Chapter 6 Manufacturing Industries
- Discuss the steps to be taken to minimise environmental degradation by industry? The steps to be taken to minimize environmental degradation by industry are: To control water pollution, industrial effluents need to be tre... 1
- How do industries pollute the environment? Industries are responsible for four types of pollution – air, water, land, and noise pollution. Following are the various reasons: Air pollu... 1
- How are integrated steel plants different from mini steel plants? What problems does the industry face? Manganese is mainly used in the manufacturing of Steel. The Iron and steel industries are the basic industry as rest all other industries ar... 1
- Name the important raw materials used in the manufacturing of cement? limestone, silica, alumina and gypsum. 2
- What are basic industries? Give an example. Basic industries are those which supply their raw materials to industries which manufacture other goods. An example is the iron and steel in... 1
- Name any three human factors for the location of an industry. Availability of cheap labour Availability of services such as consultants and financial advice Availability of Market 1
- Name any three physical factors for the location of the industry. Availability of raw materials. Power resources and water and Favourable climate. 1
- What is manufacturing? Manufacturing is the process in which goods are produced after processing the various raw materials. 1
- Which one of the following industries manufactures telephones, computer, etc? b) Electronic is correct option 2
- Which one of the following industries uses bauxite as a raw material? (a) Aluminium (b) Cement (c) Jute (d) Steel a) Aluminium is correct option 2
- Which one of the following agencies markets steel for the public sector plants? b) SAIL is the correct option 2
- Which one of the following industries uses limestone as a raw material. (a) Aluminium (b) Cement (c) Sugar (d) Jute b) Cement is the correct option 2