Industries For Class 8 Geography MCQ Questions

Q 1 – Which of the following is a secondary activity?
(a) Coal mining industry
(b) Tourism industry
(c) Fishing
(d) Agriculture

Ans.  (b) Tourism industry

Q 2 – Change of raw materials into products of more value to people is called
(a) manufacturing
(b) resources
(c) population
(d) none of these

Ans. (a) manufacturing

Q 3 – Which is not the agro-based industry?
(a) Oil
(b) Textile
(c) Sugar
(d) Food Processing

Ans.  (a) Oil

Q 4 – Marine-based industries are based on
(a) minerals
(b) forest products
(c) agricultural products
(d) oceanic products

Ans. (d) oceanic products

Q 5 – Fish is a product of the
(a) mineral-based industries
(b) agro-based industries
(c) marine-based industries
(d) forest-based industries

Ans. (c) marine-based industries

Q 6 – Basket weaving falls in the category of
(a) small-scale industry
(b) cottage industry
(c) large-scale industry
(d) none of these

Ans. (b) cottage industry

Q 7 – Which of the following is a private sector industry?
(a) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
(b) Tata Iron and Steel Industry
(c) Steel Authority of India
(d) National Thermal Power Corporation

Ans. (b) Tata Iron and Steel Industry

Q 8 – Why are state-owned industries called public sector industries?
(a) Because they are established, run, and maintained by private people.
(b) Because they are established, run, and maintained by the government
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these

Ans. (b) Because they are established, run, and maintained by the government

Q 9 – Which factors affect the location of the industry?
(a) Land
(b) Labour
(c) Capital
(d) All of these

Ans.  (d) All of these

Q 10 – Industrialisation often leads to:
(a) Poverty
(b) Population
(c) Development
(d) None of these

Ans. (c) Development

Q 11 – What does an industrial system consist of?
(a) Inputs
(b) Processes
(c) Output
(d) All of these

Ans. (d) All of these

Q 12 – Major industrial regions are located near:
(a) Deserts
(b) Sea Ports
(c) Glaciers
(d) Mountains

Ans.  (b) Sea Ports

Q 13 – Which metal is often called the backbone of the modern industry?
(a) Steel
(b) Gold
(c) Silver
(d) Aluminium

Ans. (a) Steel

Q 14 – The earlier name of Jamshedpur was:
(a) Sakshi
(b) Sakchi
(c) Subarnarekha
(d) Kharkiv

Ans. (b) Sakchi

Q 15 – Which among the following is the largest lake?
(a) Huran
(b) Superior
(c) Ontario
(d) Michigan

Ans.  (b) Superior

Q 16 – Which is not the quality of clothes?
(a) Muslin
(b) Chintzes
(c) Calicos
(d) Osaka

Ans. (d) Osaka

Q 17 – ITI is the full form of –
(a) Indian Training Institute
(b) Institute of Technology of India
(c) Indian Telephone Industry
(d) Industrial Technology Institute

Ans. (c) Indian Telephone Industry

Q 18 – With limited capital, a food processing unit is set up in a particular village in Gujarat. This unit generates employment to that particular village. Name the type of classification of industry under which this food processing unit will come under.
(a) Forest-based industry
(b) Agro-based industry
(c) Small Scale industry
(d) Large Scale industry

Ans. (c) Small Scale industry

Q 19 – ____________ sector industries are owned, managed and controlled by the state or central government .
(a) Cooperative
(b) Public
(c) Joint
(d) Private

Ans.  (b) Public

Q 20 – Which of the following can be considered as an example of the economic activity extraction of minerals from the industry sector?
(a) Tourism industry
(b) Iron and Steel industry
(c) Banking industry
(d) Coal mining industry

Ans. (d) Coal mining industry

Q 21 – Joint sector Industries are owned and operated by the state and individuals or a group of individuals. From the given list fo industries, which one can be called a Joint sEctor industry?
(a) Iron and Steel industry
(b) Tata Group of Companies
(c) Reliance Industries
(d) Maruti Udyog Limited

