Chapter 8 Manufacturing Industries Solutions
Question - 1 : - Choose the right answers of the following from the given options:
1.(i) Which is not a factor of industrial location?
Answer - 1 : -
(a) Market
(b) Capital
(c) Population Density
(d) Power
Answer
(c) Population Density
Question - 2 : - Choose the right answers of the following from the given options:
1.(ii) The earliest Iron and Steel Company to be established in India was:
Answer - 2 : -
(a) IISCO
(b) TISCO
(c) Visvesvaraiya Iron and Steel Works
(d) Mysore Iron and Steel Works
Answer
(b) TISCO
Question - 3 : - Choose the right answers of the following from the given options:
1.(iii) The first modern cotton mill was established in Mumbai because:
Answer - 3 : -
(a) Mumbai is a port
(b) It is located near cotton growing area
(c) Mumbai was the financial centre
(d) All of the above.
Answer
(d) All of the above.
Question - 4 : - Choose the right answers of the following from the given options:
1.(iv) The nucleus of the Hugli Industrial Region is:
Answer - 4 : -
(a) Kolkata-Haora (Howrah)
(b) Kolkata-Rishra
(c) Kolkata-Medinipur
(d) Kolkata-Konnagar
Answer
(a) Kolkata-Haora (Howrah)
Question - 5 : - Choose the right answers of the following from the given options:
1.(v) Which one of the following is the second largest producer of sugar:
Answer - 5 : -
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Punjab
(d) Tamil Nadu
Answer
(b) Uttar Pradesh
Question - 6 : - Why do you think that the iron and steel industry is basic to the industrial development of any country?
Answer - 6 : -
Iron and steel are basic to economic development of any country because they are the basic raw material for production of all other goods- both industrial and commercial. All other industries are based on the products manufactured from these industries. Until and unless iron and steel are produced, even a nail, which is basic to all constructions, cannot be manufactured.
Question - 7 : - Name the two sectors of the cottage textile industries. How are they different?
Answer - 7 : -
The cotton textile industry in India can be broadly divided into two sectors, the organised sector and the unorganised sector. The decentralised sector includes cloth ‘ produced in handlooms (including Khadi) and powerlooms. The production of the organised sector has drastically fallen from 81 per cent in the mid-twentieth century to only about 6 per cent in 2000. At present, the powerlooms on the decentralised sector produce more than the handloom sector.
Question - 8 : - Why is the sugar industry a seasonal industry?
Answer - 8 : -
Sugar industry is totally based on sugarcane as raw material. Sugarcane is a seasonal crop harvested annually. Since sugarcane is a perishable crop and its sucrose content starts to decline within 24 hours only, therefore sugarcane cannot be stored for production of sugar later in the year. As a result production of sugar is limited to only harvesting time of the sugarcane.
Question - 9 : - What is the raw material base for the petrochemical industry? Name some of the products of this industry.
Answer - 9 : -
Crude petroleum is the raw material for the petroleum industry. It is refined to obtain various products, which collectively are referred to as petrochemical industries.This group of industries is divided into four sub-groups:
- polymers,
- synthetic fibres,
- elastomers, and
- surfactant intermediate.
What is the major impact of Information Technology (IT) revolution in India?
Answer - 10 : -
The advancement in information technology has had a profound influence on the country’s economy. The Information Technology (IT) revolution opened up new possibilities of economic and social transformation. The IT and IT enabled business process outsourcing (ITES- BPO) services continue to be on a robust growth path. Indian software industry has emerged as one of the fastest growing sectors in the economy. The software industry has surpassed electronic hardware production. The Indian government has created a number of software parks in the country. Also it has a large number of females employed in it.