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Silicon Valley of India is located in __________.

  1. Bangalore

  2. California

  3. Ahmedabad

  4. Banaras


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Bangalore is called Silicon Valley of India. This is because it is the main hub for information technology. This name is a comparative reference to original Silicon Valley of California.

The Silicon Valley was the brainchild of R. K. Baliga, who was the first Chairman and Managing Director of Karnataka State Electronics Development Corporation

Which one of the following industries manufactures telephones, computer, etc?

  1. Steel

  2. Electronic

  3. Aluminium

  4. Information Technology


Correct Option: B
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%.

Hindustan Paper Corporation Ltd is located in which of the below mentioned places?

  1. Uttar Pradesh

  2. Gujarat

  3. Assam

  4. Telangana


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Hindustan Paper Corporation Ltd Township Panchgram is a census town in Hailakandi district in the Indian state of Assam. It is a finest township of the Barak Valley under Hindustan Paper Corporation Limited. It is called as a second Shillong in Barak Valley Area.

Which of the following is an advanced technology industry ______________.

  1. Aerospace

  2. Biotechnology

  3. Robotics

  4. All of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Aerospace, Biotechnology and Robotics are advanced technology industry.
Advanced technology is defined as a new or developing IT innovation that still has relatively few users, yet promises to provide future, significant value. Advanced manufacturing takes advantage of both advanced technology and manufacturing technology to improve processes and products within the supply chain.

When Hindustan Aluminium Company was set up?

  1. 1951

  2. 1952

  3. 1954

  4. 1958


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The Hindustan Aluminum Company was established in 1958 by the Aditya Birla Group. In 1989 the company was restructured and renamed Hindalco.

Which of the following is import item of India?

  1. Jute manufactured goods

  2. Tea

  3. Leather goods

  4. Edible oil


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Edible oil.
India main imports are: mineral fuels, oils and waxes and bituminous substances (27 percent of total imports); pearls, precious and semi-precious stones and jewelry (14 percent); electrical machinery and equipment (10 percent); nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances (8 percent).

Which of the following states is the largest producer of cement in India?

  1. Kerala

  2. Karnataka

  3. Tamil Nadu

  4. Andhra Pradesh


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Andhra Pradesh.

The city in punjab that will be soon developed as major IT centre is ______.

  1. Chandigarh

  2. Bhatinda

  3. Mohali

  4. Pinjore


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The city in punjab that will be soon developed as major IT centre is Mohali.

Which one of the following cities is known as electronic capital of India?

  1. Srinagar

  2. Noida

  3. Bengaluru

  4. Pune


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Bengaluru.

Aluminium produced from _________.

  1. Magnetite

  2. Bauxite

  3. Mica

  4. Manganese


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Aluminium produced from Bauxite.

Which one of the following is the basic raw material for  the cement industry ?

  1. Magnesium

  2. Limestone

  3. Mica

  4. Copper


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Limestone.

The main centre of chemical industry is _________.

  1. Mumbai

  2. Kolkata

  3. Hyderabad

  4. Chennai


Correct Option: A

Which fertilizer is mostly consumed in India?

  1. Nitrogen

  2. Phosphorus 

  3. Potash

  4. All are used in equal ratio


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

  • A fertilizer is a natural or synthetic material that is supplied to plant or soil to provide one or more essential nutrients to plant.
  • Nitrogen is an essential nutrient for plant growth, development and reproduction. Despite nitrogen being the abundant element on earth, its deficiency is seen in plants. To avoid this nutrient deficiency nitrogen fertilizers are added to the soil.
  • It is fertilizer that is consumed most in India.

Sindri manufactured ________.

  1. Silk

  2. Paper

  3. Steel

  4. Fertilizers


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Sindri is an industrial township within the Dhanbad municipal limits of the Dhanbad District of Jharkhand state. Sindri was well known because of a large Fertilizer factory (Fertilizer Corporation of India Limited - FCI, closed in 2002) conceived here in the early industrialized India.

