This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Economy > Industries > Manufacturing Industries – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Manufacturing Industries Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... is converted into finished products by different kinds of industries. A) Finery. B) Raw Material. C) Oilery Material. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Raw Material. 2. Japan is the largest Ship Builder A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 3. The process of extracting rocks from underground is known as ..... A) Manufacturing. B) Mining. C) Quarrying. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quarrying. 4. Full form of STPI A) Signature To Park of India. B) Statue of Transport Plant Industry. C) Software Technology Parks of India. D) Software Technology Parks in India. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Software Technology Parks of India. 5. Why manufacturing industries are instrumental to trade and commerce? A) Manufacturing industries provide opportunities of trading the finished goods all over the world. B) The provide tools such as vehicles, machinery for easy trading. C) Manufacturing industries provide ways to easy financial transactions. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 6. Mining comes under..... industry A) Primary / extractive. B) Secondary / manufacturing. C) Tertiary. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Primary / extractive. 7. Which one of the following factors plays the most important role in the location of an industry in a particular region? A) Least production cost. B) Market. C) Raw Material. D) Transportation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Least production cost. 8. Manufacturing industries includes A) Transporting raw material. B) Producing raw material. C) Procuring raw material. D) Converting raw material into ready to use goods. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Converting raw material into ready to use goods. 9. BEFORE INDEPENDENCE WHERE WERE THE INDUSTRIES CONCENTRATED AND WHY? A) COASTAL AREAS, FOR THE VIEW OF THE BEACH. B) COASTAL AREAS, CHEAPER TRANSPORT. C) MOUNTAINS, PROTECTION. D) IN MY HOUSE, I LIKE IT CLOSE BY. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) COASTAL AREAS, CHEAPER TRANSPORT. 10. The Silicon valley is the most important high technology centre in USA A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 11. Map-In which state Jamshedpur is situated? A) Karnataka. B) Jharkhand. C) Maharashtra. D) Tamil Nadu. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jharkhand. 12. Durgapur is situated in A) Jharkhand. B) Orissa. C) Chhattisgarh. D) West Bengal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) West Bengal. 13. Which of these is not a large industries A) Textiles. B) Iron. C) Sports Goods. D) Steel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sports Goods. 14. Bharat electronics limited was set up in ..... sector A) Public. B) Private. C) Joint venture. D) Cooperative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Public. 15. Agriculture and Manufacturing sectors are supportive to each other. How? A) With manufacturing industries there is rising demand on agricultural products on the other hand the manufacturing industries are dependent on agricultural products. B) Agriculture provide raw material for industries while manufacturing industries provide tools needed for agriculture. C) Both of these. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both of these. 16. The workers employed in ..... do not fall into secondary sector category. A) Breweries. B) Textile. C) Banking. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Banking. 17. India exports yarn to..... A) Japan. B) Australia. C) USA. D) China. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Japan. 18. Full Form of BPO A) Busness Processing Output. B) Busness Processing Output. C) Business Processes Outsourcing. D) Business Processing Output. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Business Processes Outsourcing. 19. These are also known as the household industries. A) Village industry. B) Cottage industry. C) Small scale industry. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cottage industry. 20. What ratio are iron ore, coking coal and limestone required to make steel? A) 4:2:1. B) 2:1:4. C) 2:4:1. D) 4:1:2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4:2:1. 21. What were the previous names of Bengaluru A) Silicon Valley Of India, The Cyber City. B) The Garden City, The Market of South India. C) None of These. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Garden City, The Market of South India. 22. Which one of the following industries uses bauxite as a raw material? A) Steel. B) Aluminum. C) Jute. D) Cement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aluminum. 23. Which of the following statements regarding manufacturing is not true? A) A) Manufacturing helps in modernising agriculture. B) (b) Development of manufacturing industries is a preconditi(on for eradication of unemployment and poverty. C) (c) Export of manufactured goods expands trade and commerce and brings in much needed foreign exchange. D) (d) Manufacturing puts the country into a debt trap. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) (d) Manufacturing puts the country into a debt trap. 24. Mumbai pune belt is the most important industrial region for ..... A) Iron and steel. B) Cotton textile. C) Cement. D) Woolens. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cotton textile. 25. Our traditional industries suffered a setback during the colonial period because A) They were not allowed production of clothes. B) Indian cloth was very cheap. C) They could not compete with the mill made cloth from England. D) There were very less textile Industries in India. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They could not compete with the mill made cloth from England. 26. Arrange in correct order:1) Processing2) Raw materials3) Valuable Goods A) 2, 1, 3. B) 2, 3, 1. C) 1, 2, 3. D) 3, 2, 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2, 1, 3. 27. Largest producer of jute and jute made goods is A) Bangladesh. B) India. C) Sri Lanka. D) Brazil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) India. 28. Capital is a geographical factor required to start up an industry A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 29. After which century, power-looms came into use. A) 7th. B) 18th. C) 14th. D) 12th. