CBSE Class 8 Geography Industries Worksheet

Q1. What are secondary activities?

Q2. Define industries?

Q3. Give a broad classification of industries?

Q4. Differentiate between agro based and mineral based industries?

Q5. Name the factors affecting the location of industries?

Q6. What is meant by industrial system?

Q7. Name major industrial regions of the world?

Q8. Give a detailed account of iron and steel industry?

Q9. Why is steel called backbone of modern economy?

Q10. Name 4 major iron and steel centres of India?

Q11. Why was sakchi chosen to set up the steel plant?

Q12. Name the great lakes of N. America?

Q13. Give a detailed account of cotton textile industry?

Q14. Write a paragraph each on ahmadabad and Osaka?

Q15. What is meant by information technology?

Q16. Why is banglore called silicon plateau?

Q17. Fill in the blanks:-

          A) ________ is the process of obtaining ore from metal.

          B) ________ of Dhaka was famous in ancient India.

          C) ________ of U,S.A. is an imp. Steel centre .

          D) Actually silicon plateau is in_________.

Q18. Why is cooperative sector industry important in our country?

1. The technique of converting natural or man-made raw material into finished products are termed as ------------

2. ----------------- involve processing of raw materials to produce more valuable products in large quantities.

3. ---------------- started with the invention of steam engine in 1769 in England.

4. -------------------- are considered the back bone of development in many countries.

5. --------------- are simple family enterprises.

6. ----------------industries play an important role in the development of developing countries.

7. ------------------ process agricultural raw materials to produce finished goods.

8. -------------------- use materials obtained from animals.

9. -------------------- based industries use rocks and minerals obtained from mines.

10. ------------------sector are owned and operated by the government and its agencies.

11. When an industry is jointly owned and managed by both the government and private firms on companies, it is termed as -------------------- sector industry.

1.Match the following

Type of industry Example

1. Marine based industry            a. Leather industry

2. Agro based industry               b. Iron and steel industry

3. Forest based industry            c. Pearl culture industry

4. Mineral based industry          d. Paper manufacturing industry

(A) 1-a, 2-b, 3-c, 4-d (B) 1-c, 2-a, 3-d, 4-b (C) 1-b, 2-d, 3-a, 4-c (D) 1-d, 2-c, 3-b, 4-a

2.Industries classified on the basis of size refer to __________ of the industry.
(A) Amount of capital invested
(B) Number of people employed
(C) Volume of production
(D) All of the above

3.Depending on the type of raw materials they use, industries can be:
(A) Agro based
(B) Marine based
(C) Forest based
(D) All of the above

4.Mineral based industries are classified on the basis of:
(A) Raw materials they use
(B) Their size
(C) Their ownership
(D) None of the above

5.Industries can be classified on the basis of:
(A) Raw materials
(B) Size
(C) Ownership
(D) All of the above

6.The hotel industry is an example of:
(A) Production of goods
(B) Extraction of minerals
(C) Provision of services
(D) None of the above

7.Industry is an economic activity concerned with the:
(A) Production of goods
(B) Extraction of minerals
(C) Provision of services
(D) All of the above

8.The finished product has more ___________ than the raw material.
(A) Value
(B) Utility
(C) Complexity
(D) All of the above

9.______________ activities change raw material into products of more value to people.
(A) Tertiary
(B) Primary
(C) Secondary
(D) Social

10.An industry using plants and animals based products as its raw material would be __________ industry.
(A) Agro based
(B) Marine based
(C) Forest based
(D) Mineral based

11.Match the following

Type of industry (based on size) Example

1. Cottage industry                     a. Automobile industry

2. Small scale industry               b. Basket weaving

3. Large scale industry               c. Carpet weaving

(A) 1-b, 2-c, 3-a
(B) 1-a, 2-b, 3-c
(C) 1-c, 2-a, 3-b
(D) 1-b, 2-a, 3-c

12.Which of the following factors define large scale industry?
(A) High capital investmen
(B) Superior technology
(C) Large volume of products
(D) All of the above

I. Fill in the blanks:

1. The term chintz is derived from the Hindi term…………………………….

2. India‘s first modern cotton mill was established in ……………………….in 1854.

3. The famous Damascus swords of Tipu Sultan were made of ………………………

4. The ………………. Tribes of central India were iron smelters.

II Tick the correct answer.

A. Which of the following was not a weaver community?

a) Tanti b) Kaikkolar c)Saliyar d) Rangrez

B. The Calico Act of 1721 was passed to

(a) Promote the import of Indian calicos into England

(b) help English traders buy calicoes and chintz

(c) ban the use of Indian calicoes in England

(d) Popularize the use of Indian calicoes and chintz

C. The British in India took no interest in developing

(a) coal mining (b) the steel industry (c) the jute industry (d) railways

D. Sakchi was an ideal site for a steel plant because

(a) it was in India

(b) it was close to sources of the required minerals and water

(c) its people wanted a steel plant to be set up there

(d) it was the only place Jamsetji Tata could get

III Define the following:

a. Bandhani

b. Calico

c. Deindustrialization

d. Jamdani

IV. Give reasons for the following.

(a)TISCO flourished during the First World War

(b) Iron smelting in India declined under British rule.

V. Answer the following:

1 What was traded under the name piece goods?

2. Mention any two inventions that contributed to the Industrial Revolution in Europe.

3. What was wootz steel?

4. How did the agents of the English East India Company financially ruin the Indian cloth makers?

5. How did the Charter Act of 1813 cause deindustrialization?

I. DEFINE-

1) PRIMARY INDUSTRY 2) SECONDARY INDUSTRY 3) SUNRISE INDUSTRY

4) TERTIARY INDUSTRY 5) COTTAGE INDUSTRY.

II. Name three industrial regions in India.

III. Classify industries on the basis ofa)

Size b) Ownership c) Raw-Material d) Products.

Explain the various types of industries in one line each.

IV. Explain the important factors that influence the location of industry.

V. Make a comparative table on following topics.

1. Iron and steel industries of Pittsburg and Jamshedpur.

2. Textile industries of Osaka and Ahmadabad.

3. IT industries of silicon valley, USA and Bangalore, India.

VI. Distinguish between Primary & Secondary industries.

VII. Fill in the blanks.

1. The paper industry is a type of----------.

2. A humid climate is favourable for the ----------industry.

3. The silicon valley of USA has its root in the ------industry.

4. Industries that produce things like iron and steel, heavy machinary, engineering goods are called -------- industries.

5. The industries that produce things required for daily use are called----------industries.

6. Because of the addition in value secondary products are often called--------------products.

7. Industry comprises all forms of ------------activities.

VIII. Name the following:

1. The garden city of India

2. A software company of India.

3. Co-founder of Infosys.

4. Two Natural fibres

5. A Synthetic fibre

6. The organisation set up in 1973 to promote the steel industry in India.

7. Two steel plants which were set up in India before independence.

IX. Match the following:

                     A                                                         B

1. Capital good industries                      a) Engineering industries

2. Consumer good industries                b) AMUL

3. Forest based industry                       c) Maruti Udyog Ltd.

4. Joint-sector industry                         d) Cosmetics

5. Cooperative sector                           e) Paper industry