Geography : Chapter 6 : Manufacturing Industries


Q1. Manufacturing means - / āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻŦ⧁āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ -
(a) Growing crops (b) Producing goods by hand (c) Producing goods using machines (d) Trading goods
Ans: (c)
Note: Manufacturing converts raw materials into finished goods using machines. āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ā§° āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāρāϚāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϞ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻ—ā§ā§°ā§€ āϤ⧈āϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āĻ•ā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Q2. Manufacturing belongs to which sector of economy ? / āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ āĻ…ā§°ā§āĻĨāύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻ–āĻŖā§āĻĄā§° āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§°ā§āϭ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ ?
(a) Primary (b) Secondary (c) Tertiary (d) Quaternary
Ans: (b)
Note: It involves processing of raw materials. āĻ•āĻžāρāϚāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϞ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϕ⧰āĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Q3. Which of the following is a raw material ? / āϤāϞ⧰ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ āĻ•āĻžāρāϚāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϞ ?
(a) Cloth (b) Sugar (c) Cotton (d) Cement
Ans: (c)
Note: Cotton is used to make cloth. āĻ•āĻžāĻĒā§‹ā§° āϤ⧈āϝāĻŧāĻžā§°āϤ āĻ•āĻĒāĻžāĻš āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Q4. Which is an agro-based industry ? / āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ āĻ•ā§ƒāώāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ• āωāĻĻā§āϝ⧋āĻ— ?
(a) Iron & steel (b) Cement (c) Cotton textile (d) Aluminium
Ans: (c)
Note: It uses agricultural raw material. āχ āĻ•ā§ƒāώāĻŋāϜ āĻ•āĻžāρāϚāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϞ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


Q5. Which is a mineral-based industry ? / āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ āĻ–āύāĻŋāϜāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ• āωāĻĻā§āϝ⧋āĻ— ?
(a) Jute (b) Sugar (c) Iron & steel (d) Cotton textile
Ans: (c)
Note: It uses minerals like iron ore. āχāϝāĻŧāĻžāϤ āϞ⧋āĻšāĻžā§° āφāϕ⧰ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Q6. Which industry is called the basic industry ? / āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ āωāĻĻā§āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻ• āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āωāĻĻā§āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•ā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
(a) Cotton textile (b) Jute (c) Iron & steel (d) Sugar
Ans: (c)
Note It supplies raw material to other industries. āχ āφāύ āωāĻĻā§āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻ• āĻ•āĻžāρāϚāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϞ āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Q7. Which factor does NOT affect industrial location? / āωāĻĻā§āϝ⧋āĻ—ā§° āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ­āĻžā§ą āύ⧇āĻĒ⧇āĻ˛ā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻ•āĻžā§°āĻ• āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹?
(a) Raw material (b) Labour (c) Climate (d) Power supply
Ans: (c)
Note Climate has lesser influence. āϜāϞāĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ­āĻžā§ą āϤ⧁āϞāύāĻžāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ•āĻ­āĻžā§ąā§‡ āĻ•āĻŽāĨ¤


Q8. Availability of cheap labour helps - / āϏāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻž āĻļā§āϰāĻŽ āωāĻĒāϞāĻŦā§āϧāϤāĻžāχ āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰⧇ -
(a) Agriculture (b) Manufacturing industries (c) Mining (d) Fishing
Ans: (b)
Note: Industries need skilled and unskilled labour.  āωāĻĻā§āϝ⧋āĻ—āϤ āĻļā§āϰāĻŽā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Q9. Which industry is located near raw materials ? / āĻ•āĻžāρāϚāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϞ⧰ āĻ“āϚ⧰āϤ āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āωāĻĻā§āϝ⧋āĻ— āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ ?
(a) Software (b) Cotton textile (c) Iron & steel (d) Automobile
Ans: (c)
Note: Raw materials are heavy and bulky. āĻ•āĻžāρāϚāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϞ āĻ—āϧ⧁⧰ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Q10. Which is a major industry of India ? / āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§āϝ āωāĻĻā§āϝ⧋āĻ— āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ ?
(a) Pottery (b) Cotton textile (c) Handicraft (d) Basket making
Ans: (b)
Note: It is one of the oldest industries. āχ āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻšā§€āύ āωāĻĻā§āϝ⧋āĻ—āĨ¤


