CBSE Class 10 Geography Chapter 6 Manufacturing Industries Important Questions

1. Why is it important for our country to keep the mill sector loomage lower than power loom and
handloom?
2. Why is it important for us to improve our weaving sector instead of exporting yarn in large
quantities?
3. Why is the per capita consumption of steel so low in India?
4. Where would it be economically viable to set up the cement manufacturing units?
5. Which one of the following industries uses limestone as a raw material?
(a) Aluminium (b) Cement (c) Plastic (d) Automobile
6. Which one of the following industries uses bauxite as a raw material?
(a) Aluminium Smelting (b) Cement (c) Paper (d) Steel
7. What is manufacturing?
8. What are the basic industries? Give an example.
9. How are integrated steel plants different from mini steel plants? What problems does the industry
face?
10. Discuss the steps to be taken to minimise environmental degradation by industry?
11. Name the important raw materials used in the manufacturing of cement?
12. Give reasons on why the cotton textile industry concentrated in the cotton-growing belt of
Maharashtra and Gujarat in the early years?
13. Mention any two problems faced by the iron and steel industry in India.
14. Define mini steel plants and explain any two features of it.
15. Give three reasons why the iron and steel industry are called the basic industry?
16. Why are thermal power stations positioned near the coalfields?
17. Give reasons why agro-based industries are important.
18. Why is the jute industry mainly concentrated in West Bengal?
19. What are the major problems faced by the cotton textile mills in India?
20. How do industries pollute the air?