Which of the following is not a raw material used in the cement industry?

  1. Limestone

  2. Silica

  3. Manganese

  4. Gypsum


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

This industry requires bulky and heavy raw materials like limestone, silica, alumina and gypsum. There are 128 large plants and 332 mini cement plants in the country. India produces a variety of cement. 

The first cement plant was set up in ________.

  1. Mumbai

  2. Kolkata

  3. Delhi

  4. Chennai


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The first cement plant was set up in Chennai in 1904. After Independence the industry expanded. 

Hazira in Gujarat is famous for __________industry.

  1. Chemical and fertilizer

  2. Iron and steel

  3. Aluminium smelting

  4. Copper smelting


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

  • Hazira in Gujarat is famous for chemical and fertilizer manufacturing. This fertilizer company has been set up by KRIBHCO to manufacture urea, ammonia and bio-fertilizers. This is established on the banks of river Tapti.

Name the fertilizer that is used to improve the fertility in alluvial soil?

  1. Nitrogen

  2. Phosphate

  3. Pottash

  4. Organic material


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

  • Alluvium is a loose soil or sediments which are formed by erosion by rainwater. It is typically made of small particles of silt and clay and larger particles of sand and gravel.
  • The fertility of alluvium is improved by nitrogen.

The biggest newsprint paper mill of India is at ______.

  1. Titagarh

  2. Ballarpur

  3. Nepanagar

  4. Saharanpur


Correct Option: C

Which one of the following is the center for cycle industry?

  1. Firozabad

  2. Sonipat

  3. Allahabad

  4. Nagpur


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Sonipat is the center for cycle industry in India.

Sonipat, anciently named Swarnprastha, is a city and a Municipal Corporation in Haryana state of India. It comes under the National Capital Region and is around 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Delhi. It is also around 214 km(128 miles) southwest of Chandigarh, the state capital. The Yamuna River runs along the eastern boundary.

The first paper mill of India was located on the banks of __________ river.

  1. Hooghly

  2. Rapti

  3. Tapti

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Indian Paper Industry is more than a century old. The first paper mill was started in Serampore (West Bengal) in 1812. But this mill did not succeed because of lack of demand for paper. Serampore is a famous and historical city in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarter of the Srirampore subdivision. It is a pre-colonial town on the west bank of the Hooghly River.

Prime Minister, Narendhra Modi has launched digital India programme to secure the position of which of the following industry?

  1. IT industry

  2. Aluminium industry

  3. Paper industry

  4. All of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Digital India is a campaign launched by the Government of India to ensure that Government services are made available to citizens electronically by improved online infrastructure and by increasing Internet connectivity or by making the country digitally empowered in the field of technology.

It was launched on 1 July 2015 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The initiative includes plans to connect rural areas with high-speed internet networks.

The Government of India has launched the Digital India program to provide several government services to the people using IT and to integrate the government departments and the people of India. The adoption of key technologies across sectors spurred by the Digital India Initiative could help boost India's Gross Domestic Product.

The Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology or CCMB is an Indian Biotechnology research establishment of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research located in ____________.

  1. Bangalore

  2. Hyderabad

  3. Kolkata

  4. Mumbai


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology or CCMB is an Indian Biotechnology research establishment of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research located in Hyderabad, India, and a designated Center of Excellence for Global Molecular and Cell Biology Network, UNESCO. The National Biosafety level - 4 Containment Facility for Human Infectious Diseases, is Located in CCMB.

________ can replace wood in cement bonded particle board.

  1. Rice straw

  2. Glass

  3. Wheat straw

  4. Paper


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Rice straw can replace wood in cement bonded particle board.

rice straw-wood particle composite boards were manufactured as insulation boards using the method used in the wood-based panel industry. The raw material, rice straw, was chosen because of its availability. The manufacturing parameters were: a specific gravity of 0.4, 0.6, and 0.8, and a rice straw content (10/90, 20/80, and 30/70 weight of rice straw/wood particle) of 10, 20, and 30 wt.%. A commercial urea-formaldehyde adhesive was used as the composite binder, to achieve 140-290 psi of bending modulus of rupture (MOR) with 0.4 specific gravity, 700-900 psi of bending MOR with 0.6 specific gravity, and 1400-2900 psi of bending MOR with a 0.8 specific gravity. All of the composite boards were superior to insulation board in strength.

