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Industries · Bihar Board (BSEB) STD 8 (BSEB - English Medium). 66 questions.

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MCQ 11 Mark
Which of these states has some major steel producing centres?
  • A
    Punjab.
  • ✓
    Jharkhand.
  • C
    Tamil Nadu.
  • D
    Maharashtra.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Jharkhand.
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MCQ 21 Mark
Maruti Udyog Ltd is an example of $..........$ sector industry.
  • A
    Cooperative.
  • B
    Private.
  • ✓
    Joint.
  • D
    Private.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Joint.
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MCQ 31 Mark
What process does the iron ore undergo in a blast furnace?
  • ✓
    Smelting.
  • B
    Refining.
  • C
    Extraction.
  • D
    None of these.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Smelting.
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MCQ 41 Mark
Food processing is an example of $...........$ based industry.
  • A
    Marine.
  • ✓
    Agro.
  • C
    Mineral.
  • D
    Forest.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Agro.
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MCQ 61 Mark
Which of the following is a secondary activity?
  • A
    Coal mining industry.
  • ✓
    Tourism industrycorrect.
  • C
    Fishing.
  • D
    Agriculture.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Tourism industrycorrect.
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MCQ 71 Mark
Which factors affect the location of industry?
  • A
    Land.
  • B
    Labour.
  • C
    Capital.
  • ✓
    All of these.
Answer
Correct option: D.
All of these.
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MCQ 81 Mark
What is referred to as an economic activity that is concerned with production of goods, extraction of minerals or the provision of services?
  • ✓
    Industry.
  • B
    Agriculture.
  • C
    Private industry.
  • D
    None of the above.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Industry.
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MCQ 91 Mark
What does an industrial system consists of?
  • A
    Inputs.
  • B
    Processes.
  • C
    Output.
  • ✓
    All of these.
Answer
Correct option: D.
All of these.
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MCQ 101 Mark
Fish is a product of the:
  • A
    Mineral$-$based industries.
  • B
    Agro$-$based industries.
  • ✓
    Marine$-$based industriescorrect.
  • D
    Forest$-$based industries.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Marine$-$based industriescorrect.
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MCQ 111 Mark
Jamshedpur lies on the banks of $...........$ river.
  • ✓
    Subarnarekha.
  • B
    Ganga.
  • C
    Jhelum.
  • D
    Mahi.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Subarnarekha.
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MCQ 121 Mark
Which one of the following industries is known as sunrise industry?
  • A
    Iron and steel industry.
  • B
    Cotton textile.
  • ✓
    Information technology.
  • D
    None  of these
Answer
Correct option: C.
Information technology.
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MCQ 131 Mark
In the light of various factors that influence industrial location, some industries have a tendency to grow close to each other. Name such areas.
  • A
    Industrial Structures.
  • ✓
    Industrial Regions.
  • C
    Industrial Systems.
  • D
    Industrial Organisms.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Industrial Regions.
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MCQ 141 Mark
$\text{ITI}$ is the full form of:
  • A
    Indian Training Institute.
  • B
    Institute of Technology of India.
  • ✓
    Indian Telephone Industrycorrect.
  • D
    Industrial Technology Institute.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Indian Telephone Industrycorrect.
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MCQ 151 Mark
Industry owned by one individual is $..........$
  • ✓
    Private sector industry.
  • B
    Joint sector industry.
  • C
    Co$-$operative industry.
  • D
    Public sector industry.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Private sector industry.
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MCQ 161 Mark
Kanpur is famous for $.........$ factories:
  • A
    Sugar.
  • ✓
    Textile.
  • C
    Steel.
  • D
    Marine.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Textile.
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MCQ 171 Mark
Name the important Northern industrial region in India.
  • ✓
    Delhi, Gurgaon$-$Meerut region.
  • B
    Bangalore$-$Tamil Nadu region.
  • C
    Ahmedabad$-$Vadodara region.
  • D
    Damodar Valley belt.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Delhi, Gurgaon$-$Meerut region.
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MCQ 181 Mark
$...........$ is a prominent coalfield in India.
  • A
    Bokaro.
  • ✓
    Jharia.
  • C
    Chittranjan.
  • D
    Dimapur.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Jharia.
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MCQ 191 Mark
Which of the following best describes an agro based industry?
  • A
    Industries depending on ores like Cement, iron and steel etc.
  • B
    Industries that depend upon the primary products from forests for their raw materials.
  • ✓
    Industries depending on agricultural products ie plant and animal products.
  • D
    Industries that use products from the sea and oceans as raw materials.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Industries depending on agricultural products ie plant and animal products.
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MCQ 201 Mark
What is the name of the place where $\text{TISCO}$ began?
  • A
    Kharkai.
  • B
    Calcutta.
  • ✓
    Sakchi.
  • D
    Rourkela.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Sakchi.
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MCQ 211 Mark
Why is steel called the backbone of modern industries?
  • ✓
    Everything we use is related with steel.
  • B
    Steel is cheaper.
  • C
    Steel is available everywhere in the world.
  • D
    None of the above.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Everything we use is related with steel.
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MCQ 221 Mark
Which one of the following is a natural fibre?
  • A
    Nylon.
  • ✓
    Jute.
  • C
    Acryclic.
  • D
    None of these
Answer
Correct option: B.
Jute.
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MCQ 231 Mark
$.........$ is also famous as ‘Manchester of India.
  • A
    Surat.
  • B
    Delhi.
  • ✓
    Ahmedabad.
  • D
    Salem.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Ahmedabad.
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MCQ 241 Mark
$..........$ is one of the major steel producing centres.
  • ✓
    Bhilai.
  • B
    Jammu.
  • C
    Chandigarh.
  • D
    Delhi.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Bhilai.
