Distribution of major industries - class-VIII
Description: distribution of major industries | |
Number of Questions: 30 | |
Created by: Mohini Tyagi | |
Tags: geography indian industries industrial development resources and industries industries in india manufacturing industries in india - ii : mineral-based social science manufacturing industries history industry and trade |
Hindustan Machine Tools factory headquarter is located in _______
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Delhi
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Bangalore
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Srinagar
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Varanasi
Hindustan Machine Tools factory headquarter is located in Bangalore.
Ranchi in Jharkhand is famous for ________________.
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petrochmical industry
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electronic industry
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heavy engineering
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ship building
Heavy machinery was set up at Ranchi in Jharkhand. The plants in Ranchi produce castings, forgings, and rolls to meet the requirements of heavy machine tools and heavy machine-building plants.
Which one of the following air services provides services to Oil and Natural Gas Commission in its offshore operations?
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Indian Airlines
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Air India
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Pawanhans Helicopters Ltd
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None of these
Pawanhans Helicopters Ltd.
The metal which is used as a raw material for the manufacture of heavy machinery is ______.
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Aluminium
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Tin
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Sodium
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Iron
- The
metal which is used as a raw material for the manufacture of heavy machinery is
iron. Manufacturing of heavy machinery, equipment and bulk tools fall under
heavy machinery.
- Iron
and steel industry is a very good example of heavy industry all most all the
manufacturing process involves use of iron and steel like shipbuilding,
manufacture of trains, trucks etc. It is often referred to as backbone of
modern industry.
Chittaranjan is famous for _______.
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Cotton manufacturing Industry
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Sugar Industry
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Fertilizer Industry
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Locomotive Industry
Chittaranjan is located in West Bengal. It is famous for Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, which manufactures mainline electric broad gauge locomotives.
When National Aviation Company India Ltd. came in existence ?
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15th Aug., 2005
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10th Aug., 2007
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27th Aug., 2007
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10 Aug., 2005
- National Aviation Company limited is a merger of Air India and
Indian Airlines. This was merged according companies act 1956, in the year 2007
on 27th August.
- Under completion of merger now exists only one primary airline
called Air India providing regional and low cost point to point services.
The Diesel Locomotive Works is situated at _________.
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Varanasi
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Kolkata
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Chitranjan
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Jamshedpur
- Diesel locomotive works is
located in Varanasi which produces diesel-electric locomotives and its spare
parts. This company was founded in 1961. It was founded by Indian Railways.
- Besides the Indian Railways,
it regularly exports diesel-electric locomotives and has supplied locomotives to other countries such
as Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Mali.
In India, a locomotive manufacturing plant is located in ____________.
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Kanpur
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Bangalore
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Varanasi
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Vishakhapatnam
The Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW) in Varanasi, India, is a production unit owned by Indian Railways, that manufactures diesel-electric locomotives and its spare parts. it was founded in 1961.
Heavy electrical equipments in India are manufactured by which public sector undertaking?
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HAL
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BHEL
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SAIL
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IRCON
- Heavy electrical equipments in
India are manufactured by BHEL. BHEL stands for Bharat heavy electrical
limited. It is owned by government of India. The company is based in New Delhi and
is established in the year 1964.
- It has been granted the
prestigious Maharatna status in 2013 for its outstanding performance.
- BHEL is engaged in the design,
engineering, manufacturing, construction, testing, and servicing of a wide
range of products and services for the core sectors of the economy, like power,
transmission, industry, transportation, renewable energy and defence.
Railways Diesel engines are being manufactured at _______.
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Varanasi
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Perambur
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Chittaranjan
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Salem
- Among the given options in India, locomotive manufacturing plant is located in Varanasi. Diesel locomotive works is located in Varanasi which produces diesel-electric locomotives and its spare parts. This company was founded in 1961. It was founded by Indian Railways.
- Besides the Indian Railways, it regularly exports diesel-electric locomotives and has supplied locomotives to other countries such as Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Bangladesh, and Mali.
The enterprises like BHEL, GAIL, SAIL, etc., are known as _________.
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Public sector enterprises
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Joint sector enterprises
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Private sector enterprises
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Cooperative sector enterprises
- A
state enterprise in India is called a public sector enterprise. It should be
owned by central or state or both the governments. To be a public sector
enterprise majority of the stocks should be owned by government.
- The
enterprises like BHEL, GAIL, SAIL fall under public sector enterprise.
Which one of the following air services provides services to Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC) in its offshore operations?
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Indian Airlines
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Air India
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Pawan Hans Helicopters Ltd
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Alliance Air
- Pawan Hans Helicopters Ltd Air services, provides services to Oil and
Natural Gas Commission in its offshore operations.
- It provides its facilities
to operate in inaccessible areas and difficult areas like north eastern states,
interior parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarkhand.
Which of the following industries was de-reserved in 1993?
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Atomic energy
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Mining of copper and zinc
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Atopic minerals
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none of these
Mining of copper and zinc was de-reserved in 1993 according to national mining policy.
This was done to attract private investors in mine exploration.
This was amended several times to provide reasonable concession to attract the private sector investment
Which of the following was not an objective of the 1956 industrial policy?
