A largest Iron and Steel plant in privaste sector.

The nucleus of the Hugli Industrial Region is:

The second largest producer of sugar is:

Why do you think that the iron and steel industry is basic to the industrial development of any country?

Name the two sectors of the cottage textile industries. How are they different?

Why is the sugar industry a seasonal industry?

What is the raw material base for the petrochemical industry? Name some of the products of this industry.

What is the major impact of Information Technology (IT) revolution in India?

How did the Swadeshi movement give a major impetus to the cotton textiles industry?

What do you understand by liberalization, privatization and globalization? How have they helped industrial development in India?

State any three features of industrial development in India before independence.