CBSE Class 12 Geography Manufacturing Industries MCQ

Question: Which one of the industry referred as Basic Industry?

(a) Aluminum Industry

(b) Iron and Steel Industry

(c) Agro Industry

(d) Chemical Industry 

Answer : B

Question: In which state Jamshedpur Iron and Steel industry situated?

(a) West Bengal

(b) Jharkhand

(c) Bihar

(d) Orissa 

Answer : B

Question: Which one of is not an example of Public Sector

(a) Airtel

(b) Hindustan Aeronautical limited

(c) Bhilai Iron Steel Plant

(d) Indian Oil Corporation 

Answer : A

Question: First cotton textile Industry was founded in….

(a) Ahmedabad

(b) Fort Glaster

(c) Mumbai

(d) Kanpur 

Answer : B

Question: Which city is known as Manchester of North India?

(a) Kanpur

(b) Patna

(c) Lucknow

(d) Meerut 

Answer : A

Question: Which is an example of Footloose Industry?

(a) Iron and Steel Industry

(b) Cotton textile Industry

(c) Cement Industry

(d) Electronics Industry 

Answer : D

Question:  Which is the largest producer of Sugar in India?

(a) Uttar Pradesh

(b) Maharashtra

(c) Andhra Pradesh

(d) Tamil Nadu 

Answer : A

Question: A city also refer as Silicon City

(a) Mumbai

(b) Jaipur

(c) Bengaluru

(d) Lucknow 

Answer : C

Question: Which one is not a feature of New Industrial Policy, 1991?

(a) Abolition of industrial licensing

(b) Foreign investment policy

(d) Free entry to foreign technology

(d) Maximum interference of Govt.

Answer : D

Question: Which is an example of Pure Raw Material?

(a) Iron ore

(b) Bauxite

(c) Cotton

(d) Crude oil 

Answer : C

Question. Which of the following iron and steel plants were built with Russian collaboration?
(a) Bhilai steel plant
(b) Rourkela steel plant
(c) Durgapur steel plant
(d) IISCO steel plant

Answer : A

Question. Which of these movements gave a big push to the development of cotton textile industry in India?
(a) Quit India Movement
(b) Swadeshi Movement
(c) Non-cooperation Movement
(d) Home Rule Movement

Answer : B

Question. The nucleus of the Hugli Industrial Region is
(a) Kolkata - Haora
(b) Kolkata- Rishra
(c) Kolkata - Medinipur
(d) Kolkata - Konnagar

Answer : A

Question. Which one of the following is the second largest producer of sugar?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Punjab
(d) Tamil Nadu

Answer : B

Question. Which of these states has the largest number of cotton mills in India?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Kerala
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Gujarat

Answer : C

Question. The TISCO integrated steel plant gets iron-ore from which of these region?
(a) Jharia
(b) Kendujhar
(c) Noamundi
(d) Joda

Answer : C

Question. The Vishvesvariya Iron and Steel Works Limited (VISL) gets its water supply through .............. river.
(a) Subernarekha
(b) Bhadravati
(c) Ganga
(d) Damodar

Answer : B

Question. Which of these state is the largest producer of sugar in India?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Bihar

Answer : B

Question. The first Naphtha based chemicals industry was started in Mumbai by
(a) CIPET
(b) NOCIL
(c) PCL
(d) IPCL

Answer : B

Question. Which of these is not a major industrial region in India?
(a) Mumbai-Pune
(b) Ambala-Amritsar
(c) Bengaluru-Tamil Nadu
(d) Chhotanagpur

Answer : B

Question. Which is not a factor of industrial location?
(a) Market
(b) Capital
(c) Population Density
(d) Power

Answer : C

Question. The earliest iron and steel company to be established in India was
(a) IISCO
(b) TISCO
(c) Visvesvaraiya Iron and Steel Works
(d) Mysore Iron and Steel Works.

Answer : B

Question. The first modern cotton mill was established in Mumbai because
(a) Mumbai is a port
(b) It is located near cotton growing area
(c) Mumbai was the financial centre
(d) All of the above

Answer : D

Question. Which of the following is a power intensive industry?
(a) Aluminium industry
(b) Pharmaceuticals industry
(c) Software industry
(d) Cotton industry

Answer : A

Question. The Bokaro steel plant was setup with collaboration with which of these countries
(a) Germany
(b) UK
(c) France
(d) Russia

Answer : D

Question. Which of these factors do not inf luence the location of an Industry in India?
1. Raw material source
2. Power source
3. Presence of Market
4. Density of Population
5. Availability of labour
Codes
(a) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
(b) 1, 2, 3 and 5
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) 1, 2, 4 and 5

Answer : B

Question. Which of these factors have favoured the development of cotton textile industry in India?
1. Tropical climate of India.
2. Production of large quantity of cotton in India.
3. Skilled labour in India.
Codes
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 1, 2 and 3
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 1 and 3

Answer : B

Question. Which of the following steel plants are correctly arranged in the chronology of their establishment?
(a) Durgapur steel plant, Bokaro steel plant, Bhilai steel plant
(b) Bhilai steel plant, Durgapur steel plant, Bokaro steel plant
(c) Durgapur steel plant, Bhilai steel plant, Bokaro steel plant
(d) Bokaro steel plant, Bhilai steel plant, Durgapur steel plant

Answer : B

Question. The first Cotton Mill was setup in 1854 in which city?
(a) Surat
(b) Calcutta
(c) Mumbai
(d) Madras

Answer : C

Question. The steel plant at Bokaro was setup in 1964 with the assistance of which of the following country?
(a) USA
(b) Russia
(c) Japan
(d) Israel

Answer : B

Question. What was the most important reason for setting up of cotton textile industry in Mumbai?
(a) Nearness to Raw material
(b) Abundance of labour
(c) Availability of capital
(d) All of the above

Answer : D

Question. Which of the following is a weight losing industry?
(a) Sugar industry
(b) Cotton textile industry
(c) Diamond cutting industry
(d) All of the above

Answer : A

Question. Which among the following sectors of the economy have been reserved for public sector?
(a) Atomic energy
(b) Electronic manufacturing
(c) Railways
(d) Both (a) and (c)

Answer : D

Question. Match the following and choose the correct answer.
List I                                        List II
(Industrial Region)                (Major Centre)
A. Mumbai-Pune                       1. Haldia
B. Hughli                                   2. Salem
C. Bengaluru-Chennai              3. Rajkot
D. Gujarat                                 4. Sholapur
Codes
    A B C D
(a) 1 2 4 3
(b) 2 3 4 1
(c) 4 1 2 3
(d) 1 2 3 4

Answer : C

Question. Match the following and choose the correct answer.
List I                                 List II
(Steel Plant)                 (Water Source)
A. Rourkela                    1. Barakar River
B. Durgapur                   2. Damodar River
C. Bhilai                         3. Tanduladam
D. TISCO                       4. Koel River
Codes
     A B C D
(a) 1 2 4 3
(b) 4 3 1 2
(c) 1 2 3 4
(d) 4 2 3 1

Answer : D