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Develop heavy and machine making industries
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Expansion of public sector
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both a and b
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None of the above
National industrial policy was adopted by the government in April 1956 the main objective of this policy was to establish socialist pattern of society.
Among the given options namely development of heavy and machine making industries and expansion of public sector were included in the policy.
The growth of automobile industry in India is _____.
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Just before the independence
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Only after the independence
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Only after the 2014
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Begun in medieval era
The automobile industry in India is the tenth largest in the world with an annual production of approximately 2 million units. After independence, the Government of India and the private sector launched efforts to create an automotive-component manufacturing industry to supply to the automobile industry.
Copper is used in the electrical industry because _______.
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It is used by the people of early civilization
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It is used in household utensils
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It is a good conductor of heat and electricity
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It is a very light metal
Copper has the best electrical conductivity of any metal, except silver. Current flows easily through copper thanks to its small electrical resistance, without much loss of energy. This is why copper wires are used in mains cables in houses and underground. Copper is a good conductor of heat and is used in many heating applications as it doesn't corrode and has a high melting point.
Which of the following is associated with the manufacture of MIG Aircarft?
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Ozar
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Koraput
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Hyderabad
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Bengaluru
The MIG aircraft are manufactured at Ozar near Pune in Maharashtra.
At which place is coaches for railway passengers produced?
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Jalandhar
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Amritsar
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Ludhiana
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Kapurthala
Coaches for railway passengers are produced at Kapurthala. It is a city in Punjab state of India. rail Coach Factory was established in 1986. It is a coach manufacturing unit of Indian Railways.
Which city has emerged as the electronic capital of India?
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Mumbai
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Kolkata
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Chennai
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Bangalore
The electronics industry covers a wide range of products from transistor sets to television, telephones, cellular telecom, pagers, telephone exchange, radars, computers and many other equipments required by the telecommunication industry. Bangalore has emerged as the electronic capital of India.
What is the full form of HMT?
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Himachal Machine Tools
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Haryana Machine Tools
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Hindustan Machine Tools
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Hyderabad Machine Tools
HMT industries are set up at ____.
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Kalamassery
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Hyderabad and Bengaluru
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Pinjore and Ajmer
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All of the above
HMT Machine Tools Limited still manufactures industrial machines and tools with a work force of around 2,500 in six manufacturing units situated at Bangalore (Mother unit), Kochi, Kalamassery, Hyderabad (2 units), Pinjore and Ajmer. These mostly serve India's defence, government and educational Institutions.
Hindustan Machine Tools has its factories at _________.
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Bengaluru (Karnataka)
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Kalamassery (Kerala)
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Pinjore (Haryana)
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All the three places above
HMT Machine Tools Limited still manufactures industrial machines and tools with a work force of around 2,500 in six manufacturing units situated at Bangalore (Mother unit), Kochi, Kalamassery, Hyderabad (2 units), Pinjore and Ajmer. These mostly serve India's defence, government and educational Institutions.
Where is Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) headquarter located?
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Mumbai
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Kolkata
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Bengaluru
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Chennai
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is an Indian state-owned aerospace and defence company headquartered in Bangalore, India. It is governed under the management of the Indian Ministry of Defence.
Railway passenger coaches are manufactured at ________.
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Varanasi
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Chittaranjan
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Perambur
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Kolkata
Passenger and merchant ships are built at ______.
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Mazagaon Docks
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Hindustan Shipyard at Visakhapatnam
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No place; the Indian docks only make navy ships
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Goa shipyard
Passenger and merchant ships are built at Hindustan Shipyard at Visakhapatnam.
ICF (Integral Coach Factory) is located in ________.
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Alwaye
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Coimbatore
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Chennai
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Bhadravati
Which is the largest shipyard in India?
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Kolkata
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Kochi
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Mumbai
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Visakhapatnam
How many public sector shipping companies are there in India?
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5
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4
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1
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6
- There is only one public
sector shipping company. It is Shipping Corporation of India with its headquarters
in Mumbai. It manages and operates vessels.
- SCI was established on 2
October 1961. SCI was also awarded the prestigious "Navratna"
status by Indian Government in 2008.
When and where the first automobile industry was started in India?
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1948, Uttarpara (Kolkata)
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1949, Kurla (Mumbai)
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1950, Bangaluru
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1951, Chennai
It was towards the end of the war that the importance of establishing an indigenous automobile industry in India was realized when Premier Automobiles Ltd. (PAL) and Hindustan Motors (HM) set up factories in the mid-40s for progressive manufacture rather than assembly from imported components. HM was established in 1942 for the manufacture of certain auto components, but it was only in 1949 that the company actually began making cars. PAL was founded in 1944 by Seth Walchand Hirachand, a visionary and industrialist of pre-independent India, and as early as 1946 assembly of the Dodge DeSoto and Plymouth cars at PAL's Kurla (Mumbai) Plant commenced.
Where is Avadi Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF) located?
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Kanpur
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Chittaranjan
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Perambur
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Chennai
The Avadi Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF), located near Chennai in Tamil Nadu, is India's only manufacturer of heavy battlefield equipment. Avadi in Thiruvallur District is well known for Defence establishments like Heavy Vehicles factory and the Combat Vehicle Research Development and Establishment.