I. CHOOSETHE CORRECT ANSWER:
1. Cotton textile industry is agro based
2. Manchester of India is Mumbai
3. Tata Iron and Steel industry islocated at Jamshedpur
4. Chota Nagpur Plateau is noted for Mineralresource
5. The city known as ElectronicCapital is Bangalore
II. MATCHTHE FOLLOWING
| 1. Jute industry | West Bengal |
| 2. Cotton industry | Mumbai |
| 3. Software Industry | Bangalore |
| 4. Tata Iron and Steel Industry | Jamshedpur |
| 5. Sugar bowl of India | Uttar Pradesh and Bihar |
IV. Shortanswers:
1.Define manufacturing.
Manufacturing is defined as theprocess of converting raw materials into finished products.
Eg. iron ore into iron then intomachinery
2.Name the factors that determine location of an industry.
The location of an industry isdetermined by raw material, power, transport, man power, water, market andgovernment policies.
3.What are agro based industries? Give examples.
Agro basedindustries:-
These industries use agriculturalproducts as their basic raw material. For example, Cotton textile industry,jute industry, sugar industry etc.
4.Name any five software centers.
Main centers are Chennai, Coimbatore,Thiruvananthapuram, Bangalore, Mysore, Hyderabad, Vishakhapatnam, Mumbai, Pune,Bhubaneswar, Indore, Gandhinagar, Jaipur, Kolkata, Noida, Mohali and Srinagar.
5.What are the byproducts of the Jute industry?
Jute products include gunny bags,canvas, pack sheets, jute webs, Hessians, carpets, cordage.
V. detail:
1. Write an account of Iron and Steelindustries of India.
Account ofiron and steel industries of India
- Tata Ironand Steel Company (TISCO) was set up at Jamshedpur in 1907 now it iscalled Tata Steel limited. It is oldest and largest integrated iron and steelplant in India. The company produces pig iron and steel.
- IndianIron and Steel Company (IISCO) was set up at Burnpur in 1919.Company produces pig iron and crude steel control was taken over by SAIL.
- VisveshwarayaIron and Steel limited (VISL) set up in 1923 at Bhadravati in Karnataka.It’s major products are alloy and special steel.
- The Vijayanagarsteel plant has been set up Tornagai in Karnataka.
- The SalemSteel Plant located at Salem in Tamil Nadu in 1982.
- Majorproducers of the world class stainless steel.
- The VishakhapatnamSteel Plant came into operation in 1992. And first plant in the shoreregion. It is a major export oriented steel plant.
2. Describe the factors encouragingcotton textile industry in Mumbai.
The following factors favour thecotton textile industries in Mumbai:
- Locationof port facilities for the export of finished goods.
- Wellconnected through rail and road links with cotton growing areas.
- Humidcoastal climate favours yarning.
- Availabilityof Capital goods and finance.
- Availabilityof man power.
3 Give an account of Software industryin India.
- An accountof software industry in India
- It hasemerged as a major industry.
- The mainreason due to the availability of cheap and skilled young softwareprofessionals in our country.
- “ElectronicParks” is established different parts of our country.
- The maincenters are Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune, Mohali and Srinagar.
- At presentthere are more than 500 Software firms in the country.
- Expectedto generate a total employment of around six million.
- Today thesoftware industry exports software to nearly 95 countries.
- TheGovernment has also played a vital role in the development of softwareindustry.
- It hascontributed 9% of GDP for India national income