Exercises
1. Answer the following questions.
(i) What is meant by the term 'industry?
(ii) Which are the main factors which influence the location of an industry?
(iii) Which industrty is often referred to as the backbone of modern industry
and why?
(iv) Why cotton textile industry rapidly expanded in Mumbai?
(v) What are the similarities between information technology industry in
Bengaluru and California?
Answers
Answer:
(i) An economic activity which is concerned with production of goods, extraction of minerals or provision of services is called an industry.
(ii) Availability of raw materials, land, water, labour, power, capital, transport and market are the main factors which affect the location of an industry.
(iii) Iron and steel industry is often referred to as the backbone of modern industry because almost everything used by us is either made up of steel or is made by machines which are made up of steel.
(iv) The warm and moist climate of Mumbai, proximity to port, availability of raw material and skilled labour helped in rapid expansion of this industry in the region.
(v) Both the places have a large number of educational and IT institutions which provide a steady supply of human resources. The climate is moderate. Infrastructure is good with good connectivity.