ICSE solutions for Geography [English] Class 10 ICSE chapter 9 - Industries in India: Agro Based Industries [Latest edition]

Mention the pattern of economy which India has adopted.

Mention one major problem of the small scale industry.

What is the another name to Khadi and Village industries?

What are public sector industries?

What are private sector industries?

What is meant by ‘agro-industry’?

Where was the first sugar industry set up in India?

Mention the areas producing sugar in Southern India.

What do you understand by the bagasse?

What are the uses of pressmud?

What are the raw materials needed by the textile industry?

When and where did the first modem textile industry in India begin?

Which is the second most important cotton-textile centre of India?

Which town in Gujarat is known as ‘Boston of India’?

What is the single disadvantage faced by Kolkata for cotton textile production?

How is silk fibre-derived and where are silk worms reared?

What position does India rank, as producer of silk in the world?

Explain why the pure silk handloom industry is important in Bangalore?

State two factors which favour the silk industry in Karanataka.

Explain the need for rapid industrialization in India.

Classify the industries on the basis of size and investment.

Classify the industries on the basis of management.

What is a large scale industry?

What is a medium scale industry?

What do you know about the Khadi and Village industries?

With the help of an example each, explain how ‘agro-based’ industries are different from ‘mineral based’ industries.

What are village industries?

What are cottage industries?

With reference to the industries of India, explain:

Joint Sector Industries

With reference to the industries of India, explain:

Co-operative Industries

What efforts are being made by the government to help village industries?

How far does the sugar region extend in Northern India?

Mention two problems faced by the Sugar industry in India.

Mention some problems of cotton textile industry.
Or
Mention two problems faced by the cotton textile industry.
Or
Mention three main problems faced by the cotton textile industry in India.

What do you mean by the term sick mills?

With reference to the cotton textile industry:

Which is the country’s most important manufacturing centre?

With reference to the cotton textile industry:

State two geographical reasons for its importance.

What are the requirements of the woollen industry?

Where is Mulberry and Non-mulberry silk produced?

Mention two ways in which the agro-based industries have affected the economy of India.

How are industries classified on the basis of raw material?

What is a small scale industry?

State two advantages and two disadvantages of small scale industry.

Mention some problems faced by small-scale and cottage industries.

Mention three factors that have helped the sugar industry flourish in the peninsular region rather than in the northern regions of India.

Mention some problems of sugarcane industry.

Name the factors which have made Mumbai the most important cotton-manufacturer of India.
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Give two reasons why the cotton textile industry has developed around Mumbai.
Or
Why has Mumbai a large number of cotton textile units.

What are the problems of the Handloom industry?

What is sericulture?

Name two types of sericulture.

Name non mulberry varieties of raw silk produced in India. Which state is the largest producer of raw silk?

Why is silk industry a labour intensive industry?

How this industry plays a vital role in improvement of rural economy?

Explain briefly Silviculture. What is its purpose?

Why is the silk industry considered as a small scale industry?

What are the problems of the woollen industry?

What are the factors that favour the location of jute industry in the Ganga-Brahmaputra delta?

What are the problems of jute industry?

Give three remedial steps the government has taken to overcome these problems.

What are the remedial steps taken by the Government to address these problems?

What is ‘Lac’? How is it procured? Describe its commercial importance. Name two centres for the purification of lac.

How is silk fibre derived and where are silk worms reared?

State two factors which favour the silk industry in Karanataka.

Why is the sugar industry highly dispersed in India?

Why is it necessary to crush sugarcane within 24 hours of harvesting?

Give reasons for the recent growth of sugar industry in South India.

Give reasons for the concentration of the sugar industry in Uttar Pradesh.

What is the reason behind the unsatisfactory location of the sugar industry in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar?

Why Uttar Pradesh and Bihar states create problems in the sugar industry?

What are the reasons behind the localization of the sugar industry in Bihar and Uttair Pradesh:
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Give two reasons to show why the sugar industry has flourished in U.P. and Bihar.
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U.P. produces 40% of India’s sugar.

Why is sugar industry considered as major agro-industry?

“Cotton is an important commercial crop in India but its share in the world production is less than 10%” Why?

Why is Kanpur called the ‘Manchester of North India’?

Ahmedabad is not a port city, yet it is the most important cotton-textile centre of India. Why?

Why is Kolkata an important cotton textile producing centre?

Give two reasons why Tamil Nadu plays an important role in the production of cotton textiles?

What makes Khadi and Handloom sector of the textile still very important even in this modem large scale industrial era? Give reasons to substantiate your answer?
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Give two reasons to explain why cottage industries are important for India’s economy.
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The “Khadi and Handloom sectors of the textile industry cannot be ignored.” Give two reasons to justify this statement.
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Give one reason why handloom industry is important in India?

Silk industry can be considered a small scale industry.

Give two reasons for the importance of the silk industry in India.

The silk handloom industry is important in Mysore.

Sericulture flourished in Karnataka.

Why is the woollen textile industry not as well developed as the cotton textile industry in India?

The woollen industry is not as well developed as the cotton textile industry in India.
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The woollen industry is mainly located in North India.

Give two reasons why the state of Punjab is the largest producer of wollen textiles.

Give three reasons why Jute industry thrives in West Bengal.

Give the difference between the following:

Basic and Secondary industries.

Give the difference between the following:

Heavy Industries and Light Industries.

Name some industries which come under Agro Based Industry.

Name the leading agro-based industries of India.

Name three by-products of sugar industry. Give important use of each.
Or
Name a by-product of sugar manufacture.

Name the types of sugar made from sugarcane juice.

Name the second largest agro-based industry in India.

Name the states producing sugar and name the chief centres in each state.
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Name four sugar milling centres in the northern plains.

Name two textile industries using animal fibres. Write against each one of them an important centre of the respective industry.

Name some important centres of the cotton industry in
(i) Maharashtra,
(ii) Uttar Pradesh,
(iii) Punjab,
(iv) Haryana,
(v) Gujarat,
(vi) Tamil Nadu.

Name the cottage industries associated with Ludhiana and Hyderabad.

Name an important city noted for its silk industry.

Name the states which are famous for silk production.

Name any two centres of the following states which are famous for silk industry:
(i) Uttar Pradesh (ii) Bihar (iii) Jharkhand (iv) West Bengal.

Name the cities which are internationally famous for exporting silk in India.

Name two important silk-weaving centres in Karnataka.

Name the two types of silk produced in India.

Name the centres of the woollen industry in:
(i) Kashmir            
(ii) Punjab          
(iii) Rajasthan  
(iv) Uttar Pradesh
(v) Madya Pradesh

With reference to the Jute industry answer the following:

Name two centres of the industry in West Bengal.

With reference to the Jute industry answer the following:

Name two major jute products.