Manufacturing Industries Quiz

Question 1

Which one of the following has been major source of foreign exchange for IT industry?

Accepted Answer

Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)

Answer

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)

Answer

Oil India Limited (OIL)

Answer

Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)

Question 2

Which of the following led to expansionof the fertiliser industry?

Accepted Answer

The Green Revolution

Answer

Liberalisation and foreign direct investment

Answer

MNCs (multinational corporations)

Answer

All the above

Question 3

Many industries tend to come together to make use of the advantages offered by the urban centres known as agglomeration economies. Which of the following are the main advantages provided by cities to industries?

Accepted Answer

Market and services

Answer

Agricultural products and minerals

Answer

Power supply

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Suitable climate and services

Question 4

In what ratio are iron ore, coking coal and limestone required to make steel?

Accepted Answer

4 : 2 : 1

Answer

4 : 1 : 2

Answer

4 : 3 : 1

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4 : 3 : 2

Question 5

Which of the following industries hasbeen a major foreign exchange earner in the last few years?

Accepted Answer

Information Technology Industry

Answer

Electronics Industry

Answer

Engineering Industry

Answer

Tourism Industry

Question 6

Which one of the following factors plays the most important role in the location of an industry in a particular region?

Accepted Answer

Least production cost

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Raw material

Answer

Market

Answer

Transport

Question 7

Which one of the following groups of factors is a prime group for the location of aluminium smelting plant?

Accepted Answer

Raw material and electricity

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Capital and market

Answer

Labour and raw material

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Capital and transport

Question 8

Which of the following cities is the electronic capital of India?

Accepted Answer

Bengaluru

Answer

Delhi

Answer

Mumbai

Answer

Hyderabad

Question 9

How can industrialisation assist in bringing in foreign exchange?

Accepted Answer

Export of manufactured goods

Answer

Modernisation of agriculture

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Removing dependence on agriculture by providing alternative employment

Answer

Import of manufactured goods

Question 10

Which of the following industries is not a heavy industriy.

Accepted Answer

Cotton textile

Answer

Cement

Answer

Iron and Steel

Answer

Ship building

Question 11

Which one of the following is not true regarding the National Jute Policy of 2005?

Accepted Answer

Creating awareness about the use of biodegradable materials

Answer

Ensuring good prices to the jute farmers

Answer

Increasing productivity

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Improving quality of jute

Question 12

What is the correct meaning of agglomeration economies?

Accepted Answer

Many industries tend to come together to make use of the advantages offered by the urban centres

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Many industries set up in rural centres

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Industries are basically agro-based.

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Industries set up produce raw material for secondary sector.

Question 13

In which of the following groups of cities were most of the manufacturing units located in the pre-independence period?

Accepted Answer

Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai

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Delhi, Kanpur, Moradabad

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Bangalore – Hyderabad

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Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Amritsar.

Question 14

Which one of the following industries manufactures telephones, computer, etc.?

Accepted Answer

Electronic

Answer

Cement

Answer

Iron and Steel

Answer

Chemical

Question 15

What is per capita consumption of steel per annum in India?

Accepted Answer

32 kg

Answer

28 kg

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30 kg

Answer

34 kg

Question 16

The economic strength of the country is measured by which of the following developments?

Accepted Answer

The development of the manufacturing industries.

Answer

The development of the literacy ratio.

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The development of the health status.

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The development of the population growth.

Question 17

Which one of the following public sector plants is located in Chhattisgarh?

Accepted Answer

Bhilai Steel Plant

Answer

Bokaro Steel Plant

Answer

Durgapur Steel Plant

Answer

Rourkela Steel Plant

Question 18

Which of the following factors are not necessary to set up an iron and steel plant?

Accepted Answer

Nearness to a water body to discharge wastes

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Proximity to iron-ore mines

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Availability of coking coal

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Good resources of limestone and manganese

Question 19

The first successful textile mill was established in:

Accepted Answer

Mumbai (Bombay)

Answer

Delhi

Answer

Vishakhapattnam

Answer

Chennai

Question 20

Which of the following is not a factor of production?

Accepted Answer

Raw materials

Answer

Land

Answer

Capital

Answer

Enterprise

Question 21

Air pollution is caused by

Accepted Answer

Presence of high proportion of sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide and air-borne particulate materials.

Answer

Organic and inorganic industrial effluents discharged into rivers.

Answer

Unwanted sounds from industries, generators, saws and pneumatic and electric drills.

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Overdrawing of groundwater.

Question 22

Which one of the following is not true regarding the Iron and Steel industry in India?

Accepted Answer

As a leading iron and steel producing country, India does not need to import steel from other countries.

Answer

India is the largest producer of sponge iron.

Answer

Most of the public sector undertakings market their steel through the Steel Authority of India.

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Chhotanagpur Plateau region has the maximum concentration of iron and steel industries.

Question 23

Which of the following public sector steel plants of India is located near a port?

Accepted Answer

Vishakhapatnam

Answer

Durgapur

Answer

Vijaynagar

Answer

Bhadravati

Question 24

Which one of the following agencies, markets steel for the public sector plants?

