Chapter 6 (Manufacturing Industries)

1. Name the three types of fertilizers produced in India? In which type of fertilizers India occupies the prestigious position in the world and which type of fertilizer is imported ad why? State four problems of iron and steel industry in India and two steps taken to improve the industry? Give four processes involved in the manufacture of steel with main features of each? Study the map given on the page 69 in the text book and complete the following table: Name of centre Amritsar Jamnagar Madurai Mysore Pune Varanasi 5. 6. 7. State ...... .. .. .. . Fibre . . .

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Why did Mahatma Gandhi lay emphasis on spinning yarn and weaving khadi? Name all the ten primary integrated steel plants alongwith their states? Name the two major types of chemical industries? Which one of them is centralized & which one is decentralized? Give reasons for each. Why is sugar mill called a raw material oriented industrie? Give the number of the following industries: (a) Cotton (b) Jute (c) Sugar (d) Cement (e) Aluminium smelting

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Which are the three ways of treating industrial effluents in water? ___________________________