For which of the following industry is Sindri famous in India?

  1. Chemical industry

  2. Cement industry

  3. Fertilizer industry

  4. Copper refining industry


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Sindri is an industrial township within the Dhanbad municipal limits of the Dhanbad District of Jharkhand state. Sindri was well known because of a large Fertilizer factory (Fertilizer Corporation of India Limited - FCI, closed in 2002) conceived here in the early industrialized India.

In which year the first digital electronic computer was built?

  1. 1940

  2. 1945

  3. 1946

  4. 1948


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
1945.
Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) was an early digital computer built in 1945.

In which year the Standford Research Park was inaugurated?

  1. 1950

  2. 1951

  3. 1956

  4. 1960


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

1951.

Stanford University and the City of Palo Alto partnered to found the park, which was initially named "Stanford Industrial Park". In 1951, the initiative was authorized and 209 acres were allocated. In 1953 Varian Associates moved in as the park's first tenant.

Which industry has changed India from an agricultural based economy to knowledge based economy?

  1. Iron and Steel industry

  2. Information Technology Industry

  3. Handloom Industry

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B

Where is the first digital electronic computer made?

  1. Japan

  2. U.S.A

  3. China

  4. Canada


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Pennsylvania(USA).
Little did they realize how different that early computer was from the ones that would be built a mere fifty years later. ENIAC stands for Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer. John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert built the machine at the University of Pennsylvania at the behest of the U.S. military.

In which state of U.S.A Silicon Valley is situated?

  1. Georgia

  2. Texas

  3. Florida

  4. California


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Silicon Valley is in the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California in the United States. The region is home to many of the world's largest technology companies including Apple, Cisco, Google, HP, Intel and Oracle etc.

The first machine made paper was manufactured _________.

  1. in 1870 near Kolkata

  2. in 1903 in Mumbai

  3. in 1910 at Delhi

  4. After independence


Correct Option: A

The first cement factory was built in India at _______.

  1. Ranchi

  2. Hazaribagh

  3. Chennai

  4. Gujarat


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
First Cement Factory of India.
India entered into the Cement Era in 1914, when the Indian Cement Company Ltd. started manufacturing Cement in Porbundar in Gujarat. However, even before that a small cement factory was established in Madras in 1904 by a company named South India Industrial Ltd.

The first cement plant of India was set up in ______.

  1. Mumbai

  2. Chennai

  3. Kolkata

  4. Kanpur


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The first cement plant was set up in the year 1904, in Chennai (Tamil Nadu). 

What makes your toothpaste white?

  1. Titanium dioxide

  2. White powder

  3. Talcum powder

  4. All of these

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is commonly applied to enhance the white color and brightness of food products. TiO2 is also used as a white pigment in other products such as toothpaste. A small fraction of the pigment is known to be present as nanoparticles.

The first cement plant was set up in _________.

  1. Mumbai

  2. Chennai

  3. Kolkata

  4. Kanpur


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

  • The first cement plant was set up in 1904, in Chennai.
  • First attempt to manufacture cement in an organized way commenced in Madras. South India Industries Limited began the manufacture of Portland cement in 1904. But the effort did not succeed and the company had to halt production.
  • Finally, it was in 1914 that the first licensed cement manufacturing unit was set up by India Cement Company Ltd at Porbandar, Gujarat with an available capacity of 10,000 tons and production of 1000 installed.

Nepanagar in Madhya Pradesh is famous for ________industry.

  1. Sugar

  2. Newsprint

  3. Cement

  4. Chemicals


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

  • Nepanagar is an industrial town in Burhanpur district in the state of Madhya Pradesh.
  • Nepanagar is famous for its newsprint paper mill, and was founded in 1948 and started its production from April 1956.
  • Nepa Mills Limited was earlier known as The National News Print Ltd.

Which of the following industry is not dependent on forests?

  1. Paper

  2. Rubber

  3. Resin

  4. Aluminium


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Forest industries are those which are dependent on the materials that are derived from the forestry. Paper, rubber and resin industries are dependant on forests for their raw material. But the raw material for aluminium is bauxite which is found in the earth's crust.

Raw materials for paper industry are easily available.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Although raw materials for paper are available in the forests, it is not very easily procured. Paper mills are generally established near forests where bamboo and other soft wood trees are available.

How many stages are there in paper making?

  1. 3

  2. 4

  3. 5

  4. 8


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

There are three main stages in paper production, from when the timber arrives at the mill as a raw material right up to the stage when it becomes the final packaged product.

Paper mills are generally established near ______.

  1. Forests

  2. Metro cities

  3. Oceans

  4. Deserts


Correct Option: A

What led to the disappearance of bamboo near paper mills?

  1. Climate change

  2. Pollution

  3. Excessive cutting of bamboo

  4. Global warming


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Paper mills are generally established near forests where bamboo and other soft wood trees are available. Paper mills engage contractors to supply bamboo and other raw materials. Due to excessive cutting in the past, there are no bamboos available in forests near the paper mills now.

Which is the raw material required in paper production?

  1. Bamboo

  2. Eucalyptus

  3. Subabul tree

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Bamboo,Eucalyptus and Subabul tree are used for the paper production.
The remaining material comes from wood fiber from sawmills, recycled newspaper, some vegetable matter, and recycled cloth. Coniferous trees, such as spruce and fir, used to be preferred for papermaking because the cellulose fibers in the pulp of these species are longer, therefore making for stronger paper.

Which of the following wood in most widely used in paper production?

  1. Oak

  2. Subabul wood

  3. Maple

  4. Birch


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Paper mills generally use wood from bamboo, eucalyptus and subabul trees. Subabul wood is most widely used now. Besides wood, a large number of chemicals such as common salt, caustic soda and so on are also used in different stages of paper making. 

What is chipping process in paper making?

  1. Cutting large wood pieces into small chips

  2. Boiling the woods with chemicals

  3. Spreading of liquid on thin screens over a cylinder

  4. Smoothening of pulp


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In the process of Chipping, large wood pieces are cut into small chips with the help of large machines. The chips are separated according to the size. 

Workers who are employed off and on are called _______.

  1. Permanent workers

  2. Casual workers

  3. Contract workers

  4. Company workers


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 Workers who are employed off and on are called ‘Casual Workers.’ Usually factory owners try to reduce their costs by employing casual workers even for regular work.

Paper industry in a non polluting industry.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Paper industry is a polluting industry, chemicals are required for making the paper. It also draws a lot of fresh water from the river but lets out wastewater containing poisonous chemicals which eventually joins the river.

Paper making involves chipping, pulp making, _____________.

  1. Spreading the pulp

  2. Pressing drying and rolling

  3. Cutting

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Paper is actually made in five stages. 

  1. Chipping: In this stage, large wood pieces are cut into small chips with the help of large machines. 
  2. Making of wood pulp: The small wood chips are sent to fibre line section. In this section, the wood chips are boiled with some chemicals in large vessels.  
  3. Spreading the pulp: The liquid pulp is spread on thin screens over a cylinder.  
  4. Pressing, drying and rolling: The drying pulp is pressed by rollers to smoothen it. 
  5. Cutting: The paper is cut in the cutting machines according to the size required. 

________ allows a factory to produce paper continuously throughout the day.

  1. The match system

  2. The batch system

  3. The union system

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 The batch system allows a factory to produce continuously throughout the day. It also allows the managers to trace any mistake in the product by checking what went wrong with the particular batch.

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