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Solutions for Geography, Class 7, ICSE
Fill in the blanks:
(a) Cuba is a major producer of ............... .
(b) Bengaluru is the chief centre of ............... industry.
(c) UK is known as ............... of modern textile industry.
(d) ............... is known as Manchester of Japan.
(e) The first successful textile mill was set up in ............... in ............... .
(a) Cuba is a major producer of Sugar
(b) Bengaluru is the chief centre of IT industry.
(c) UK is known as birth place of modern textile industry.
(d) Osaka is known as Manchester of Japan.
(e) The first successful textile mill was set up in Mumbai in 1954
Match the following:
Column A | Column B |
---|---|
IBM | Iron and steel industry |
Ahmedabad | Information technology |
Durgapur | Cuba |
Sugar industry | Silicon Valley |
USA | Textile industry |
Column A | Column B |
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IBM | Information technology |
Ahmedabad | Textile industry |
Durgapur | Iron and steel industry |
Sugar industry | Cuba |
USA | Silicon Valley |
Write true and false for the following:
(i) Osaka is situated in South Asia.
(ii) The Tata Steel is situated in Mumbai.
(iii) Detroit is famous for automobile industry
(iv) The IT industry is situated in Jharkhand.
(v) Bengaluru is called IT capital of India.
(i) False
Corrected Statement — Osaka is situated in East Asia.
(ii) False
Corrected Statement — The tata steel is situated in Jamshedpur.
(iii) True
(iv) False
Corrected Statement — The IT industry is situated in Bengaluru.
(v) True
State any three raw materials required for iron and steel industry.
Three raw materials required for iron and steel industry are:
How industries pollute our water resources? State any one preventive measure.
Industrial waste is major source of water pollution. Various industries like chemicals, paper, tanning, dyeing, textiles, sugar, jute, etc. produce millions of tons of industrial waste, both in solid and liquid form. The entire waste is thrown into water bodies or in open low-lying areas. This waste affects the surface water as well as ground water.
The industrial waste should be collected from source and managed on scientific basis in order to prevent water pollution.
Name any two largest producer of cotton textile.
The two largest producer of cotton textile are:
Why is cotton textile concentrated in Maharashtra and Gujarat?
The ideal geographical factors such as black soil, plenty of fresh water, transport facility and rich hinterland are some of the factors for the development of the cotton textile industry in the region of Maharashtra and Gujarat.
What are the key elements of information technology?
The key elements of information technology are hardware and software that are important to use computer to store, retrieve, transmit, manipulate data or information. It is done in context of business or other enterprises.
What is the difference between information technology and software industry?
Information technology is the use of computer to store, retrieve, transmit and manipulate data or information, often in the context of business or other enterprise. Whereas the software industry includes businesses for development, maintenance and publication of software that are using different business models.
Every software company is an IT company but every IT company may not be a software company. For example, a hardware company is an IT company but not a software company. IT company is the general term. It may be an IT service company or software product company.
State any three advantages of industrialisation.
Three advantages of industrialisation are
What is the difference between Agro-based and mineral based industry? Give one example of each.
Agro-based industries are those industries which depend on agriculture for supply of their raw materials. E.g. Sugar industry.
Mineral-based industries are industries which receive their raw materials from minerals. E.g. Iron and Steel industry.
Where is the famous ship building yard located? Where is ship-building industry located in India?
The famous ship building yards are located in Chicago, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, New york, Hundai etc. In India, major shipyards are Vishakhapatnam, Kolkata and Mumbai.
Define mini steel plant.
Steel plants that do not do all the processes under one complex are known as mini-steel plants. They use scrap iron and spong iron which is easily available. They are decentralised secondary units. They use electric furnaces instead of blast furnaces.
State any three problems of sugar industries.
The sugar industry face challenges such as:
Name the by-product of sugar industry with one use of each.
The by-products of the sugar industry are:
The port nearest to the Tata Steel Company is
Kolkata
Detroit is located in the state of
Michigan
Which is the leading shipbuilding yard in S.E. Asia?
Japan
The main raw material of iron & steel industry
Dolomite
Bhilai steel plant was set up with the collaboration of
Russia
Industries depending on animals for their supply of raw materials
Animal-based
Public sector industries are those that are
Owned and controlled by state or central government.
Which is not a leading producer of iron and steel industry in USA
Poland
............... is located on the Detroit River connecting Lake Erie and lake St. Claire.
Iron and steel
Osaka being a leading centre for the large spinning mills is also known as
Manchester of Japan
Which is not a leading producer of sugar
Gujarat
An important shipyard in Europe.
Rotterdam
Fishing ground in the North Sea
Dogger bank
Most of IT companies of Bengaluru are located in
Whitefield
Ganga action plan was launched in which year?
1986