D. Answer the following questions in brief.
1. What is synthetic textile?
2. Why are industries that deal with fish milk or meat usually located close to the source of raw
material?
3. Define a public sector enterprise.
4. What is the role of a cheap and good transport network in setting up an industry?
5. List the factors that determine the location of cotton textile industries.
Answers
Answer:
1) Synthetic fiber or synthetic fibre are fibers made by humans through chemical synthesis, as opposed to natural fibers that are directly derived from living organisms. They are the result of extensive research by scientists to improve upon naturally occurring animal and plant fibers
2)Nearness to the sources of raw materials would reduce the cost of production of the industry. For most of the major industries, the cost of raw materials form the bulk of the total cost.
3)Public enterprise, a business organization wholly or partly owned by the state and controlled through a public authority. Some public enterprises are placed under public ownership because, for social reasons, it is thought the service or product should be provided by a state monopoly.
4)Good transport network will prove and help in quick and good transport and without any damage to the materials. Transportation is important as it supplies the raw materials to the industries and also carries the finished goods and products to the market for further sale.
5)The factors that determine the location of cotton industry are labor, proximity to markets, energy supply and availability of capital or finance. Climate to is a factor as dry climate not suitable for mass production as cotton threads break and manually have to be joined again.