NIOS Class 12 Geography Chapter 19 Major Industries and Industrial Complexes

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NIOS Class 12 Geography Chapter 19 Major Industries and Industrial Complexes

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Major Industries and Industrial Complexes

Chapter: 19

MODULE – 8: Economic Geography of India

INTEXT QUESTIONS 19.1 

1. What activities can be classified under secondary activities? 

Ans: Mining & quarrying, manufacturing (Registered & Unregistered), gas, electricity, construction, and water supply.

2. The percentage of labour force engaged in industries in India is__________. 

Ans: 12 percent.

3. Why are industries important in the Indian economy? Choose the correct answer from the given options.

(i) As they are huge.

(ii) Because they are found everywhere.

(iii) As they provide employment to large number of people, modernise agriculture and reduce heavy dependence of people on agriculture.

Ans: (iii) As they provide employment to large number of people, modernise agriculture and reduce heavy dependence of people on agriculture.

INTEXT QUESTIONS 19.2 

1. Raw material, Market, Labour supply, Source of energy, Transportation and communication facilities, Government policies & Agglomeration economies are the factors responsible for _____________________? 

Ans: Location of industries.

2. If there is perishable raw material then where do you think that particular industry will be located? 

Ans: Near to the source of raw material.

3. Industrial units benefit each other from ________________. 

Ans: Agglomeration economies.

4. Industries are based on cost maximisation or profit maximisation? Choose the correct option.

Ans: Profit maximisation.

INTEXT QUESTIONS 19.3 

1. What are the five criteria based on which industries can be classified? 

Ans: Source of raw material, ownership, function, size of industry, weight of raw material and finished products. (Any five)

2. Cosmetics is a ________________________ industry. 

Ans: Consumer goods industry.

3. Industries owned and managed by Government are known as ____________ and those owned and managed by an individual or a group as a company are known as _____________.

Ans: Public sector and private sector.

INTEXT QUESTIONS 19.4 

1. What are the factors responsible for the location of the cotton textile industry? 

Ans: Raw material, Capital, Means of transport, Accessibility to the market, Nearness to ports, Cheap labour and Power supply.

2. Why are sugar industries found mostly in humid areas?

Ans: As sugarcane is produced in humid areas.

INTEXT QUESTIONS 19.5 

1. Why is iron and steel considered a basic industry? Choose the correct answer from the given options. 

(i) It uses basic things.

(ii) It was the first industry that was set up in India.

(iii) All other industries depend on it and the products of this industry form basis to these industries.

Ans: (iii) All other industries depend on it and the products of this industry form basis to these industries.

2.  ____________________ has the maximum concentration of iron and steel industries in India.

Ans: Chotanagpur region.

3. India is ____________________ producers of steel in the world.

Ans: One of the largest.

INTEXT QUESTIONS 19.6 

1. Industries concentrated in particular regions are known as ___________. 

Ans: Industrial complexes.

2. Why are several industrial units located at one place? 

Ans: They benefit from each other.

3. How many major and minor industrial regions are present in India? Name the major industrial regions.

Ans: 8 major and 13 minor.

Mumbai-Pune region, Hugli region, Bengaluru-Tamil Nadu region, Gujarat region, Chotanagpur region, Vishakhapatnam-Guntur region, Gurugram-Delhi-Meerut region, Kollam-Thiruvananthapuram region (Any of these)