Aluminium
(C) Electronic
(D) Information Technology

Answer

Answer: (D) Information Technology

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Question 5.
Manufacturing is an activity of which type:
(A) Primary
(B) Secondary
(C) Tertiary
(D) Quarternary

Answer

Answer: (B) Secondary

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Question 6.
Which of the following is an agro-based industry?
(A) Iron and Steel
(B) Cotton
(C) Aluminium
(D) Cement

Answer

Answer: (B) Cotton

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Question 7.
The first cotton textile mill was established in Mumbai in:
(A) 1834
(B) 1844
(C) 1854
(D) 1864

Answer

Answer: (C) 1854

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Question 8.
Jute mills are mostly located in:
(A) Mahanadi Basin
(B) Damodar valley
(C) Hoogli Basin
(D) Kosi Basin

Answer

Answer: (C) Hoogli Basin

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Question 9.
The per capita annual consumption of steel in India is:
(A) 30 kg
(B) 31 kg
(C) 32 kg
(D) 33 kg

Answer

Answer: (C) 32 kg

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Question 10.
The production of aluminium in India is:
(A) 500 million tons
(B) 600 million tons
(C) 767 million tons
(D) 800 million tons

Answer

Answer: (C) 767 million tons

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Question 11.
Which town is the Electronic Capital of India?
(A) Mumbai
(C) Bengaluru
(B) Kolkata
(D) Pune

Answer

Answer: (B) Kolkata

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Question 12.
Which is not a factor of industrial location?
(A) Market
(B) Capital
(C) Population Density
(D) Power.

Answer

Answer: (C) Population Density

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Question 13.
The earliest Iron and Steel Company to be established in India was:
(A) IISCO
(B) TISCO
(C) Visvesvaraiya Iron and Steel Works
(D) Mysore Iron and Steel Works

Answer

Answer: (A) IISCO

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Question 14.
The first modern cotton mill was established in Mumbai because:
(A) Mumbai is a port
(B) It is located near a cotton-growing area
(C) Mumbai was the financial center
(D) All of the above.

Answer

Answer: (D) All of the above

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Question 15.
The nucleus of the Hugh Industrial Region is:
(A) Kolkata – Howrah
(B) Kolkata – Medinipur
(C) Kolkata – Rishra
(D) Kolkata – Konnagar

Answer

Answer: (A) Kolkata – Howrah

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Question 16.
Which one of the following is the second-largest producer of sugar?
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Punjab
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Tamil Nadu

Answer

Answer: (A) Maharashtra

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