Q11. Jute industry is mainly located in - / āϜ⧁āϟ āωāĻĻā§āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻŽā§‚āϞāϤāσ āĻ•’āϤ ?
(a) Deccan Plateau (b) Western Ghats (c) Ganga-Brahmaputra basin (d) Thar Desert
Ans: (c)
Note: Jute grows in alluvial soil.  āϜ⧁āϟ āĻāϞ⧁āĻ­āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Q12. Automobile industry produces - / āĻ…āĻŸā§‹āĻŽā§‹āĻŦāĻžāχāϞ āωāĻĻā§āϝ⧋āϗ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āϕ⧰⧇ ?
(a) Machines (b) Chemicals (c) Vehicles (d) Clothes
Ans: (c)
Note: Cars, buses and trucks are produced. āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§€, āĻŦāĻžāĻ›, āĻŸā§ā§°āĻžāĻ• āϤ⧈āϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Q13. Smoke from industries causes - / āωāĻĻā§āϝ⧋āĻ—ā§° āϧ⧋āĻā§ąāĻžāχ āĻ•āĻŋ āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āϕ⧰⧇ ?
(a) Water pollution (b) Noise pollution (c) Air pollution (d) Land pollution
Ans: (c)
Note: Smoke contains harmful gases. āϧ⧋āĻā§ąāĻžāϤ āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋāĻ•āĻžā§°āĻ• āϗ⧇āĻ› āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤


Q14. Chemicals discharged into rivers cause - / āύāĻĻā§€āϤ ā§°āĻžāϏāĻžāϝāĻŧāύāĻŋāĻ• āĻā§°āĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
(a) Air pollution (b) Water pollution (c) Land pollution (d) Noise pollution
Ans: (b)
Note: It harms aquatic life. āχ āϜāϞāϜ āĻœā§€ā§ą āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


Q15. Noise pollution is caused by - / āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻā§‚āώāĻŖ āĻ•āĻŋāĻšā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
(a) Waste water (b) Loud machines (c) Smoke (d) Fertilizers
Ans: (b)
Note: Heavy machines produce loud sound. āĻĄāĻžāϙ⧰ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ā§°āχ āωāĻšā§āϚ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


Q16. Best way to reduce industrial pollution - / āωāĻĻā§āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻā§‚āώāĻŖ āĻ•āĻŽā§‹ā§ąāĻžā§° āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŽ āωāĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ -
(a) Burning waste (b) Dumping waste  (c) Using clean fuels (d) Over-use of resources
Ans: (c)
Note: Clean fuels reduce emissions. āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžā§° āχāĻ¨ā§āϧāύ⧇ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻā§‚āώāĻŖ āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Q17. Planting trees helps reduce - / āĻ—āĻ› ā§°ā§‹āĻĒāϪ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧ ?
(a) Water pollution (b) Air pollution (c) Land pollution (d) Noise pollution
Ans: (b)
Note: Trees absorb harmful gases. āĻ—āϛ⧇ āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋāĻ•āĻžā§°āĻ• āϗ⧇āĻ› āĻļā§‹āώāĻŖ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


Q18. Which industry uses iron ore, coal and limestone ? / āϞ⧋āĻšāĻž āφāϕ⧰, āĻ•āϝāĻŧāϞāĻž āφ⧰⧁ āϚ⧁āύāĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻĨā§° āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻž āωāĻĻā§āϝ⧋āĻ— āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ ?
(a) Sugar (b) Jute (c) Iron & steel (d) Cotton textile
Ans: (c)
Note: These are basic raw materials. āĻāχāĻŦā§‹ā§° āĻŽā§‚āϞ āĻ•āĻžāρāϚāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϞāĨ¤


Q19. Industrial waste should be - / āωāĻĻā§āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻŋāĻ• āφāĻŦā§°ā§āϜāύāĻž āϕ⧇āύ⧇āĻ•ā§ˆ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύāĻž āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦ āϞāĻžāϗ⧇ ?
(a) Dumped in rivers (b) Left untreated   (c) Properly treated (d) Burnt openly
Ans: (c)
Note: Treatment reduces pollution. āĻļā§‹āϧāύ āϕ⧰āĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻā§‚āώāĻŖ āĻ•āĻŽā§‡āĨ¤


Q20. Manufacturing helps in - / āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋ āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰⧇ ?
(a) Unemployment (b) Economic development  (c) Soil erosion (d) Deforestation
Ans: (b)
Note: It creates jobs and income. āχ āϚāĻžāϕ⧰āĻŋ āφ⧰⧁ āφāϝāĻŧ āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