Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below.Which one of the following statements is wrong?(a) Cheap water transport has facilitated the jute mill industry alongthe Hugli.(b) Sugar, cotton textiles and vegetable oils are footloose industries.(c) The development of hydro-electricity and petroleum reduced, to a greatextent, the importance of coal energy as a locational factor forindustry.(d) Port towns in India have attracted industries.
Answers
Answer: Sugar, cotton textiles and vegetable oils are footloose industries
Explanation:
Footloose industry is an industry which can be placed and put up at any location, which does not look out for a locational preference as the production skills,transportation, resources and consumers on which it relies can be available in many places. The term footloose is used for such industry as they are prone to relocation.
These industries have no such impact on the cost of product irrespective of where they are assembled. For example Diamonds and computer chips industries. These industries can be situated in numerous places because they are neither raw material specific nor weight-losing . Also they employ less workforce and produce in small quantities which are considered efficient from the view point of ecology .
Non-footloose industries are those which needs close proximity of raw material within a time frame to finish the products. Sugar industry, cotton industry and vegetable oils are non-footloose industries.
Hope this helps.
Answer:
"Sugar, cotton textiles and vegetable oils" are "footloose industries" is a wrong statement.
Explanation:
Footloose industry, as the name prevails, can be relocated to any places and doesn't have any locational preferences since the services can be available in many places. It is more prone to relocation. The main reason behind its frequent relocation is that the resources and the consumers that the industry needs is available on many places.
In contrary to this, non-footloose industries are the ones which are nearby its main raw material source to finish the products before its deadline. Sugar industry can be placed to the regions where more sugarcane are produced.
Hence, the above given statement is a wrong one.