Social Studies Question(1 Marks)

National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council(NMCC) has been set up:To improve the productivity, economists predict that manufacturing can achieve its target over the next decades.

People producing goods and services are called producers.

1. Agro based industries.
2. Mineral based industries.

Manufacturing activity tends to locate at the most appropriate place where all the factors of industrial locations are either available or can be arranged at a lower cost.

The industry which uses limestone as its main raw material-Cement Industry

True.

It is used to manufacture aircraft, utensils and wires.

In 2005, National Jute Policy was formulated with the objective of increasing productivity, improving quality, ensuring good prices to the jute farmers and enhancing the yield per hectare.

The continuing growth in the hardware and software is the key to success of IT industry in India.

Stiff competition in the international market from synthetic substitutes and from other competitors like Bangladesh, Brazil, etc.

There are over 642 sugar mills in India. They are located in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat along with Punjab, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh.

Manufacturing industries fall in the secondary sector.

The first jute mill was set up near Kolkata in 1859 at Rishra.

A large scale industry is one in which the investment is more than one crore on an industry.

The manufactured products that we use in our daily life are electric bulbs, vegetable oil, petrol, glassware, cement, etc.

The Bailadila hills look like the hump of an ox, hence Bailadila iron-ore field get its name.

Regular supply of electricity and an assured source of raw material at minimum cost are the two prime factors for location of the industry.

Consumer industries that produce goods for direct use by consumers – sugar, toothpaste, paper, sewing machines, fans etc.

The main markets are U.S.A., Canada, Russia, United Arab Republic, U.K. and Australia.

Availability of raw cotton, market, transport including accessible port facilities, labour, moist climate, etc. contributed towards its localisation.

Sugar industry.

The key factor in the location of an industry is availability of raw material.

Aluminium is an important metal because it combines the strength of metals such as iron, with extreme lightness and also with good conductivity and great malleability.

There are over 460 sugar mills in the country spread over Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat along with Punjab, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh.

India stands second as a world producer of sugar but occupies the first place in the production of gur and khandsari.

In the pre-Independence period, most manufacturing units were located in places from the point of view of overseas trade such as Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, etc.

Mini steel plants are smaller, have electric furnaces, use steel scrap and sponge iron. They have re-rollers that use steel ingots as well. They produce mild and alloy steel of given specifications.

An integrated steel plant is large, handles everything in one complex – from putting together raw material to steel making, rolling and shaping.

Bangladesh is the country which in the largest exporter of jute in the world. India is the largest producer of raw jute and jute goods and stands at second place as an exporter after Bangladesh.

Our manufactured goods must be at par in quality with those in the international market.

Odisha, West Bengal, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu.

The industry has strategically located plants in Gujarat that have suitable access to the market in the Gulf countries.

On the basis of source of raw materials used:

• Agro based: Cotton, woollen, jute, silk textile, rubber and sugar, tea, coffee, edible oil.
• Mineral based: Iron and steel, cement, aluminium, machine tools, petrochemicals.

Over the last two decades, the share of manufacturing sector has stagnated at 17 percent of GDP – out of a total of 27 percent for the industry which includes 10 percent for mining, quarrying, electricity and gas.

The agro industries in India have given a major boost to agriculture byraising its productivity.

Industries that use minerals and metals as raw materials are called mineral-based industries.

Inorganic chemicals include sulphuric acid (used to manufacture fertilisers, synthetic fibres, plastics, adhesives, paints, dyes stuffs), nitric acid, alkalies, soda ash (used to make glass, soaps and detergents, paper) and caustic soda.

Production of goods in large quantities after processing from raw materials to more valuable products is called manufacturing.

The Chotanagpur plateau region has the maximum concentration of iron and steel industries.

fIndia holds second position in the production of sugar.

Iron ore, coking coal and lime stone are required in the ratio of approximately 4 : 2 : 1. Some quantities of manganese, are also required to harden the steel.

1. High costs and limited availability of coking coal.
2. Lower productivity of labour.
3. Irregular supply of energy.
4. Poor infrastructure.

It is largely, because of the relative advantages this region has for the development of this industry. These include, low cost of iron ore, high grade raw materials in proximity, cheap labour and vast growth potential in the home market.

Production and consumption of steel is regarded as the index of a country's development.

After Partition in 1947, the jute mills remained in India but three-fourth of the jute producing area went to Bangladesh (erstwhile East Pakistan).

The jute industry supports 2.61 lakh workers directly and another 40 lakhs small and marginal farmers who are engaged in cultivation of jute and mesta.

Kudremukh deposits are known to be one of the largest in the world. The ore is transported as slurry through a pipeline to a port near Mangalore.

Cities provide markets and also provide services such as banking, insurance, transport, labour, consultants and financial advice, etc. to the industry.

False.
Explanation:
The Dabur industry is a Private sector industry.

Cement is essential for construction activity such as building houses, factories, bridges, roads, airports, dams and for other commercial establishments.