CBSE Class 10 Social Science Manufacturing Industries MCQs Set 03

Question: Which one of the following is not a forest based industry?
a) Paper Industry
b) Wood Industry
c) Rubber Industry
d) Sugar Industry
Answer: d

Question: Regular supply of electricity and an assured source of raw material at minimum cost are the two prime factors for the location of which one of the following industries:
a) Iron and Steel
b) Automobile
c) Aluminium smelting
d) Electronics
Answer: c

Question: The first successful textile mill was established in Mumbai in the year
a) 1824
b) 1854
c) 1864
d) 1884
Answer: b

Question: Which one of the following industries boomed after the Green Revolution in India?
a) Cement industry
b) Fertilizer industry
c) Automobile industry
d) Sugar industry
Answer: b

Question: Ranchi in Jharkhand is famous for
a) Petrochemical industry
b) Ship building industry
c) Heavy engineering and machine tool industry
d) Cotton industry
Answer: c

Question: What is the share of manufacturing industry in GDP of India?
a) 27%
b) 17%
c) 20%
d) 30%
Answer: a

Question: Which one of the following industries uses limestone as a raw material?
a) Iron and steel
b) Sugar
c) Cement
d) Handloom
Answer: c

Question: Industries owned and operated by an individual or a group of individuals are called
a) Joint sector industries
b) Private sector industries
c) Public sector industries
d) Cooperative sector industries
Answer: b

Question: Which one of the following places has woolen and silk textile industry combined?
a) Varanasi
b) Srinagar
c) Mirzapur
d) Agra
Answer: b

Question: The industry that brought forward more manufacturers in recent years by Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is
a) Electronic industry
b) Cement industry
c) Automobile industry
d) Oil industry
Answer: c

Question: The backbone of economic development is
a) Agriculture sector
b) Manufacturing sector
c) Corporate sector
d) Banking sector
Answer: b

Question: Which one of the following manufacturing industries provides employment to millions in India?
a) Iron and Steel
b) Petroleum
c) Cotton-textile
d) Cement
Answer: c

Question: Where was the first Cement Plant set up in India?
a) Mumbai
b) Kolkata
c) Chennai
d) Delhi
Answer: c

Question: In which year was the first successful cotton textile mill established in India?
a) 1853
b) 1854
c) 1855
d) 1856
Answer: b

Question: The city in Punjab that will soon be developed as a major IT centre is
a) Chandigarh
b) Bhatinda
c) Mohali
d) Pinjore
Answer: a

Question: The common factor among cotton textile industry, sugar industry and jute industry is that all are
a) Mineral-based industries
b) Agro-based industries
c) Information technology industries
d) Privately owned industries
Answer: b

Question: Assertion (a): Cotton textile industry is decentralised in India.
Reason (R): Cotton textile industry is immensely influenced by market.
a) Both (a) and (R) are true, and (R) explains (a)
b) Both (a) and (R) are true but (R) does not explain (a)
c) (a) is true and (R) is false
d) (a) is false and (R) is true
Answer: c

Question: The following is the list of iron and steel plants located in various parts of India.
A. Vishakhapatnam
B. Bhadravati
C. Jamshedpur
D. Salem
E. Rourkela
F. Bokaro
G. Vijayanagar
H. Durgapur
Which one of the following represents iron & steel industries located outside the Chotanagpur region?
a) A.D.G.H
b) B.C.F.G
c) A.B.D.G
d) B.E.G.H
Answer: c

Question: What are the human factors for establishment of an industry?
I. Labour
II. Raw Material
III. Transport
IV. Banking facilities
V. Availability of water
a) I, III & IV
b) I, II & III
c) I, III & V
d) I, II & V
Answer: a

Question: The rank of India in the capacity of spindles in the world stands at
a) First position
b) Second position
c) Third position
d) Fourth position
Answer: b

Question: Which one of the following industries use bauxite as a raw material?
a) Electronics
b) Cement
c) Aluminium
d) Steel
Answer: c

Question: The economic strength of the country is measured by which of the following developments?
a) The development of the manufacturing industries
b) The development of the literacy ratio
c) The development of the health status
d) The development of the population growth
Answer: a

Question: Maruti Udyog Limited is an example of which type of industry?
a) Joint sector
b) Public sector
c) Private sector
d) Co-operative sector
Answer: a

Question: Which of the following industrial towns is located on the Chhotanagpur Plateau?
a) Chennai
b) Ranchi
c) Srinagar
d) Sundernagar
Answer: b

Question: Most of the sugar industries are ideally suited to:
a) Private sector
b) Joint sector
c) Cooperative sector
d) Public sector
Answer: c

Question: What is the correct meaning of agglomeration economies?
a) Many industries set up in rural centres
b) Industries are basically agro-based
c) Many industries tend to come together to make use of the advantages offered by the urban centres
d) Industries set up produce raw material for secondary sector
Answer: c

Question: TISCO is the type of
a) Agro-based industry
b) Ownership
c) Mineral based industry
d) IT based industry
Answer: c

Question: Which is the largest paper producing state in India?
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Maharashtra
c) West Bengal
d) Orissa
Answer: c

Question: Organic and inorganic industrial wastes and effluents discharged into rivers and water bodies cause
a) Water pollution
b) Air pollution
c) Noise pollution
d) Land pollution
Answer: a

Question: The areas with concentration of jute mills in India are
a) Maharashtra
b) Gujarat
c) Banks of Hoogli river, West Bengal
d) Uttar Pradesh
Answer: c