NCERT Solutions for Class 12 इतिहास India People And Economy Chapter 8 Manufacturing Industries

Which is not a factor of industrial location?

• Market

• Capital

   

• Population Density

• Power

The earliest Iron and Steel Company to be established in India is:

• IISCO

• TISCO

   

• Visvesvaraiya Iron and Steel Works

   

• Mysore Iron and Steel Works.

The first modern cotton mill was established in Mumbai because:

• Mumbai is a port

   

• It is located near cotton growing area

   

• Mumbai was the financial centre

   

• All of the above

The nucleus of the Hugli Industrial Region is:

• Kolkata-Haora

• Kolkata-Rishra

   

• Kolkata-Mednipur

•  Kolkata-Konnagar

The second largest producer of sugar is:

• Maharashtra

• Uttar Pradesh

   

• Punjab

• Tamil Nadu

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?