Question

Identify the ways in which large-scale industries help in the development of ancillary industries.

• A. Large-scale industries absorb unemployed people from ancillary industries.
• B. The produce of the ancillary industries acts as raw material for large-scale industries.
• C. Large-scale industries provide competition to ancillary industries.
• D. Large-scale industries provide raw materials to ancillary industries.

Answer 1

The correct option is B The produce of the ancillary industries acts as raw material for large-scale industries.

Ancillary industries supply inputs to large-scale industries. Thus, large-scale industries can help in the development of ancillary industries in periphery and contribute to the process of industrialisation.