MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY, CLASS 10TH, MCQ
Class 10 Social Science MCQs Chapter 6 Manufacturing Industries
1. Which one of the following industries uses limestone as a raw material? (Textbook)
(a) Aluminium
(b) Cement
(c) Sugar
(d) Jute
Answer
Answer: b
2. Which one of the following agencies markets steel for the public sector plants? (Textbook)
(a) HAIL
(b) SAIL
(c) Tata Steel
(d) MNCC
Answer
Answer: b
MCQ Of Manufacturing Industries Question 3. Which one of the following industries uses bauxite as a raw material? (Textbook)
(a) Aluminium
(b) Cement
(c) Jute
(d) Steel
Answer
Answer: d
4. Which one of the following industries manufactures telephones, computers, etc.?
(a) Steel
(b) Electronic
(c) Aluminium
(d) Information Technology
Answer
Answer: b
5. The processing of raw material into more valuable products falls under the category of
(a) Secondary activities
(b) Tertiary activities
(c) Primary activities
(d) None of the above
Answer
Answer: a
6. Which of the following statements regarding manufacturing is not true?
(a) Manufacturing helps in modernising agriculture.
(b) Development of manufacturing industries is a precondition for eradication of unemployment and poverty.
(c) Export of manufactured goods expands trade and commerce and brings in much needed foreign exchange.
(d) Manufacturing puts the country into a debt trap.
Answer
Answer: d
7. Which one of the following does not influence industrial location?
(a) Raw material
(b) Capital and power
(c) Market and labour
(d) Underground railway line
Answer
Answer: d
MCQ Questions On Manufacturing Industries Class 10 Question 8. Industries that use minerals as raw material are called
(a) Agro-based industries
(b) Forest-based industries
(c) Basic industries
(d) Mineral-based industries
Answer
Answer: d
9. Cotton textile industry is a
(a) Forest-based industry
(b) Key industry
(c) Agro-based industry
(d) None of the above
Answer
Answer: c
10. The industries that produce goods for direct use by consumers are called
(a) Key industry
(b) Small-scale industry
(c) Consumer industry
(d) Heavy industry
Answer
Answer: c
11. The first cotton mill of India was set up in
(a) Ahmedabad
(b) Kolkata
(c) Mumbai
(d) Coimbatore
Answer
Answer: c
12. Which country is the major importer of Indian yarn?
(a) Indonesia
(b) Bhutan
(c) Japan
(d) Spain
Answer
Answer: c
13. Which of the following statements is not correct regarding spinning sector in India?
(a) Spinning mills are mostly located in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu.
(b) India has world-class production in spinning.
(c) Our spinning mills are capable of using all the fibres we produce.
(d) Most of the yam we produce is used by our local weavers.
Answer
Answer: d
14. Most of India’s jute mills are located on the banks of
(a) Alaknanda river
(b) Son river
(c) Hooghly river
(d) Yamuna river
Answer
Answer: c
15. Which of the following is not a private sector industry?
(a) Dabur Industries
(b) Bajaj Auto Ltd.
(c) SAIL
(d) TISCO
Answer
Answer: c
16. The first cement plant was set up in India in 1904 in
(a) Jamshedpur
(b) Hyderabad
(c) Nagpur
(d) Chennai
Answer
Answer: d
17. Which marketing body does all public sector undertakings market their steel through?
(a) TISCO
(b) NTPC
(c) SAIL
(d) BHEL
Answer
Answer: c
18. Which are the two prime factors for the location of aluminium industry?
(a) Market and labour
(b) Transport network and water supply
(c) Cheap and regular supply of electricity and bauxite
(d) None of the above
Answer
Answer: c
19. Which two states are more famous for their cotton textile industry?
(a) Jammu & Kashmir and Punjab
(b) Maharashtra and Gujarat
(c) Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
(d) Assam and West Bengal
Answer
Answer: b
20. Most of the integrated steel plants in India are located in
(a) Malwa Plateau
(b) Bundelkhand Plateau
(c) Meghalaya Plateau
(d) Chotanagpur Plateau
Answer
Answer: d
MCQ On Manufacturing Industries Question 21. The Software Technology Parks are set up by the government to provide
(a) Skilled software professionals
(b) Capital to start a software company
(c) Single window service and high-speed data communication facility to software experts
(d) None of the above
Answer
Answer: c
22. Air pollution is caused by
(a) Organic and inorganic industrial effluents discharged into rivers.
(b) Presence of high proportion of sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide and air-borne particulate materials.
(c) Unwanted sounds from industries, generators, saws and pneumatic and electric drills.
(d) Overdrawing of groundwater.
Answer
Answer: b
23. Which of the following are the major water polluting industries?
(i) Tanneries
(ii) Chemical industries Brick kilns
(iii) Refineries
(iv) Brick kilns
(a) (i) and (ii)
(b) (iii) and (iv)
(c) (i) and (iv)
(d) (ii) and (iii)
Answer
Answer: a
MCQ Of Chapter Manufacturing Industries Class 10 Question 24. Which of the following factors are not necessary to set up an iron and steel plant?
(a) Proximity to iron-ore mines
(b) Availability of coking coal
(c) Good resources of limestone and manganese
(d) Nearness to a water body to discharge wastes
Answer
Answer: d
25. In which State is the Bhilai Steel Plant located?
(a) Bihar
(b) Jharkhand
(c) Chhattisgarh
(d) Uttarakhand
Answer
Answer: c
