Social Studies Question(1 Marks)

Ahmedabad is often referred to as the ‘Manchester of India’.

Textile industry is concentrated in India, Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan.

Industry refers to an economic activity that is concerned with production of goods, provision of services and extraction of minerals, etc. by adding value to inputs.

The iron ore come to Pittsburgh from the iron mines at Minnesota, about 1500km from Pittsburgh.

Man-made fibres include nylon, polyester, acrylic and rayon.

Major industrial regions tend to be located in the temperate areas, near sea ports and especially near coal fields.

Co-operatives: Anand Milk Union Limited and Sudha Dairy.

Raw materials: cotton and steel.

Industries may be agro based, mineral based, marine based and forest based depending on the type of raw materials they use.

Forest based industries use forest produce as raw materials. For example, paper industry, furniture and building.

The factors affecting the location of industries are the availability of raw material, land, water, labour, power, capital, transport and market.

The major hubs of Information technology industry are the Silicon Valley of Central California and the Bangalore region of India.

The first textile mill in the country was established at Fort Gloster near Kolkata in 1818 but it closed down after some time.

The processes include ginning, spinning, weaving, dyeing and printing.

Special alloys of steel can be made by adding small amounts of other metals such as aluminium, nickel, and copper.

Steel.

Industries can be classified on the basis of raw materials, size and ownership.

Industrial plants produce chemicals, locomotive parts, agricultural equipment, machinery, tinplate, etc.

Tertiary activities: banking and transport.

Major industrial regions of the world are eastern North America, western and central Europe, eastern Europe and eastern Asia.

The first successful modern textile mill was established in Mumbai in 1854.

End product: shirt and safetypin.

Bangalore is located on the Deccan Plateau from where it gets the name ‘Silicon Plateau’.

Between mines and Pittsburgh is one of the world’s best routes for shipping ore cheaply the famous Great Lakes waterway.

Silicon Valley is located in California.

Lake Superior is the largest of these five lakes.

Alloys give steel unusual hardness, toughness, or ability to resist rust.

TISCO was started in 1907 at Sakchi, near the confluence of the rivers Subarnarekha and Kharkai in Jharkhand.

Industry refers to an economic activity that is concerned with production of goods, extraction of minerals or provision of services.

Steel is often called the backbone of modern industry because almost everything we use is either made of iron or steel or has been made with tools and machinery of these metals.

Aluminium, nickel and copper are elements that are alloyed with steel.

TISCO stands for Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited.

Emerging industries are also known as ‘Sunrise Industries’. These include Information technology, Wellness, Hospitality and Knowledge.

Natural fibres are wool, silk, cotton, linen and jute.

It is located in Gujarat on the banks of the Sabarmati river.

Bangalore is called Silicon Plateau because of the IT industry there, and the word “plateau” refers to the Deccan Plateau where it is located.

Two natural fibres: wool, silk. Two human-made fibres: nylon, polyester.

The production of hand woven cotton textile in India was expensive and time-consuming, so it could not compete with the Western standards.

Industry refers to an economic activity that is concerned with production of goods, extraction of minerals or the provision of services.

Classification of industries on the basis of size refers to the amount of capital invested, number of people employed and the volume of production.

The names of great lakes are Superior, Huron, Ontario, Michigan and Erie.

Iron and steel, machinery, shipbuilding, automobiles, electrical equipment and cement industry have begun to replace the textile industry in Osaka.

The countries in which iron and steel industry is located are Germany, USA, China, Japan and Russia.

AMUL stands for Anand Milk Union Limited.

The term ‘textile’ is derived from Latin word texere which means to weave.

Cottage industries: pottery industry and basket-weaving industry.

Agro-based industries: dairy industry and cotton textile industry.

In industries, accidents/ disaster mainly occurs due to technical failure or irresponsible handling of hazardous material.

Smelting is the process by which metals are extracted from their ores by heating beyond the melting point.

Osaka is an important textile centre of Japan, also known as the ‘Manchester of Japan’.