Manufacturing Industries.

A. Choose the correct answers and fill in the blanks .

1. In the USA, the great lakes region has a number of steel producing centres.
a. Great Lakes b. Rocky mountians c. Appalachian d. Prairie.

2. Automobiles is not a product of cottage industries.

a. Automobiles b. Baskets c. Pottery d. Textiles.

3. The raw materials for the paper industry are obtained from forests.
a. Animals b. agriculture c. minerals d. forests.

4. Limestone is a raw material required for steel production.

a. Granite b. Limestone c. Sandstone d. Slate.

5. Murshidabad in West Bengal is famous for silk textile.

a. Silk textile b. jute goods c. cotton textile d. woollen goods.
B. State whether true or false.

1. Manufactured goods are more valuable than the original raw

materials. – True
2. Cement is an example of a large-scale industry. – True
3. Sugar mills are owned and managed by the central government. -
False
4. Rajpur-Jabalpur is a major industrial region in India. – False
5. Flax is a synthetic fibre. – False
C. Match the Column
A B
1. pottery a, consumer goods
2. leather goods b. cottage
3. petrochemicals c. cooperative
4. cosmetics d. mineral based
5. dairy products e. small-scale

1.______ 2. ______ 3 ______ 4 ________ 5 ______

C. Fill in the blanks.

1. In a large-scale industry the various operations are headed by

separate functional managers.
2. Toys are a producrt of small-scale industries.
3. Packaging materials are considered to be intermediate goods.
4. India and Bangladesh are the leading producers of jute goods.
5. The molten iron is run into moulds and is called pig iron.
E. Answer the following questions in 10-20words.
1. What do you mean by manufacturing industry?
Ans. 1. Manufacturing industry converts raw materials into finished products, usually on
a large scale, by physical labour or mechanical power.

2. What are the various stages of production in an industry?.

Ans Obtaining a raw material, processing it into finished product and distributing the
product are the various stages of production in an industry.

3.Differentiate between agro-based and mineral-based industries.

Ans. Agro-based industries obtain their raw materials from agriculture. Examples are
cotton and jute textiles, sugar, food processing, etc. Mineral-based industries, on the
other hand, use rocks and minerals as their raw materials. Examples are iron and steel,
aluminum, cement and petrochemicals.
4. two examples each of pastoral-based and forest-based industries.
Ans. Leather goods and woollen textiles are examples of pastoral-based industries while paper and
furniture are examples of forest-based industries.

5. Name some synthetic textiles. Why are they much in demand?

Ans. Rayon, nylon, acrylic and polyester are some synthetic textiles. They are in demand because
they are cheaper, easier to maintain and more durable than the natural textiles.

6. Name the four major industrial regions of the world.

Ans. The four major industrial regions of the world are the Eastern part of North America, Western
and Central Europe, Eastern Europe and Eastern Asia.

7. What are the three types of cotton textile mills? Name four major cotton textile producing
countries.
Ans. The three types of cotton textile mills are spinning mills, which produce yarn, weaving mills,
which produce cloth and composite mills, which produce both yarn and cloth. Cotton textiles are
mainly produced in the USA, China, India, Russia, the UK, Japan, Brazil, France, Spain, Italy & Egypt.