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Information technology industry - class-VIII

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Use of living organisms for the welfare of mankind is called ________.

  1. Biotechnology

  2. Microbiology

  3. Cell biology

  4. Information technology


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Use of living organisms for the welfare of mankind is called Microbiology.
Microorganisms include bacteria, fungi, protozoa, some algae, viruses, viroids and also prions. Some other microorganisms are beneficial and contribute to human welfare. This post is about such useful microorganisms [useful microbes].

Information technology in India includes which of the below mentioned components?

  1. IT services

  2. Business process outsourcing

  3. Both A and B

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Information technology in India is an industry consisting of two major components: IT services and business process outsourcing. The sector has increased its contribution to India's GDP from 1.2% in 1998 to 7.5% in 2012. India's current prime minister Narendra Modi has started 'Digital India' project to give IT a secured position inside & outside India.

Business process outsourcing BPO is a subset of outsourcing that involves the contracting of the operations and responsibilities of a specific business process to a third-party service provider. 

IT service management (ITSM) refers to the entirety of activities – directed by policies, organized and structured in processes and supporting procedures – that are performed by an organization to plan, design, deliver, operate and control information technology (IT) services offered to customers.

Which of the following examples falls under the classification of knowledge based industry ?

  1. Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing

  2. Commercial and Service  Machinery Manufacturing

  3. Telephone Apparatus Manufacturing

  4. All of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Knowledge based industries are classified in all the above parts.
Information technology deals with the storage, processing and distribution of information. During the decade, the industry has gained global attention due to a series of political, technological and socioeconomic events. India is witnessing the emergence of information technology hubs in Bangalore, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Chennai.

The Silicon Valley and Bangalore both share many same aspects in the development of Information technology such as pleasant climate, skilled workforce, presence of high quality educational, technological and scientific centers and access to markets.

Biotechnology that is applied to medical processes is called ___________________.

  1. Green biotechnology

  2. Red biotechnology

  3. Blue biotechnology

  4. White biotechnology


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Red biotechnology(Bio-pharmaceutical) is a process that utilizes organisms to improve health care and help the body to fight diseases. It is a branch of modern biotechnology which is utilized in the field of medicine.

Which city is known as Electronic Capital of India?

  1. Kanpur

  2. Delhi

  3. Bengaluru

  4. Madurai


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Bangalore.
Electronic City is an information technology hub in Bangalore, India, located in Anekal taluk. It is one of India's largest electronic/IT industrial parks, spread over 800 acres (3.2 km²) in Konappana Agrahara and Doddathogur villages in Bangalore.

Which of the following places is called the electronic capital of India?

  1. Kanpur

  2. Mumbai

  3. Bangalore

  4. Chennai


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Bangalore or Bengaluru is known as the electronic capital of India due to the presence of software industries, aerospace, telecommunications and heavy industries. Bangaluru is hailed as an iconic IT centre of the country and why other city is not able to compete with it of below highlights:

  1. Benguluru is surplice with MNCs
  2. Education system is excellent here attracting students
  3. Higher education system attract companies for replacement
  4. Presence of partners/competitors
  5. Mild climate attract people to settle here
  6. Connected to major cities like Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Chennai with excellent land-air transportation and communication
  7. Trees like avenues, excellent response of Municipal Corporation.

Which city is called the 'Silicon Valley' of India?

  1. Mumbai

  2. Hydrabad

  3. Bangalore

  4. Pune


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Bengaluru is silicon city of India because, the Silicon Valley of India is a nickname of the Indian city of Bangalore. As Bangalore is on the Mysore Plateau, the area is also sometimes referred to as "Silicon Plateau".

The Bharat Electronics Ltd. makes important contribution in the field of _______________.

  1. communication

  2. radar

  3. Aviation

  4. all of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Avionics, radars, weapon systems, C4I systems, electronic voting machines, etc. Bharat Electronics Limited (IAST: Bhārat Electronics limiṭeḍ) (BEL) is an Indian state-owned aerospace and defence company with about nine factories, and several regional offices in India.

