MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
Q.1. The economic strength of a country is measured by the development of which
of the following?
(a) Agriculture
(b)
Infrastructural facilities
(c)
Manufacturing industries
(d) Export trade
Ans.
(c)
Q.2. How can industrialization assist in bringing in foreign exchange?
(a)
Modernization of agriculture
(b) Removing
dependence on agriculture
by providing
alternative employment
(c) Export of
manufactured goods
(d) Import of
manufactured goods
Ans.
(c)
Q.3. Which of the following developments usually follows industrial activity?
(a) Agriculture
(b) Urbanization
(c)
Electrification (d) Mining
Ans.
(b)
Q.4. In which of the following groups of cities were most of the manufacturing
units located in the pre-independence
period?
(a) Delhi,
Kanpur, Moradabad
(b) Bangalore -
Hyderabad
(c) Mumbai,
Kolkata, Chennai
(d) Chandigarh,
Ludhiana, Amritsar.
Ans.
(c)
Q.5. Many industries tend to come together to make use of the advantages offered
by the urban centers known as agglomeration economies. Which of the following
are the main advantages provided by cities to industries?
(a) Market and
services
(b) Agricultural
products and minerals
(c) Power supply
(d) Suitable
climate and services
Ans.
(a)
Q.6. Which of the following is not a factor of production?
(a) Land (b) Raw
materials
(c) Capital (d)
Enterprise
Ans.
(b)
Q.7. Which of the following industries is in private sector?
(a) Dabur (b)
BHEL
(c) SAIL (d)
HINDALCO
Ans.
(a)
Q.8. Oil India Limited (OIL) belongs to which of the following types of
industries?
(a) Public
sector
(b) Private
sector
(c) Joint sector
(d) Cooperative
sector
Ans.
(c)
Q.9. Which of the following industries belongs to the category of heavy
industries?
(a) Watches (b)
Shipbuilding
(c) Electric
bulbs (d) Knitting needles
Ans.
(b)
Q.10. Which of the following techniques of cotton textile production came into
use after the 18th century?
(a) Power looms
(b)
Hand-spinning
(c) Handloom
weaving
(d) Zari
embroidery
Ans.
(a)
Q.11. When and where was the first successful textile mill established in India?
(a) In Ahmedabad
in 1858
(b) In Chennai
in 1954
(c) In Kolkata
in 1816
(d) In Mumbai in
1854
Ans.
(d)
Q.12. Sixty percent of sugar mills are concentrated in which of the following
states?
(a) Punjab and
Haryana
(b) Maharashtra
and Gujarat
(c) Uttar
Pradesh and Bihar
(d) West Bengal
and Orissa
Ans.
(c)
Q.13. On the basis of character of raw material and finished product, iron and
steel industry belongs to which
category?
(a) Heavy
industry
(b) Medium
industry
(c) Light
industry
(d) Perishable
goods industry
Ans.
(a)
Q.14. Which of the following public sector steel plants of India is located near
a port?
(a) Durgapur (b)
Vijaynagar
(c) Bhadravati
(d) Vishakhapatnam
Ans.
(d)
Q.15. Which of the following is the effect of liberalisation and foreign direct
investment on iron and steel industry of India?
(a) Lower
productivity of labour
(b) High costs
and limited availability of
coking coal
(c) Irregular
supply of energy
(d) Boost to the
industry
Ans.
(d)
Q.16. Which of the following is not an inorganic chemical?
(a) Sulphuric
acid
(b)
Petrochemicals
(c) Nitric acid
(d) Alkalies
Ans.
(b)
Q.17. Which of the following inorganic chemicals is used for the making of
glass, soaps, detergents and paper?
(a) Soda ash (b)
Sulphuric acid
(c) Nitric acid
(d) Alkalies
Ans.
(a)
Q.18. Which of the following industries is the largest consumer of chemicals?
(a) Fertilisers
(b) Textiles
(c) Chemicals
(d) Paper
Ans.
(c)
Q.19. Which of the following led to expansion of the fertilizer industry?
(a)
Liberalisation and foreign direct
investment
(b) MNCs
(multinational corporations)
(c) The Green
Revolution
(d) All the
above
Ans.
(c)
Q.20. When and where was the first cement plant set up in India?
(a) Chennai in
1904
(b) Porbandar in
1924
(c) Dalmianagar
in 1937
(d) Kottayam in
1967
Ans.
(a)
Q.21. Which of the following cities is one of the centers around which
automobile industry is located?
(a) Gurgaon (b)
Jaipur
(c) Itanagar (d)
Ahmedabad
Ans.
(a)
Q.22. Which of the following cities is the
electronic capital of India?
