CBSE Class 10 Social Science Manufacturing Industries MCQs Set D

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: Which one of the following is not true regarding the iron and steel industry in India?
a) India is the largest producer of sponge iron
b) Most of the public sector undertakings market their steel through the Steel Authority of India
c) Chhotanagpur Plateau region has the maximum concentration of iron and steel industries
d) As a leading iron and steel producing country, India does not need to import steel from other countries
Answer: d

Question: Which one of the following air services provides services to Oil and Natural Gas Commission in its offshore operations?
a) Indian Airlines
b) Air India
c) Pawan Hans Helicopters Ltd
d) Alliance
Answer: c

Question: Which one of the following groups of states have the largest number of cotton textile centres?
a) Gujarat and Maharashtra
b) Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
c) Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh
d) Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat
Answer: b

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 agencies markets steel for the public sector plants?
a) HAIL
b) SAIL
c) TATA STEEL
d) MNCC
Answer: b

Question: On the basis of bulk raw material and finished goods, oil is a basic raw material for
a) Automobiles
b) Sewing machines
c) Paint brushes
d) Electric bulbs
Answer: a

Question: Textile industry is an example of:
a) Agro based industry
b) Co-operative sector industry
c) Mineral based industry
d) Marine based industry
Answer: a

Question: Which one of the following factors has once again opened the opportunity for jute product?
a) Increasing concern for the use of biodegradable materials
b) Increasing productivity
c) Enhancing the yield per hectare
d) Improving quality
Answer: a

Question: Which one of the following iron and steel plants was established during the third five year plan?
a) Bhilai
b) Bokaro
c) Rourkela
d) Durgapur
Answer: b

Question: Read the following statement:
A. Cottage industrial occupations are hereditary in nature.
B. Some of the goods produced in cottage industries are also exported.
C. Cottage industries adopt high level of technology and require huge capital.
a) A is true and B and C are false
b) A is false and B & C are true
c) B is true and A & C are false
d) C is false and A & B are true
Answer: d

Question: Choose the right answer:
A. Cottonopolis of India – Mumbai
B. Silicon Valley of India – Bangalore
C. Manchester of North India – Kanpur
D. Detroit of India – Modi Nagar
a) All the options are right
b) Only B and D are right
c) Only A and B are right
d) Only A, B and C are right
Answer: d

Question: Consider the following statements:
Assertion (a): Manganese is used in the manufacturing of steel.
Reason (R): Nearly 10 kilograms of manganese is needed to make one tonne of steel.
a) (a) is true, but (R) is false
b) Both (a) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (a)
c) Both (a) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (a)
d) Both (a) and (R) are false
Answer: b

FILL IN THE BLANKS

Question: Since 2003 indistrial growth is between ________ to ________ percent per annum.
Answer: 9 & 10

Question: Manufacturing sector share ________ percent in GDP.
Answer: 17

Question: The first successful textile mill was established in mumbai in ________ .
Answer: 1854

Question: ________ city is famous for iron & steel plants in Chattisgarh.
Answer: Bhilai

Question: Basic and consumer industies are classified on the base of ________.
Answer: role

TRUE / FALSE

Question: In 1984, India’s first cement plant was established in Chennai.
Answer: True

Question: India has the second largest intalled capacity of spindles in the world after China.
Answer: True

Question: (Software Technology Parks of India) has come up accross 46 location at different centres of India.
Answer: True

Question: India is the largest producer of raw jute and jute goods.
Answer: True