Test: Resources of India and World- 1 - Class 5 MCQ

There is barely any cotton imported in India compared to the production of cotton here.India is amongst the top cotton manufacturers in terms of quantity. In fact, India exports huge quantity of cotton. What India imports are cotton which is richer and has lesser contamination than Indian cotton.

Surat, Vadodara, Ratlam are situated in West India which fall on route to Delhi from Mumbai, but Jhansi is situated in Uttar Pradesh.

Agro-based industries are those industries which obtain raw-material from agriculture. Cotton textile, jute textile, sugar, vegetable oil etc are representative industries of an agro-based group of industry. Agro-based industries are comparatively easy to establish. These industries are found in rural areas as small-scale industries and at the same time, they can be the large-scale industry in urban areas.

Sugar industry is seasonal in nature. It takes close to 1 year for sugar to get harvested and then to be taken to the sugar mills.

Initially one cement factory was established at Churk in 1956. Later another cement factory started at Dala in 1971 and ancillary unit of Dala got started at Chunar in 1980. The cement factories became the foundation on which other industries were built.

After textile, India,s the second most important industry is Iron and steel. In India, iron and steel industry witnessed rapid growth after independence during second five-year plan in the year 1956-61. Iron and steel industry is the key to modern industrial development. There has been a phenomenal increase in the production of pig iron and steel in the country during last five decades.

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Sugar mills are located in the vicinity of raw materials because of the weight losing character of the raw material, e.g. sugarcane. 

Highbay - Means locating the objects greater than 25 feet off the floor.
Buildings for foundries and steel mills are often of the Highbay.

Iron, Steel, Aluminum and Cement are the industries which maximize savings on transport costs by being located near the sources of materials.