Manufacturing Industries For Class 12 Geography MCQ Questions

Q 1 – Which one of the following industries uses limestone as a raw material?
(A) Aluminium
(B) Cement
(C) Sugar
(D) Jute

Ans. (B) Cement

Q 2 – Which one of the following agencies, market steel for the public sector plants?
(A) HAIL
(B) SAIL
(C) TATA Steel
(D) MNCC

Ans. (B) SAIL

Q 3 – Which of the following industry uses bauxite as a raw material?
(A) Aluminium
(B) Cement
(C) Jute
(D) Steel

Ans.  (A) Aluminium

Q 4 – Which one of the following industries manufactures telephones, computers, etc?
(A) Steel
(B) Aluminium
(C) Electronic
(D) Information Technology

Ans.  (D) Information Technology

Q 5 – Manufacturing is an activity of which type:
(A) Primary
(B) Secondary
(C) Tertiary
(D) Quarternary

Ans.  (B) Secondary

Q 6 – Which of the following is an agro-based industry?
(A) Iron and Steel
(B) Cotton
(C) Aluminium
(D) Cement

Ans. (B) Cotton

Q 7 – The first cotton textile mill was established in Mumbai in:
(A) 1834
(B) 1844
(C) 1854
(D) 1864

Ans. (C) 1854

Q 8 – The per capita annual consumption of steel in India is:
(A) 30 kg
(B) 31 kg
(C) 32 kg
(D) 33 kg

Ans. (C) 32 kg

Q 9 – The production of aluminium in India is:
(A) 500 million tons
(B) 600 million tons
(C) 767 million tons
(D) 800 million tons

Ans. (C) 767 million tons

Q 10 – Which town is the Electronic Capital of India?
(A) Mumbai
(C) Bengaluru
(B) Kolkata
(D) Pune

Ans. (B) Kolkata

Q 11 – Which is not a factor of industrial location?
(A) Market
(B) Capital
(C) Population Density
(D) Power.

Ans.  (C) Population Density

Q 12 – The earliest Iron and Steel Company to be established in India was:
(A) IISCO
(B) TISCO
(C) Visvesvaraiya Iron and Steel Works
(D) Mysore Iron and Steel Works

Ans. (A) IISCO

Q 13 – The first modern cotton mill was established in Mumbai because:
(A) Mumbai is a port
(B) It is located near a cotton-growing area
(C) Mumbai was the financial center
(D) All of the above.

Ans. (D) All of the above

Q 14 – The nucleus of the Hugh Industrial Region is:
(A) Kolkata – Howrah
(B) Kolkata – Medinipur
(C) Kolkata – Rishra
(D) Kolkata – Konnagar

Ans. (A) Kolkata – Howrah

Q 15 – Which one of the following is the second-largest producer of sugar?
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Punjab
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Tamil Nadu

Ans.  (A) Maharashtra