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MCQ 251 Mark
The textile industry of Osaka imports $.........$ from other countries.
  • ✓
    Cotton.
  • B
    Rice.
  • C
    Metal.
  • D
    Iron.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Cotton.
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MCQ 271 Mark
$..........$ is an example of forest based industry.
  • A
    Banking.
  • B
    Baking cakes.
  • C
    Advertising.
  • ✓
    Pharmaceuticals.
Answer
Correct option: D.
Pharmaceuticals.
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MCQ 281 Mark
Basket weaving falls in the category of:
  • A
    Small$-$scale industry.
  • ✓
    Cottage industry.
  • C
    Large$-$scale industry.
  • D
    None of these.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Cottage industry.
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MCQ 291 Mark
In Ahmedabad, the first textile mill was established in which year?
  • A
    $1856.$
  • B
    $1859.$
  • ✓
    $1861.$
  • D
    $1855.$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$1861.$
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MCQ 301 Mark
$..........$ has been called the backbone of industry.
  • A
    Diamond.
  • B
    Iron.
  • ✓
    Steel.
  • D
    Petroleum.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Steel.
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MCQ 311 Mark
Joint sector Industries are owned and operated by the state and individuals or a group of individuals. From the given list fo industries, which one can be called a Joint's Ector industry?
  • A
    Iron and Steel industry.
  • B
    Tata Group of Companies.
  • C
    Reliance Industries.
  • ✓
    Maruti Udyog Limited.
Answer
Correct option: D.
Maruti Udyog Limited.
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MCQ 321 Mark
With limited capital, a food processing unit is set up in a particular village in Gujarat. This unit generates employment to that particular village. Name the type of classification of industry under which this food processing unit will come under.
  • A
    Forest based industry.
  • B
    Agro based industry.
  • ✓
    Small Scale industry.
  • D
    Large Scale industry.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Small Scale industry.
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MCQ 331 Mark
Kharkai river flows through the steel city of $...........$
  • ✓
    Jamshedpur.
  • B
    Bhilai.
  • C
    Chittorgarh.
  • D
    Bokaro.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Jamshedpur.
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MCQ 341 Mark
Chintzes clothes can be found in:
  • A
    Dhaka.
  • ✓
    Masulipatnam.
  • C
    Burhanpur.
  • D
    Calicut.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Masulipatnam.
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MCQ 351 Mark
$\text{TISCO}$ was started in $1907$ at.
  • ✓
    Sakchi.
  • B
    Mandakni.
  • C
    Godavari.
  • D
    Nagpur.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Sakchi.
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MCQ 361 Mark
What class of industries does Mamti Udyog come under?
  • ✓
    Joint sector.
  • B
    Private sector.
  • C
    Public sector.
  • D
    Cooperative sector.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Joint sector.
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MCQ 371 Mark
Which one of the following is a natural fiber?
  • A
    Nylon.
  • ✓
    Jute.
  • C
    Acrylics.
  • D
    Rayon.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Jute.
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MCQ 381 Mark
What is the output of iron and steel industry?
  • ✓
    Steel.
  • B
    Pig iron.
  • C
    Iron ore.
  • D
    All of these.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Steel.
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MCQ 391 Mark
Which one of the following is a Private Sector Industry?
  • A
    Maruti Udyog Limited.
  • B
    Anand Milk Union Limited.
  • C
    Hindustan Aeronautics Limited.
  • ✓
    Tata Iron and Steel Industry.
Answer
Correct option: D.
Tata Iron and Steel Industry.
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MCQ 401 Mark
The Great Lake waterway is located near:
  • A
    New York.
  • B
    Washington.
  • ✓
    Pittsburgh.
  • D
    Osaka.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Pittsburgh.
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MCQ 421 Mark
Manufacturing of fish oil is an example of $..........$ based industry.
  • A
    Agro.
  • ✓
    Marine.
  • C
    Forest.
  • D
    Mineral.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Marine.
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MCQ 431 Mark
Silk manufacturing falls under:
  • A
    Large scale industry.
  • ✓
    Small scale industry.
  • C
    Marine industry.
  • D
    Mineral industry.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Small scale industry.
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MCQ 441 Mark
Processing sea food and manufacturing fish oil can be considered as examples of:
  • A
    Agro based industries.
  • ✓
    Marine based industries.
  • C
    Mineral based industries.
  • D
    Forest based industries.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Marine based industries.
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MCQ 451 Mark
Which industry is the base of all other industries?
  • A
    Cotton textile industry.
  • B
    Leather industry.
  • ✓
    Iron and steel industry.
  • D
    $\text{IT}$ industry.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Iron and steel industry.
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MCQ 461 Mark
Sakchi is the old name of $..........$
  • ✓
    Jamshedpur.
  • B
    Salem.
  • C
    Bhadravati.
  • D
    Belgavi.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Jamshedpur.
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MCQ 471 Mark
Seafood industry is an example of $..........$ based industries.
  • A
    Agro.
  • B
    Mining.
  • ✓
    Marine.
  • D
    Forest.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Marine.
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MCQ 481 Mark
Which of the following can be considered as an example of the economic activity extraction of minerals from the industry sector?
  • A
    Tourism industry.
  • B
    Iron and Steel industry.
  • C
    Banking industry.
  • ✓
    Coal mining industry.
Answer
Correct option: D.
Coal mining industry.
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MCQ 491 Mark
What class of economic activities does manufacturing come under?
  • A
    Primary.
  • ✓
    Secondary.
  • C
    Tertiary.
  • D
    Primary as well as secondary.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Secondary.
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MCQ 501 Mark
Marine$-$based industries are based on:
  • A
    Minerals.
  • B
    Forest products.
  • C
    Agricultural products.
  • ✓
    Oceanic products.
Answer
Correct option: D.
Oceanic products.
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