Ans. (d) Maruti Udyog Limited

Q 22 – Name the important Northern industrial region in India
(a) Delhi ,Gurgaon- Meerut region
(b) Bangalore- Tamil Nadu region
(c) Ahmedabad- Vadodara region
(d) Damodar Valley belt

Ans., (a) Delhi , Gurgaon- Meerut region

Q 23 – Fish is a product of the
(a) mineral-based industries
(b) agro-based industries
(c) marine-based industries
(d) forest-based industries

Ans.  (c) marine-based industries

Q 24 – Basket weaving falls in the category of
(a) Small-scale industry
(b) Cottage industry
(c) Large-scale industry
(d) None of these

Ans. (b) Cottage industry

Q 25 – In the light of various factors that influence industrial location, some industries have a tendency to grow close to each other. Name such areas.
(a) Industrial Structures
(b) Industrial Regions
(c) Industrial Systems
(d) Industrial Organisms

Ans.  (b) Industrial Regions

Q 26 – Which of the following best describes an agro-based industry?

(a) Industries depending on ores like Cement, iron, and steel, etc.

(b) Industries that depend upon the primary products from forests for their raw materials

(c) Industries depending on agricultural products ie plant and animal products

(d) Industries that use products from the sea and oceans as raw materials

Ans. (c) Industries depending on agricultural products ie plant and animal products

Q 27 – To which category of industry (based on raw materials) does Iron made from iron ore belongs?
(a) Marine based
(b) Forest based
(c) Agro based
(d) Mineral based

Ans. (d) Mineral-based

Q 28 – Name the three important industrial regions of the world.

(a) Eastern North America, Western and Central Europe, Eastern Asia

(b) Eastern Australia, Western and Central Europe, Eastern Asia

(c) Eastern North America, Western and Central Europe, Western Australia

(d) Africa, Eastern Asia, Central Australia 

Ans. (a) Eastern North America, Western and Central Europe, Eastern Asia

Q 29 – Which of the following can be considered as an example of the economic activity service provider from the industry sector?
(a) Textile industry
(b) Banking industry
(c) Iron and Steel industry
(d) Coal mining industry

Ans. (b) Banking industry

Q 30 – Processing seafood and manufacturing fish oil can be considered as examples of :
(a) Agro-based industries
(b) Marine based industries
(c) Mineral-based industries
(d) Forest-based industries

Ans. (b) Marine based industries

Q 31 – Which industries are also known as a village or household industries?
(a) Small Scale industries
(b) Cottage industries
(c) Large Scale industries
(d) None of the above

Ans. (b) Cottage industries

Q 32 – Why is steel called the backbone of modern industries?
(a) Everything we use is related to steel
(b) Steel is cheaper
(c) Steel is available everywhere in the world
(d) None of these

Ans.  (a) Everything we use is related to steel

Q 33 – Change of raw materials into products of more value to people is called
(a) Manufacturing
(b) Resources
(c) Population
(d) None of these

Ans. (a) Manufacturing

Q 34 – The leading industries of Birla Group, Reliance, Tata Group of industries belong to the private sector. What are the characteristic features of these industries?
(a) Jointly owned, they are owned, managed, and controlled by a group of individuals and government agencies. Prices of products are fixed through planning.
(b) Operated mainly for the benefit of the public rather than profits, they are owned, managed, and controlled by a group of individuals. Prices of products are determined by market forces
(c) Operated mainly for Profits, they are owned, managed, and controlled by a group of individuals. Prices of products are determined by market forces
(d) Members of the cooperative society produce the raw material and add value to earn profit. Generally operates with the motive of community welfare

Ans. (c) Operated mainly for Profits, they are owned, managed, and controlled by a group of individuals. Prices of products are determined by market forces

Q 35 – Marine-based industries are based on
(a) Minerals
(b) Forest products
(c) Agricultural products
(d) Oceanic products

Ans. (d) Oceanic products