Geography : Chapter 6 : Manufacturing Industries
Q1. Manufacturing means - / āĻā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋāϞ⧠āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ -
(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. āϝāύā§āϤā§ā§° āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϞ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻā§ā§°ā§ āϤā§āϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻžāĻā§ āĻā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āĻā§ā§ąāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Q2. Manufacturing belongs to which sector of economy ? / āĻā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āĻā§āύāĻā§ āĻ
ā§°ā§āĻĨāύā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻŖā§āĻĄā§° āĻ
āύā§āϤ⧰ā§āĻā§āĻā§āϤ ?
(a) Primary (b) Secondary (c) Tertiary (d) Quaternary
Ans: (b)
Note: It involves processing of raw materials. āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϞ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Q3. Which of the following is a raw material ? / āϤāϞ⧰ āĻā§āύāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϞ ?
(a) Cloth (b) Sugar (c) Cotton (d) Cement
Ans: (c)
Note: Cotton is used to make cloth. āĻāĻžāĻĒā§ā§° āϤā§āϝāĻŧāĻžā§°āϤ āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻš āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Q4. Which is an agro-based industry ? / āĻā§āύāĻā§ āĻā§āώāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϤā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻĻā§āϝā§āĻ ?
(a) Iron & steel (b) Cement (c) Cotton textile (d) Aluminium
Ans: (c)
Note: It uses agricultural raw material. āĻ āĻā§āώāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϞ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Q5. Which is a mineral-based industry ? / āĻā§āύāĻā§ āĻāύāĻŋāĻāĻāĻŋāϤā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻĻā§āϝā§āĻ ?
(a) Jute (b) Sugar (c) Iron & steel (d) Cotton textile
Ans: (c)
Note: It uses minerals like iron ore. āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϤ āϞā§āĻšāĻžā§° āĻāĻā§° āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Q6. Which industry is called the basic industry ? / āĻā§āύāĻā§ āĻāĻĻā§āϝā§āĻāĻ āĻŽā§āϞāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻĻā§āϝā§āĻ āĻā§ā§ąāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
(a) Cotton textile (b) Jute (c) Iron & steel (d) Sugar
Ans: (c)
Note It supplies raw material to other industries. āĻ āĻāύ āĻāĻĻā§āϝā§āĻāĻ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϞ āϝā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Q7. Which factor does NOT affect industrial location? / āĻāĻĻā§āϝā§āĻā§° āĻ
ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύāϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžā§ą āύā§āĻĒā§āϞā§ā§ąāĻž āĻāĻžā§°āĻ āĻā§āύāĻā§?
(a) Raw material (b) Labour (c) Climate (d) Power supply
Ans: (c)
Note Climate has lesser influence. āĻāϞāĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžā§ą āϤā§āϞāύāĻžāĻŽā§āϞāĻāĻāĻžā§ąā§ āĻāĻŽāĨ¤
Q8. Availability of cheap labour helps - / āϏāϏā§āϤāĻž āĻļā§āϰāĻŽ āĻāĻĒāϞāĻŦā§āϧāϤāĻžāĻ āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°ā§ -
(a) Agriculture (b) Manufacturing industries (c) Mining (d) Fishing
Ans: (b)
Note: Industries need skilled and unskilled labour. āĻāĻĻā§āϝā§āĻāϤ āĻļā§āϰāĻŽā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϝāĻŧā§āĻāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Q9. Which industry is located near raw materials ? / āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϞ⧰ āĻāĻā§°āϤ āĻ
ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻĻā§āϝā§āĻ āĻā§āύāĻā§ ?
(a) Software (b) Cotton textile (c) Iron & steel (d) Automobile
Ans: (c)
Note: Raw materials are heavy and bulky. āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϞ āĻāϧā§ā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Q10. Which is a major industry of India ? / āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻŽā§āĻā§āϝ āĻāĻĻā§āϝā§āĻ āĻā§āύāĻā§ ?
(a) Pottery (b) Cotton textile (c) Handicraft (d) Basket making
Ans: (b)
Note: It is one of the oldest industries. āĻ āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻā§āύ āĻāĻĻā§āϝā§āĻāĨ¤
Q11. Jute industry is mainly located in - / āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻĻā§āϝā§āĻ āĻŽā§āϞāϤāĻ āĻ’āϤ ?
