CBSE Class 10 Social Science Manufacturing Industries Assignment

MCQ Questions for Class 10 Social Science Manufacturing Industries

Question : In 1857 where the first cotton mill of India was founded
a) Mysore   
b) Madras   
c) Surat   
d) Bombay
Answer : D

Question :  Largest producer of Jute and Jute made goods
a) Bangladesh   
b) India   
c) Sri Lanka   
d) Brazil
Answer : B

Question :  Iron and steel is a
a) an agro base industry   
b) a chemical industry
c) basic industry   
d) tertiary industry
Answer : C

Question : Durgapur is situated in
a) Jharkhand    
b) Orissa   
c) Chhattisgarh   
d) West Bengal
Answer : D

Question :  Chemical industries usually are located near
a) Iron and steel industries   
b) Thermal power plant
c) Oil refineries   
d) Automobile industry
Answer : C

Question : STP is the Abbreviation of
a) System tech park     
b) Software Technology Park
c) State thermal plant   
d) Software Technology Picket
Answer : B

Question : NTPC is the Abbreviation of
a) National Textile Production Company 
b) National Technology Production Company
c) National Thermal Power Corporation 
d) National Tuberculosis Prevention Corporation
Answer : C

Question : Atomic power plant causes
 a) Water Pollution  
b) Noise Pollution   
c) Air Pollution   
d) Heat Pollution
Answer : D

Question : Manufacturing industries includes
 a) Crop production   
b) Fish production   
c) Plantation   
d) Sugar Production
Answer : D

Question : Manufacturing industries includes
a) Converting raw material into ready good
b) Transporting raw material
c) Producing raw material   
d) Procuring raw material
Answer : A  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Very Short Questions for Class 10 Social Science Manufacturing Industries

Answer :  (i) Cities provide market and also provide services such as banking, insurances, transport, labour, consultants and financial advice etc. to the industries.(ii) Industrial workers need houses and other facilities. The provision of these facilities can convert a small town into big cities.

 

Answer :  Cities provide market and other facilities like banking, insurance, transport, labour, consultants, and financial advice etc. to the industry. Many industries tend to come together to make, use of the advantages offered by the urban institutions. This is known as agglomeration economies.

Answer :  Physical factors and three human factors that affect the location of industries are:

(i) Availability of raw materials (ii) Availability of power resources

(iii) Suitable climate (iv) Availability of water

Human factors that affect the location of industries are:

(i) Availability of labour (ii) Availability of market (iii) Government policies

 

Answer :  Those industries that employs large number of workers in each unit and having large production level are known as large scale industries. e.g. cotton textile industry. The industry that employs small number of workers in each unit and having small production level is known as small scale industry. e.g. readymade garment industries.

 

 

Question. Why is iron and steel industry called a basic industry?
Answer : a) It is the industry which lays foundation of rapid development of other industries such as heavy engineering, defence equipment automobiles, aeroplanes etc.
b) Generates employments
c) Helps development in agriculture.

Question. How are integrated steel plants different from mini steel plants?
Answer : a) Integrated Steel Plant is larger in size than Mini Steel Plant.
b) Integrated Steel Plant handle everything in one single Complex From putting together raw material to steel making, rolling and shaping while the Mini steel Plants use steel scrap, sponge iron and sometimes steel ingots supplied by integrated Steel Plants.
c) Integrated Steel Plants manufacture all types of steel but Mini steel Plants produce mild and alloy steel of give specification

Question. Why did Mahatma Gandhi lay emphasis on spinning yarn and weaving khadi?
Answer : Weaving is done by handloom, power loom and in mills.
The hand spun khadi provides large-scale employment to weavers in their homes as a cottage industry. Mahatma Gandhi also wanted to propagate the use of the indigenous khadi material to revive the jobs of jobless weavers during the British period

Question. How can the industrial pollution of fresh water be reduced?
Answer : a) To minimise use of water in industries
b) To reuse and recycle water in two or successive stages
c) To harvest rain water for meeting water requirements in industries
d) To treat water and other industrial effluents before releasing them into rivers and ponds in three stages

Question. Why have the demands of jute products increased internally as well as globally? Explain any two reasons.
Answer : (1) The demand of jute products increased internally due to the Government policy of mandatory use of jute packaging.
a) The demand of jute products has also increased globally due to environment friendliness.
b) The global concern for environment friendly, biodegradable materials has opened the opportunity for jute products.

Question. “Production and consumption of steel is often regarded as the index of a country’s development.” Examine the statement.
Answer : (i) Cotton textile have a very high demand throughout the country.
(ii) Major inputs like banking, electricity, transportation is available in almost every part of the country
(iii) Textile industry is labour intensive industry and labour is easily available in India.
(iv) Textile industry requires less technological inputs and can be carried out using simple tools and machines.
(v) Generates employment in rural and urban sector

Question. How is the information technology industry gaining importance in India?
Answer : (1) Generates employment - employed over one million and expected to increase in coming years. It is encouraging to know that 30% of the people employed in this sector are women.
(2) This is a major foreign exchange earner industry.
(3) The continuing growth in the hardware and software is the key to success of IT industry India.

 

Long Questions for Class 10 Social Science Manufacturing Industries

Answer : (i) Cotton textile have a very high demand throughout the country.

(ii) Major inputs like banking, electricity, transportation are available in almost every part of the country.

(iii) Textile industry is labour intensive industry and labour is easily available in India.

(iv) Textile industry requires less technological inputs and can be carried out using simple tools and machines.

 

(i) The industry has close links with agriculture and provides a living to farmers, cotton bull pluckers and workers engaged in ginning, spinning, weaving, dyeing, designing, packaging, tailoring and sewing.

(ii) Agriculture provides raw material to the industry i.e. raw cotton.

 

 (i) Lack of good quality long staple cotton

(ii) Erratic power supply

(iii) Out dated machinery and technology

(iv) Low output of workers

(v) Stiff international competition

 

 (i) To increase the productivity

(ii) To improve the quality (iii) Ensuring good prices to the jute farmers (iv) Enhancing the yield per hectare

The internal demand for jute has been on the increase because -

(i) Government policy of mandatory use of jute packaging

(ii) The growing global concern for environment friendly biodegradable materials.

 

 (i) High Costs and Limited availability of coking coal.

(ii) Lower productivity of labour

(iii) Shortage of power

(iv) Poor infrastructure.

(v) Low Investment in Research and Development.

 

Answer :  Iron and steel industry is called the basic industry because:

(i) It is the industry which lays the foundation of rapid development of other industries such as heavy Engineering, defence equipment, automobiles, aeroplanes etc.

(ii) It is also helpful in providing employment.

(iii) It also helps in the development of agriculture.