Location of Industries

Q.

Name the major industrial regions of India.

Q. What are agglomeration economies?

1. When more than one industry comes together in an urban centre
2. When economies of two countries are pooled together
3. When several economic schemes are in place
4. When the economy is falling

Q. What were the three villages which combined to form Kolkata?

1. Midnapore
2. Gobindapur
3. Sutanuti
4. Kalikata

Q.

Explain Any Four Factors Influencing The Location Of Industries

Q. What is the Hooghly-Kolkata region known as?

1. Military Centre
2. Agricultural Centre
3. Industrial Centre
4. Relief Centre

Q. The Government of India faced numerous challenges in establishing the industrial region of 'X'. One of the main problems was the transportation of the coal that was needed as a source of energy to run industries. However, this problem was solved with the production of hydroelectricity in the Western Ghats region. Today, most of India's textile industries are located in region 'X'.

Identify the region 'X'.

1. Ahmedabad-Vadodara Industrial Region
2. Malabar Coast Industrial Region
3. Madurai-Coimbatore Industrial Region
4. Mumbai-Pune Industrial Region

Q. Which of these is not among India's major industrial regions?

1. The Bengaluru-Tamil Nadu region
2. The Jaipur-Ajmer region
3. The Ahmedabad-Vadodara region
4. The Delhi-Meerut region

Q. This region is located on a plateau and extends over Jharkhand, Northern Orissa, and the western part of West Bengal. The birth and growth of this region is linked with the discovery of coal and iron ore. The region is known as the ‘Ruhr of India’. The highly populated states of Jharkhand, Bihar, Orissa, and West Bengal provide cheap labour for the industries located here.

Identify the region.

1. Kolkata-Hooghly Industrial Region
2. Chota Nagpur-Damodar Valley Industrial Region
3. Ahmedabad-Vadodara Industrial Region
4. Mumbai-Pune Industrial Region

Q. Compare ‘intensive subsistence farming’ with that of ‘commercial farming’ practiced in India.

Q. What are some determinants on which the locations of industries are decided?

1. Source of Power
2. Wind Speed
3. Labour
4. Market

Q. How many major industrial regions does India have?

1. Five
2. Six
3. Seven
4. Eight

Q.

What type of capital is required as first priority to set up a Jaggery manufacturing unit?

Q. Describe the growth and development of railway equipment industry in India.

Q. Agglomeration economies are characterised by multiple industries coming together to make use of the advantages offered by urban centers.

1. True
2. False

Q. Which of the following is a major factor that determines the location of an industry?

1. Proximity to small-scale farmers
2. Proximity to government establishments
3. Availability of raw materials
4. Availability of residential property

Q. When industries are set up, urbanisation tends to follow.

1. True
2. False

Q. Fill in the blank with a suitable option:
Aligarh is an important _________ city of Uttar Pradesh.

1. company
2. industrial
3. industrious
4. industry

Q. Laythe is a village that contains reserves of bauxite. It is very far from the city and borders a forest. Jool is another village that has reserves of bauxite. Jool is located on the outskirts of the city. Which of the two villages will be a better place to mine bauxite?

1. Laythe
2. Jool
3. Both Laythe and Jool
4. Either Laythe or Jool

Q. Industries cluttering together to take advantage of all the services offered by the urban centres is known as ___________.

1. Agglomeration economies
2. Urbanisation economies
3. Globalisation economies
4. Aggregation economies

Q. Select the factors which reduces the cost of setting up an industry from the following.

1. Availability of cheap raw materials
2. Availability of capital and financing services to cover hefty costs
3. Unstable power supply
4. Nearby markets with transportation difficulties

Q.

What is the role of human capital in production process

Q. The example of tertiary sector is?

1. Agriculture
2. Fisheries
3. Making sugar from sugarcane
4. Banking services

Q. Pair the following port cities with the states they are located in.

1. Chennai
2. Maharashtra
3. Mumbai
4. West Bengal
5. Kolkata
6. Tamil Nadu