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industries cbse 8

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which one of the industry referred as Basic Industry?

a)

Agro industry

b)

Chemical industry

c)

Iron & Steel industry

d)

Fertilizer industry

2.

In which state Jamshedpur Iron and Steel industry situated?

a)

West Bengal

b)

Jharkhand

c)

Odisha

d)

Bihar

3.

Which one of is not an example of Public Sector

a)

Airtel

b)

Hindustan Aeronautical limited

c)

Bhilai Iron & Steel Plant

d)

Indian Oil Corporation

4.

What is the importance of manufacturing?

a)

Industrial Development is necesary for the eradication of Poverty.

b)

Doesn't remove regional division.

c)

Agriculture is not affected.

d)

Brings much needed foreign exchange.

5.

What of a country is measured by the development of manufacturing industries.

a)

Economic Delevopment

b)

Economic Activity

c)

Economic Strength

d)

All of the Above

6.

After which century, power-looms came into use.

a)

12th

b)

14th

c)

7th

d)

18th

7.

Full Form of BPO

a)

Business Processes Outsourcing

b)

Busness Processing Output

c)

Business Processing Output

d)

Busness Processing Output

8.

Which industry is known as Basic and Heavy industry?

a)

Cement

b)

Automobile

c)

Iron and Steel

d)

Cotton

9.

Which one of the following agencies markets steel for the public sector plants?

a)

Honeywell Automation India Limited

b)

Malaysian National Computer Confederation.

c)

Steel Authority of India Limited

d)

TATA Steel

10.

Which of the following industries is not a heavy industriy.

a)

(a) Cotton textile

b)

(b) Cement

c)

(c) Iron and Steel

d)

(d) Ship building

11.

Which one of the following factors plays the most important role in the location of an industry in a particular region? [Delhi 2012]

a)

(a) Raw material

b)

(b) Market

c)

(c) Least production cost

d)

(d) Transport

12.

Which one of the following agencies, markets steel for the public sector plants?

a)

(a) HAIL

b)

(b) SAIL

c)

(c) TATA Steel

d)

(d) MNCC

13.

The first cotton mill of India was set up in

a)

(a) Ahmedabad

b)

(b) Kolkata

c)

(c) Mumbai

d)

(d) Coimbatore

14.

Most of the integrated steel plants in India are located in

a)

(a) Malwa Plateau

b)

(b) Bundelkhand Plateau

c)

(c) Meghalaya Plateau

d)

(d) Chotanagpur Plateau

15.

__________ is the world’s most important natural fibre.

a)

(a) cotton

b)

(b) jute

c)

(c) silk

d)

(d) woolen

16.

The requirement of large number of people or workers.

a)

(a) self sufficient

b)

(b) Labour – intensive

c)

(c) Transport

17.

Look at the image and identify the type of industry.

a)

small scale industry

b)

cottage industry

c)

large scale industry

18.

Bread is a_____________

a)

raw material

b)

finished good

19.

Identify the type of large scale industry

a)

Sugar industry

b)

Jute industry

c)

Coir industry

20.

The minister of Iron and steel industry is Mrs. Smriti Irani

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Iron and steel industry is known as backbone of the industrial economy.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

Japan is dependent upon the imported raw materials for spinning mills.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

Mumbai is known as cottonopolis of India.

a)

True

b)

false

24.

Which of the following is a secondary activity?

a)

Coal mining industry

b)

Tourism industry

c)

Fishing

d)

Agriculture

25.

Union carbride factory is located in:-

a)

Bhopal, Madhay Pradesh

b)

Gao Qiao, China

c)

London, England

d)

Pennsylvania, USA

26.

Marine-based industries use products from _______ and ______ as raw materials

a)

Seas

b)

Market

c)

Oceans

d)

Aquarium

27.

What does an industrial system consists of?

a)

Inputs

b)

Processes

c)

Output

28.

The earlier name of Jamshedpur was:

a)

Sakchi

b)

Subarnarekha

c)

Kharkai

29.

Why is steel called as the backbone of modern industries?

a)

Steel is cheaper.

b)

Steel is available everywhere in the world.

c)

Everything we use is related with steel.

d)

None of these

30.

Bhadravati is an important steel centre located at _______.

a)

Jharkhand

b)

Karnataka

c)

Odisha

d)

Bihar

31.

Why do industrial accidents happen?

a)

Due to technical failure

b)

Due to irresponsible handling of materials

c)

Due to negligence

d)

None of the above

32.

__________ is an example of a co-operative industry.

a)

Steel Authority of India Ltd.

b)

Hindustan Aeronautical Ltd.

c)

Sudha Dairy

d)

Indian Army

33.

What is smelting?

a)

It is a process in which air is extracted from the atmosphere.

b)

It is a process in which metals are extracted from their ores by heating beyond the melting point.

c)

It is a process in which dyes are extracted from the plants by heating.

d)

None of the above

34.

The by-product of the sugar industry which is used in manufacturing paper and newsprint _________.

a)

Molasses

b)

Wood pulp

c)

paper industry

d)

Bagasse

35.

Look at the image and try to identify the name of the industry.

a)

Edible oil industry

b)

Marine based indusry

c)

handloom industry

d)

Wollen textile industry