Practice Industries of India – GK Quiz with Answers – Level 3

Consider the following statements about the classification of industries:

1. Iron and steel is a basic or key industry because its product is used as raw material by other industries.

2. Sugar is both an agro based industry and a consumer industry.

3. Aluminium is an agro based industry.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Arrange the following industrial events in chronological order:

1. Start of TISCO at Sakchi

2. Setting up of a cotton mill at Fort Gloster near Kolkata

3. Setting up of India's first cement plant at Chennai

4. Setting up of the first jute mill at Rishra

Select the correct chronological order.

Consider the following statements about textile industries in India:

1. The cotton textile industry is self-reliant across the complete value chain, from raw material to the highest value-added products.

2. After Partition, most of the jute mills went to Bangladesh while the jute-growing area remained in India.

3. Most jute mills are located in a narrow belt along the Hugli river in West Bengal.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

TISCO was set up at Sakchi, near the confluence of which two rivers?

Match List-I (steel centre) with List-II (state):

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Consider the following statements about the Bhopal industrial disaster:

1. It took place on 3 December 1984.

2. The gas that leaked was methyl isocyanate (MIC).

3. The leak occurred from a cement factory.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements about the electronics industry and industrial regions of India:

1. Bengaluru has emerged as the electronic capital of India.

2. Kollam-Thiruvananthapuram is one of the industrial regions of India.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements about the jute industry of India:

1. After Partition, the jute mills remained in India, but most of the jute-growing area went to Bangladesh.

2. Like the iron and steel industry, the jute industry is classified as a mineral based industry.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The cotton textile industry of India is mainly concentrated in which pair of states?

Match List-I (Place) with List-II (Associated industrial fact):

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.