Which one of the following is contributing to the large amount of foreign exchange?

  1. Export of gold jewellery

  2. Export of petroleum products

  3. Export of engineering goods

  4. Export of hardwares and softwares


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

D. Exports of Hardware and software.

Indian software exports are huge – roughly US$75bn in 2014/15 (and c.US$100bn if BPO services are included) – and continuously registering double-digit annual growth. The location of production has changed.  In the early 1990s, 75% of work took place on-site, 25% in India.  By 2013/14, it was said that 20% of work took place on-site, 80% in India.  This means that net foreign exchange earnings will have risen as a proportion of gross since offshore work requires much less foreign exchange outflow than on-site working.

Middle East countries remain the top destination of export for Computer Hardware during the year 2011-12. Personal Computer has emerged to be the top item of export during the year 2011-12.

Which of the following industries helps in the manufacture of telephones computers, radars etc?

  1. Aluminium

  2. Information Technology

  3. Steel

  4. Electronics


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The answer is D.

The consumer electronics industry manufactures and distributes everything from telephones, stereo components, televisions, alarm clocks, and calculators to digital cameras, video cameras, VCRs, and DVD and MP3 players-basically, everything we see when we go into an electronics store. 

Which of the following emerged as the electronic capital of India?

  1. Bangalore

  2. Hyderabad

  3. Gurgaon

  4. Pune


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Bangalore is known as the electronic capital of India. Most of the information technology is concentrated in Bangalore. Bangalore has always had a unique advantage, as a city with the highest availability of middle and top management talent.

Osaka is a industrial region in __________.

  1. Japan

  2. Phillippines

  3. China

  4. India


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Osaka is a industrial region in Japan.

BHEL is a __________.

  1. public sector

  2. private ownership

  3. cooperative sector

  4. basic industry


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

BHEL is a public sector.

The industries that manufactures telephone, computers, etc is _____________.

  1. Steel Industry.

  2. Aluminium Industry

  3. Electronic Industry

  4. Information technology


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The industries that manufactures telephone, computers, etc is Information technology.

________ is the largest producer of feature films in the world.

  1. South Korea

  2. India

  3. USA

  4. England


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Feature film is a movie or a motion picture which has running time that meets the requirement. India is the largest producer of feature films in the world. India makes as many as 16,000 films every year in different languages. 

Which one the following industries manufactures mobiles and computer laptops?

  1. Steel

  2. Aluminium

  3. Electronic

  4. Information Technology

  5. None of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The technology of storing, processing and distributing information is called information technology. This industry is related to the manufacture of mobiles and laptops.

The city known as the 'electronic capital' of India is __________.

  1. Hyderabad

  2. Pune

  3. Bengaluru

  4. Chennai


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

  • Bengaluru or Bangalore is the electronic capital of India due to the fact that it is a hub for software industries, aerospace, telecommunications, aerospace and many other heavy industries.
  • Bengaluru is the fourth largest technology cluster in India. It is surprising to know that almost half if the work done in Bengaluru is through computers.

Ramoji film city is the place of interest in ___________.

  1. Hyderabad

  2. Banglore

  3. Chennai

  4. Kolkata


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Ramoji film city is located in the city outskirts of Hyderabad in the state of Telangana. It is spread over 1500 acres and is the largest integrated film city in the world. It is a popular tourist attraction with natural and artificial sites including amusement parks.

Which of the following industries helps in the manufacture of telephones computers, radars, etc?

  1. Aluminium

  2. Information Technology

  3. Steel

  4. Electronics


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Manufacture of telephones computers, radars etc. fall under electronic industry. Electronic industry is growing at a high rate in India. The compound annual growth rate of electronic industry in India is about 24.4%.

The Jack Welch Technology belong to ____________.