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 18th. 30. Manufacturing helps in modernizing agriculture. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 31. Choose the correctly match pair about the industries in India from the following options: A) Bulky raw material-Jute industry. B) Stiff competition from synthetic substitute-Sugar industry. C) Highly decentralized-Cotton Industry. D) Seasonal in nature-Iron and Steel Industry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Highly decentralized-Cotton Industry. 32. Map-Coimbatore is in which state? A) Telangana. B) Karnataka. C) Tamil Nadu. D) Kerala. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tamil Nadu. 33. In the early years, the cotton textile industry was concentrated in the cotton growing belt of ..... and ..... A) Maharashtra and Gujarat. B) Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. C) Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maharashtra and Gujarat. 34. The process of converting raw materials into finished goods that are produced on a large scale called: A) Factory. B) Information technology. C) Electronic industry. D) Manufacturing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Manufacturing. 35. The first cotton mill of India was set up in A) Kolkata. B) Ahmedabad. C) Coimbatore. D) Mumbai. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mumbai. 36. Countries that transform their raw materials into a wide variety of furnished goods of higher value are prosperous. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 37. More than 3, 600 fishes are found in the world. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 38. The product obtained from the blast furnace is ..... A) Coke. B) Pig iron. C) Molten steel. D) Scrap iron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pig iron. 39. Where was the first successful textile mill established in India? A) Kolkata. B) Gujarat. C) Kanpur. D) Mumbai. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mumbai. 40. Petrochemicals are important ..... chemicals derived from petroleum products. A) Exterior. B) Inert. C) Inorganic. D) Organic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Organic. 41. Identify the main problems faced by the textile industry. A) Erratic power supply. B) Old and obsolete machinery. C) Stiff competition from the synthetic fibre industry. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 42. India has world class production in spinning, but weaving supplies low quality of fabric as it cannot use much of the high quality yarn produced in the country. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 43. Cotton is a natural fibre obtained from a plant A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 44. Which one of the following cities is known as electronic capital of India? A) Pune. B) Noida. C) Bengaluru. D) Srinagar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bengaluru. 45. Where are most of the jute mills located in India? A) Assam. B) West Bengal. C) Bihar. D) Meghalaya. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) West Bengal. 46. The location of industry depends on A) Availability of resources. B) Industry-Market linkage. C) Both of these. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both of these. 47. What steps have been taken by NTPC towards environment protection? A) Adopting latest technique. B) Minimising waste management by maximising ash utilisation. C) Afforestation and green belt. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 48. The sectors are classified into public and private sectors on the basis of ..... A) Number of workers employed in the enterprise. B) The nature of economic activities. C) Employment conditions. D) Ownership of enterprise. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ownership of enterprise. 49. Which city is the electronic capital of India? A) Delhi. B) Mumbai. C) Bangalore. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bangalore. 50. Diyas made by artisans at a small scale is ..... A) A part of the manufacturing industries. B) Is not a part of the manufacturing industries. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A part of the manufacturing industries. 51. Iron and steel industry is known as backbone of the industrial economy. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 52. Oil India Limited (OIL) belongs to which type of industry? A) Public sector. B) Cooperative. C) Private sector. D) Joint sector. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Joint sector. 53. Agriculture and industry are not ..... of each other. A) Inclusive. B) Exclusive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exclusive. 54. Which of the following industries have been a major foreign exchange earner for India in the last few years? A) Information Technology. B) Shipbuilding Industry. C) Automobile Industry. D) Cotton textile industry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Information Technology. 55. Most of India's jute mills are located on the banks of A) Hugli. B) Alakhnanda. C) Yamuna. D) Son. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hugli. 56. Banking is an example of ..... industry A) Primary / Extractive. B) Secondary / Manufacturing. C) Tertiary. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tertiary. 57. Where was the First Jute Mill set up in India? A) Delhi. B) Bombay. C) Madras. D) Calcutta. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Calcutta. 58. Map-In which state Vijaynagar is situated? A) Karnataka. B) West Bengal. C) Tamil Nadu. D) Kerala. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Karnataka. 59. Why is there a tendency for Sugar mills to concentrate in the southern and western states of India? A) Higher sucrose content and yield greater quantity. B) Cooler climate. C) Cooperative are more successful in these reason. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 60. Which are the two prime factors for the location of aluminium industry? A) Market and labour. B) Transport network and water supply. C) Cheap and regular supply of electricity and bauxite. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cheap and regular supply of electricity and bauxite. Next →Related QuizzesIndian Economy QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesManufacturing Industries Quiz 2Manufacturing Industries Quiz 3Manufacturing Industries Quiz 4Natural Resources And Indian Economy Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books