Very short Answer type questions:
1) What is manufacturing?
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2) Why has the National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council (NMCC) been set up?
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3) Which type of services is provided by the cities to the industry?
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4) What is agglomeration economics?
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5) What are consumer industries? Give an example.
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6) Define joint sector industry and give an example.
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7) What are private sector industries? Give an example.
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8) By what means does hand spun khadi provide large scale employment to weavers?
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9) Name ay three human factors for the location of an industry.
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10) What are basic industries? Give an example.
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11) Name ant three physical factors for the location of an industry.
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12) What are called cooperative sector industries? Give an example
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13) Mention one challenge faced by the jute industry.
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14) Define mineral based industries.
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Short Answer type questions:
1) “Agriculture and Industry move hand in hand “. Analyse the statement with three examples.
2) Why is iron and steel industry called the basic industry? Explain any three reasons.
3) Why does Chhotanagpur Plateau region has the maximum concentration of Iron and steel industry?
Give reasons.
4) India is an important iron and steel producing country in the world yet; we are not able to perform to
our full potential. Give reasons.
5) What are the major challenges of the sugar industry in India?
6) What are the major problems faced by the cotton textile industries in India?
7) Why is the cotton textile industry the largest industry in India today? Give reasons.
8) Describe three main features of the chemical industry.
9) How do industries pollute air? Explain.
10) Examine the impact of liberalisation on automobile industry of India.
11) “Production and consumption of steel is often regarded as the index of a country’s development” .
Examine the statement.
12) State the major challenges of jute industry that are leading to its decline in India
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