  1. Wipro

  2. GE

  3. ISRO

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The John F. Welch Technology Centre (JFWTC) is the formal name of the GE Global Research and Technology Development site located inWhitefield, Banglore.The JFWTC is General Electric's (GE) first and largest integrated, multidisciplinary Research and Development Center outside the US

Which city is referred to as the 'Silicon Valley of India'?

  1. Hyderabad

  2. Mumbai

  3. Chennai

  4. Bangalore


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Bangalore presently known as Bengaluru is known as 'Silicon Valley of India'. This city has earned the reputation of being the IT Capital of India. Factors that have led to the development of IT at Bengaluru are-

(1) The pleasant climate which makes it an ideal place for residence.
(2) It is linked with all the parts of the country by road, rail, and air.
(3) Availability of highly trained and talented professionals.

The Silicon City of India is ___________.

  1. Bengaluru

  2. Chennai

  3. Hyderabad

  4. New Delhi


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The silicon city of India is Bengaluru.

Bengaluru (also called Bangalore) is the capital of India's southern Karnataka state. The center of India's high-tech industry, the city is also known for its parks and nightlife. By Cubbon Park, Vidhana Soudha is a Neo-Dravidian legislative building. Former royal residences include 19th-century Bangalore Palace, modeled after England’s Windsor Castle, and Tipu Sultan’s Summer Palace, an 18th-century teak structure.

The setting up of Indian Telephone industry in 1950 at Bengaluru gave a boost to _____.

  1. Automobile industry

  2. Electronics industry

  3. Textile industry

  4. Sugar industry


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The electronics industry in India started with radio manufacturing in the 1850s. The setting up of the Indian Telephone Industry (ITI) in 1950 at Bangalore gave a boost to this industry. It now meets the needs of post and telegraph, defense, railways, electricity boards, etc. ITI now has the main manufacturing units located at Bangalore, Naini, Rai Bareli, Mankapur, Palakkad and Srinagar.

The electronics industry started in India with _____.

  1. Television manufacturing

  2. Radio manufacturing

  3. Audio recorder manufacturing

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The electronics industry started in India with Radio manufacturing.
 India's share in global electronics hardware production was 1.6%. The communication and broadcasting(Radio manufacturing) equipment segment constituted 31℅, thereby having a dominant share in the total production of electronic goods in India in FY13, followed by consumer electronics at 23℅.

In which year India's first scientific mission to moon was launched?

  1. 2000

  2. 2004

  3. 2007

  4. 2008


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Chandrayaan-1 was India's first mission to the moon. Chandrayan -1 was launched in 2008, from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota.

In which place, The Electronics Corporation of India Ltd. was set up?

  1. Allahabad

  2. Mumbai

  3. Chennai

  4. Hyderabad


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) is a Government of India Enterprise under the Department of Atomic Energy, established on April 11, 1967 by A. S. Rao at Hyderabad, to create a strong indigenous base in electronics.
Headquarters: Hyderabad, India
Founded: 1967.

In which year, The Electronics Corporation of India Ltd. was set up?

  1. 1962

  2. 1868

  3. 1967

  4. 1973


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Electronics Corporation of India Limited was setup under the Department of Atomic Energy on 11th April, 1967 with a view to generate a strong  indigenous capability in the field of professional grade electronics.

Hindustan photo film manufacturing industry is an important industry in _______.

  1. Hyderabad

  2. Delhi

  3. Banglore

  4. Ooty


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

  • Hindustan photo film manufacturing company is a public sector firm which manufactures photo films, cine films, X-ray films, graphic arts films, photographic paper.
  • This company is located in the hill station of Ooty.
  • This was founded in the year 1960.

What is the major contribution of electronics industry to the country?

  1. Maximized wealth information

  2. Reduced poverty

  3. Improved standard of living

  4. Encouraged employment


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

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. A major impact of this industry has been on employment generation.

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