(a) Delhi (b)
Mumbai
(c) Bengaluru
(d) Hyderabad
Ans.
(c)
Q.23. Which of the following is an electronics industry?
(a) HMT,
Bengaluru
(b) TISCO,
Jamshedpur
(c) BHEL,
Hyderabad
(d) BALCO, Korba
Ans.
(c)
Q.24. Which of the following industries has been a major foreign exchange earner
in the last few years?
(a) Electronics
Industry
(b) Information
Technology Industry
(c) Engineering
Industry
(d) Tourism
Industry
Ans.
(b)
Q.25. Which of the following is a negative effect of industrialization?
(a) Economic
growth
(b) Pollution
(c) Foreign
exchange earnings
(d) Rapid
urbanization
Ans.
(b)
PREVIOUS YEARS’ QUESTIONS
Q.1. 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.
Ans.
(a)
Q.2. What is the correct meaning of agglomeration economies?
(a) Many
industries set up in rural Centers
(b) Industries
are basically agro-based.
(c) Many
industries tend to come together to make use of the advantages offered by the
urban centers
(d) Industries
set up produce raw material for secondary sector.
Ans.
(c)
Q.3. 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.
Ans.
(d)
Q.4. Which one of the following industries, due to its seasonal nature, is
ideally suited to the cooperative sector ?
(a) Sugar (b) Jute textile
(c) Automobile
(d) Cotton textile
Ans.
(a)
Q.5. Which one of the following air services provides services to Oil and
Natural Gas Commission in its off-shore operations ?
(a) Indian
Airlines
(b) Air India
(c) Pawanhans
Helicopters LTD
(d) Alliance
Ans.
(c)
Q.6. 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
Ans.
(c)
Q.7. Where was the first Cement Plant set up in India ?
(a) Mumbai (b)
Kolkata
(c) Chennai (d)
Delhi
Ans.
(c)
Q.8. Manufacturing Industries are placed in :
(a) Primary
sector
(b) Secondary
sector
(c) Tertiary
sector
(d) Service
sector
Ans.
(b)
Q.9. The first successful textile mill was established in :
(a) Delhi
(b)
Vishakhapattnam
(c) Chennai
(d) Mumbai
(Bombay)
Ans.
(d)
Q.10. Textile industry is an example of:
(a) Agro based industry
(b) Co-operative
sector industry
(c) Mineral
based industry
(d) Marine based
industry
Ans.
(a)
Q.11. Which one of the following is not true regarding the National Jute Policy
of 2005 ?
(a) Creating
awareness about the use of biodegradable materials
(b) Ensuring
good prices to the jute farmers
(c) Increasing
productivity
(d) Improving
quality of Jute
Ans.
(a)
Q.12. 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
Ans.
(a)
Q.13. Which one of the following steel plants is located in Chhattisgarh ?
(a) Bokaro (b)
Durgapur
(c) Bhilai (d)
Rourkela
Ans.
(c)
Q.14. Most of the sugar industries are ideally suited to :
(a) Private
sector (b) Joint sector
(c) Cooperative
sector (d) Public sector
Ans.
(c)
Q.15. Which one of the following agencies, market steel for the public sector
plants ?
(a) HAIL (b)
SAIL
(c) TATA STEEL
(d) MNCC
Ans.
(b)
Q.16. Which of the following group of factors is a prime group for the location
of aluminium smelting plant?
(a) Capital and
Market
(b) Raw material
and Electricity
(c) Labour and
Raw material
(d) Capital and
Transport
Ans.
(b)
Q.17. Small scale and large scale industries are classified on which basis?
(a) Capital
investment
(b) Ownership
(c) Main role
(d) Source of
raw materials
Ans.
(a)
Q.18. Which one of the following factors is considered as the most prominent one
in industrial location in a region ?
(a) Availability
of raw materials
(b) Market
(c) Cheap Labour
(d) None of
these
Ans.
(a)
Q.19. Which one of the following cities is known as electronic capital of India
?
(a) Srinagar (b)
Noida
(c) Bengaluru
(d) Pune
Ans.
(c)
Q.20. Which one of the following groups of states have the largest number of
cotton textile centers ?
(a) Gujarat and
Maharashtra
(b) Karnataka
and Tamil Nadu
(c) Maharashtra
and Madhya Pradesh
(d) Uttar
Pradesh and Gujarat
Ans.
(a)
Q.21. Which one of the following countries has the largest installed capacity of
spindles in the world ?
(a) India (b)
China
(c) USA (d)
Britain
Ans.
(b)
Q.22. The National Jute Policy with an objective to improve the production for
the Indian farmers was formulated in the year :
(a) 2000 (b)
2005
(c) 2001 (d)
1999
Ans.
(b)