C.
Answer the following in few words.
1 What is an industry?
2. Why are industries important for our country
3. What is an agriculture-based industry
4. What are forest-based industries?
D.
Answer the following in detail.
1. What is the difference between a large-scale and a small-scale industry
2. Define natural resources, raw materials and finished products/goods with examples
3. What are the factors required for setting-up an industry?
4. What are the differences between a small-scale industry and a cottage industry
5. Write about some major industries of India.
E. Map Work
On a political map of India, mark the following.
1. Any two centres of cotton-textile industry in India
2. Any two centres of iron and steel industry in India
Answers
Answer:
C.
1-An industry is a group of companies that are related based on their primary business activities. ... Individual companies are generally classified into an industry based on their largest sources of revenue.
2-Industrialisation plays an important role in the promotion of trade. The advanced nations gain in trade than countries who are industrially backward. The underdeveloped countries export primary products and import industrial products. Agricultural products command lower prices and their demand is generally elastic.
3-The agro-based industry includes indutries related to textiles, sugar, paper and vegetable oil. These industries use agricultural products as their raw materials. Textile industry is the largest industry in the organized sector.
4-Forest-based Industry includes- the paper industry, match industry, silk industry, lac industry, sports goods industry and handicraft. Soft wood-In India, soft wood (of coniferous trees) is obtained from the Himalayan region.
D.
1-small- scale industries have less capital and investment while large scale industries have huge capital and investment. ... - small scale industries employ less labourers and most work is done by manpower while in large scale industries most work is done by machines.
2-Raw materials are used in a multitude of products. They can take many different forms. ... Examples of raw materials include: steel, oil, corn, grain, gasoline, lumber, forest resources, plastic, natural gas, coal, and minerals.
3-Raw Materials: ADVERTISEMENTS: ...
Power: Regular supply of power is a pre-requisite for the localisation of industries. ...
Labour: ...
Transport: ...
Market: ...
Water: ...
Site: ...
Climate:
4-Here we detail about the differences between cottage and small scale industries. (i) The location of cottage industries is restricted in villages whereas the small scale industries are mostly located in urban and semi-urban areas. ... But the small industries are mostly run by hired labourers.
5-Textile Industry. ...
Food Processing Industry. ...
Chemical Industry: ...
Cement Industry: ...
Steel Industry: ...
Software Industry: ...
Mining Industry: ...
Petroleum industry
E.
1-Madhya Pradesh. ...
Rajasthan
2-Odisha
Karnataka