Accepted Answer

SAIL

Answer

HAIL

Answer

TATA Steel

Answer

MNCC

Question 25

Most of the integrated steel plants in India are located in

Accepted Answer

Chotanagpur Plateau

Answer

Malwa Plateau

Answer

Bundelkhand Plateau

Answer

Meghalaya Plateau

Question 26

Which one of the following air services provides services to Oil and Natural Gas Commission in its off-shore operations?

Accepted Answer

Pawanhans Helicopters LTD

Answer

Indian Airlines

Answer

Air India

Answer

Alliance

Question 27

Which one of the following is not a centre of Automobile industry ?

Accepted Answer

Coimbatore

Answer

Chennai

Answer

Bengaluru

Answer

Jamshedpur

Question 28

Which are the two prime factors for the location of aluminium industry?

Accepted Answer

Cheap and regular supply of electricity and bauxite

Answer

Market and labour

Answer

Transport network and water supply

Answer

None of the above

Question 29

Which one of the following factors has once again opened the opportunity for jute product?

Accepted Answer

Increasing concern for the use of biodegradable materials

Answer

Increasing productivity

Answer

Enhancing the yield per hectare

Answer

Improving quality

Question 30

The first cement plant was set up in India in 1904 in

Accepted Answer

Chennai

Answer

Jamshedpur

Answer

Hyderabad

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Nagpur

Question 31

Manufacturing Industries are placed in:

Accepted Answer

Secondary sector

Answer

Primary sector

Answer

Tertiary sector

Answer

Service sector

Question 32

Oil India Limited (OIL) belongs to which of the following types of industries?

Accepted Answer

Joint sector

Answer

Public sector

Answer

Private sector

Answer

Cooperative sector

Question 33

Leading centre of woollen textile industry in Punjab

Accepted Answer

Panipat

Answer

Kanpur

Answer

Ludhiana

Answer

Murshidabad

Question 34

Which of the following group of factors is a prime group for the location of aluminium smelting plant?

Accepted Answer

Raw material and Electricity

Answer

Capital and Market

Answer

Labour and Raw material

Answer

Capital and Transport

Question 35

Which one of the following steel plants is located in Chhattisgarh?

Accepted Answer

Bhilai

Answer

Bokaro

Answer

Durgapur

Answer

Rourkela

Question 36

Which of the following techniques of cotton textile production came into use after the 18th century?

Accepted Answer

Powerlooms

Answer

Hand-spinning

Answer

Handloom weaving

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Zari embroidery

Question 37

Which one of the following industries uses bauxite as a raw material?

Accepted Answer

Steel

Answer

Aluminium

Answer

Cement

Answer

Jute

Question 38

Which one of the following countries has the largest installed capacity of spindles in the world?

Accepted Answer

China

Answer

India

Answer

USA

Answer

Britain

Question 39

Which one of the following cities is known as electronic capital of India ?

Accepted Answer

Bengaluru

Answer

Srinagar

Answer

Noida

Answer

Pune

Question 40

Which of the following inorganic chemicals is used for the making of glass, soaps, detergents and paper?

Accepted Answer

Soda ash

Answer

Sulphuric acid

Answer

Nitric acid

Answer

Alkalies

Question 41

Which one of the following air services provides services to Oil and Natural Gas Commission in its off-shore operations?

Accepted Answer

Pawan hans Helicopters LTD

Answer

Indian Airlines

Answer

Air India

Answer

Alliance

Question 42

Most of the sugar industries are ideally suited to:

Accepted Answer

Cooperative sector

Answer

Private sector

Answer

Joint sector

Answer

Public sector

Question 43

Which of the following industries is in private sector?

Accepted Answer

Dabur

Answer

BHEL

Answer

SAIL

Answer

HINDALCO

Question 44

What is the correct meaning of agglomeration economies?

Accepted Answer

Many industries tend to come together to make use of the advantages offered by the urban centres

Answer

Many industries set up in rural centres

Answer

Industries are basically agro-based.

Answer

Industries set up produce raw material for secondary sector.

Question 45

Small scale and large scale industries are classified on which basis?

Accepted Answer

Capital investment

Answer

Ownership

Answer

Main role

Answer

Source of raw materials

Question 46

Which of the following statements regarding manufacturing is not true?

Accepted Answer

Manufacturing puts the country into a debt trap.

Answer

Manufacturing helps in modernising agriculture.

Answer

Development of manufacturing industries is a precondition for eradication of unemployment and poverty.

Answer

Export of manufactured goods expands trade and commerce and brings in much needed foreign exchange.

Question 47

Which of the following industries has been a major foreign exchange earner in the last few years?

Accepted Answer

Information Technology Industry

Answer

Electronics Industry

Answer

Engineering Industry

Answer

Tourism Industry

Question 48

Many industries tend to come together to make use of the advantages offered by the urban centres known as agglomeration economies. Which of the following are the main advantages provided by cities to industries?

Accepted Answer

Market and services

Answer

Agricultural products and minerals

Answer

Power supply

Answer

Suitable climate and services

Question 49

Which of the following developments usually follows industrial activity?

Accepted Answer

Urbanisation

Answer

Agriculture

Answer

Electrification

Answer

Mining

Question 50

Which of the following is an electronics industry?

Accepted Answer

BHEL, Hyderabad

Answer

HMT, Bengaluru

Answer

TISCO, Jamshedpur

Answer

BALCO, Korba

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