(a) Deccan Plateau (b) Western Ghats (c) Ganga-Brahmaputra basin (d) Thar Desert
Ans: (c)
Note: Jute grows in alluvial soil. āĻā§āĻ āĻāϞā§āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āϞ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Q12. Automobile industry produces - / āĻ
āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāϞ āĻāĻĻā§āϝā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āĻā§°ā§ ?
(a) Machines (b) Chemicals (c) Vehicles (d) Clothes
Ans: (c)
Note: Cars, buses and trucks are produced. āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§, āĻŦāĻžāĻ, āĻā§ā§°āĻžāĻ āϤā§āϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Q13. Smoke from industries causes - / āĻāĻĻā§āϝā§āĻā§° āϧā§āĻā§ąāĻžāĻ āĻāĻŋ āϏā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§ ?
(a) Water pollution (b) Noise pollution (c) Air pollution (d) Land pollution
Ans: (c)
Note: Smoke contains harmful gases. āϧā§āĻā§ąāĻžāϤ āĻā§āώāϤāĻŋāĻāĻžā§°āĻ āĻā§āĻ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
Q14. Chemicals discharged into rivers cause - / āύāĻĻā§āϤ ā§°āĻžāϏāĻžāϝāĻŧāύāĻŋāĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāϞ⧠āĻāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
(a) Air pollution (b) Water pollution (c) Land pollution (d) Noise pollution
Ans: (b)
Note: It harms aquatic life. āĻ āĻāϞāĻ āĻā§ā§ą āϧā§āĻŦāĻāϏ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Q15. Noise pollution is caused by - / āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻā§āώāĻŖ āĻāĻŋāĻšā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
(a) Waste water (b) Loud machines (c) Smoke (d) Fertilizers
Ans: (b)
Note: Heavy machines produce loud sound. āĻĄāĻžāĻā§° āϝāύā§āϤā§ā§°āĻ āĻāĻā§āĻ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Q16. Best way to reduce industrial pollution - / āĻāĻĻā§āϝā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻā§āώāĻŖ āĻāĻŽā§ā§ąāĻžā§° āĻāϤā§āϤāĻŽ āĻāĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ -
(a) Burning waste (b) Dumping waste (c) Using clean fuels (d) Over-use of resources
Ans: (c)
Note: Clean fuels reduce emissions. āĻĒā§°āĻŋāώā§āĻāĻžā§° āĻāύā§āϧāύ⧠āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻā§āώāĻŖ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Q17. Planting trees helps reduce - / āĻāĻ ā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖā§ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧ ?
(a) Water pollution (b) Air pollution (c) Land pollution (d) Noise pollution
Ans: (b)
Note: Trees absorb harmful gases. āĻāĻā§ āĻā§āώāϤāĻŋāĻāĻžā§°āĻ āĻā§āĻ āĻļā§āώāĻŖ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Q18. Which industry uses iron ore, coal and limestone ? / āϞā§āĻšāĻž āĻāĻā§°, āĻāϝāĻŧāϞāĻž āĻā§°ā§ āĻā§āύāĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻĨā§° āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻž āĻāĻĻā§āϝā§āĻ āĻā§āύāĻā§ ?
(a) Sugar (b) Jute (c) Iron & steel (d) Cotton textile
Ans: (c)
Note: These are basic raw materials. āĻāĻāĻŦā§ā§° āĻŽā§āϞ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϞāĨ¤
Q19. Industrial waste should be - / āĻāĻĻā§āϝā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻŦā§°ā§āĻāύāĻž āĻā§āύā§āĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύāĻž āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦ āϞāĻžāĻā§ ?
(a) Dumped in rivers (b) Left untreated (c) Properly treated (d) Burnt openly
Ans: (c)
Note: Treatment reduces pollution. āĻļā§āϧāύ āĻā§°āĻŋāϞ⧠āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻā§āώāĻŖ āĻāĻŽā§āĨ¤
Q20. Manufacturing helps in - / āĻā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ⧠āĻāĻŋ āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°ā§ ?
(a) Unemployment (b) Economic development (c) Soil erosion (d) Deforestation
Ans: (b)
Note: It creates jobs and income. āĻ āĻāĻžāĻā§°āĻŋ āĻā§°ā§ āĻāϝāĻŧ āϏā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