1. Production of goods in large quantities after processing from raw materials to more valuable
products is called manufacturing. Manufacturing belongs to secondary sector in which the primary
materials are processed and converted into finished goods.It helps in modernizing agriculture,
reduces heavy dependence on agricultural income by providing jobs in non-agricultural
sectors.Industries help in creating jobs and generating more income.Export of
manufactured goods expands trade and brings in foreign exchange.Industrial development
brings prosperity to the country. Agro-industries in India have boosted agriculture by raising its
productivity. Industries depend on agriculture for their raw materials, e.g. cotton textile industry.
Industries provide many agricultural inputs like irrigation pumps, fertilizers, insecticides, PVC pipes,
machines and tools, etc. to the farmers. Development of different modes of transport by industrial
sector has not only helped farmers to obtain agricultural inputs but has also helped them trade their
products.
1) Define manufacturing (1)
2) How does manufacturing help in earning foreign exchange? (1)
3) What are agro industries? (1)
4) Give some example of industries depended on agriculture for their raw material. (1)
5) “Different modes of transport by industries sector has not only helped farmer to obtain agriculture
inputs but has also helped them trade their products “ support the statement (1)
6) Manufacturing sector is considered as the backbone of economic development of a country support this
statement with example
Answers
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Textiles, sugar, vegetable oil and plantation industries deriving raw materials from agriculture are called…
The basic raw material for sugar industry.
This fibre is also known as the ‘ Golden Fibre’.
Iron-ore, coking coal, and limestone are the chief raw materials of this industry.
A public sector steel plant located in Chhattisgarh.
Railway diesel engines are manufactured in Uttar Pradesh at this place.
Answer:(1) Agro-based, (2) Sugarcane, (3) Jute, (4) Iron Steel, (5) Bhilai, (6) Varanasi
Answer the following questions:
Question 1: Which of the following industries use limestone as raw material?
Aluminium
Cement
Sugar
Jute
Answer: (b) Cement
Question 2: Which one of the following agencies markets steel for the public sector plants?
HAIL
Explanation: