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Question 1(c)Give a geographical reason for each of the following:(i) Sugar mills are located close to sugarcane growing areas.(ii) Mumbai is known...
Question 1(d)(i) Mention two advantages of setting up a small scale industry.(ii) Give two points of difference between a public sector and a private...
Question 2(a)Name two by-products of the sugar industry. Give one use of each.
Question 2(b)Why is the sugar industry highly dispersed in India?
Question 2(c)Give a geographical reason for each of the following:(i) Scanty rain leads to lower sugar output.(ii) India's troubled sugar crop would...
Question 2(d)Give three important reasons which have made Maharashtra the leading producer of sugar in India.
Question 3(a)Mention any two features of the cotton textile industry in India.
Question 3(b)Why have Mumbai and Ahmedabad emerged as the important cotton manufacturing centres?
Question 3(c)State any three problems faced by the cotton industry in India.
Question 3(d)What is sericulture? State any two problems faced by the silk industry.
Question 4(a)State any two geographical features favourable for setting an industry.
Question 4(b)Mysore is known for its soft, lustrous and durable silk. Murali is a silk weaver in Mysore. He does not want his children to follow his...
Question 4(c)Give a geographical reason for each of the following:(i) Sugarcane is a weight losing commodity.(ii) Uttar Pradesh has been relegated to...
Question 4(d)(i) Name the state having the largest production of non-mulberry silk.(ii) Name the type of silk available in these states: Assam and...
Question 5(a) According to a newspaper report published in September 2023 India, the world's biggest sugar producer after Brazil, banned mills from...
Question 6(a)The cotton textile industry is the highest employment generator amongst the agro-based industries in India. The growth of this industry...
Question 19Assertion (A): India contributes to about 18 per cent to the world silk production. What is however, more noteworthy is the fact that...
Question 20India has monopoly over golden yellow muga silk. Which state does it come from?West BengalAssamKarnatakaTelangana.
Question 1Ramesh lived in a town far away from the city. He inherited a fortune from his uncle and started an agro-based manufacturing unit in his...
Question 2Your cousin who lives in Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh wants to start a sugar mill. He wants you to advice him on the feasibility of...