Question

Answer the following questions.
Ti) What is meant by the term 'industry?
(ii) Which are the main factors which influence the location of an industry?
1 Which industrty is often referred to as the backbone of modern industry
and why?
(iv) Why cotton textile industry rapidly expanded in Mumbai?
(vi What are the similarities between information technology industry in
Bengaluru and California?
Tick the correct answer.​

Answer 1

Answer:

(i) the economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods and factories

(ii) the main factors which influence the location of an industry

1. raw material
2. land
3. water
4. labour
5. power
6. capital
7. transport and market

(iii) iron and steel industry is called as backbone of modern industry

(iv) because the presence of favourable conditions such as warm and moist climate,a port situated nearby to import machinery ,availability of raw material and skilled labour