Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. Private sector industries are owned by individuals or groups of individuals. b. Joint sector industries are owned by the producers or suppliers of raw materials, workers or both. c. Public sector industries are owned and operated by government agencies.

Which of the following is/are not categorised as heavy industries?

a. Iron and steel b. Chemicals c. Electrical

Which of the following is used to harden the steel during manufacturing?

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. The jute industry is facing stiff competition from synthetic substitutes and competiors. b. National Jute Policy was formulated in 1995. c. The internal demand for jute has been on the increase.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. Aluminium smelting is the second most important metallurgical industry in India. b. Bauxite, the raw material used in the smelters is a very bulky, dark reddish coloured rock. c. Aluminium is being used as a substitute of steel, copper, zinc and lead in a number of industries.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. India stands first as a world producer of sugar. b. India occupies the second place in the production of gur and khandsari. c. The sucrose content of the raw material decreases in haulage.

The fertiliser industry produces fertilisers which have a combination of nitrogen (N), phosphate (P), and potash (K). Which of the following is/are entirely imported?

a. N b. P c. K

Organic chemicals include petrochemicals, which are used for manufacturing of which of the following?

a. Glass b. Synthetic fibers c. Plastics d. Pharmaceuticals

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. The first cement plant was set up in Chennai in 1904. b. There are 128 large plants and 332 mini cement plants in the country. c. India exports cement to a readily available market in East Asia, Middle East, Africa and South Asia.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. (STPI) Software Technology Parks of India have come up across 6 locations at different centres of India. b. 30 per cent of the people employed in the information technology and electronics sector are women. c. This industry has been a major foreign exchange earner in the last two or three years because of its fast growing BPO sector.

Treatment of industrial effluents in the water can be done in three phases. Which of the following is done in the final or the tertiary phase?

Which of the following is/are agro based industries?

a. Sugar industry b. Textile industry c. Petrochemicals

Which of the following is a market for Indian jute products?

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. The first successful textile mill in India was established in Mumbai in 1854. b. Spinning of cloth continues to be centralised in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. c. Handspun khadi provides large scale employment to weavers in their homes as a cottage industry.

Which of the following statements is/are incorrect?

a. India has the second largest installed capacity of spindles in the world. b. India's trade in garments is only 4 percent of the world’s total. c. India's trade in the cotton yarn is almost 10 percent of the world's total.