MCQ Questions for Class 10 Social Science Manufacturing Industries

Manufacturing Industries Multiple-choice Questions (MCQs) will help students while studying the chapter related to Manufacturing Industries. It is an important chapter in the syllabus of Class 10 Social Science. Solving the Manufacturing Industries MCQ Questions, in addition to referring to the CBSE Notes for Class 10 Social Science, will help students to understand the chapters in a comprehensive manner and be better prepared while facing the examination.

Students must solve MCQ Questions and CBSE Sample Papers of Class 10 Social Science to help them understand their level of preparation. Manufacturing Industries MCQs given below will help students to revise and recollect the important concepts and points related to topics such as importance of manufacturing, contribution of industries to national economy, classification of industries, industrial locations, agro-based industries, textile industries, jute-based industries, sugar industries, mineral-based industries, iron and steel industries, chemical industries, automobile industries, IT and electronics industries, and industrial pollution and environmental degradation. Apart from the MCQs given below, students are recommended to visit MCQ Questions and Answers for Class 10 Social Science, to get the complete list of MCQs for all the chapters of Class 10 Social Science ranging from History, Geography, Political Science and Economics.

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1) The contribution of manufacturing to the GDP of some East Asian economies is ___________.

a) 25 to 35 percent

b) 5 to 10 percent

c) 5 to 15 percent

d) Above 50%

Answer: (a)

2) Industrial locations are influenced by availability of _______.

a) Market

b) Labour

c) Raw materials

d) All of the above

Answer: (d)

3) On the basis of raw materials used, industries are classified as _______

a) Public sector and private sector

b) Basic industries and consumer industries

c) Agro-based and mineral-based industries

d) None of the above

Answer: Option (c)

4) ________ is an example of a private sector industry.

a) BHEL

b) TISCO

c) SAIL

d) CIL

Answer: Option (b)

5) _________ are owned and operated by the producers or suppliers of raw materials, workers or both.

a) Cooperative sector industries

b) Heavy industries

c) Light industries

d) Public sector companies

Answer: Option (a)

6) __________ is the only industry in the country, which is self-reliant and complete in the value chain i.e. from raw material to the highest value added products.

a) Agriculture industry

b) Textile industry

c) Light industry

d) Heavy industry

Answer: Option (b)

7) ________ is the second largest industry in India in terms of employment generation by giving employment to 35 million people.

a) IT industry

b) Semiconductor industry

c) Agriculture industry

d) Textile industry

Answer: option (d)

8) The contribution of the textile industry to India’s GDP is _______.

a) 20%

b) 15%

c) 4%

d) 10%

Answer: Option (c)

9) The first successful textile mill was established in ________ in 1854.

a) Bombay

b) Calcutta

c) Surat

d) Madras

Answer: Option (a)

10) In the early years, the cotton textile industry was concentrated in the cotton growing belt of ______ and _______.

a) Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh

b) Maharashtra and Karnataka

c) Maharashtra and Gujarat

d) Gujarat and Rajasthan

Answer: Option (c)

11) Which of the following is not a centre of silk industries?

a) Mysore

b) Varanasi

c) Bankura

d) Aurangabad

Answer: Option (d)

12) Which of the following is a centre for Woollen textiles?

a) Indore

b) Porbandar

c) Ujjain

d) Bikaner

Answer: Option (d)

13) Which of the following is a centre for Cotton textiles?

a) Jalgaon

b) Kolar

c) Jaipur

d) Ludhiana

Answer: Option (a)

14) India has the second largest installed capacity of spindles in the world, after ______.

a) China

b) USA

c) United Kingdom

d) Russia

Answer: Option (a)

15) India has a large share in the world trade of cotton yarn, accounting for _______ of the total trade.

a) 25%

b) 50%

c) 90%

d) 70%

Answer: Option (a)

16) The first jute mill was set up in 1859 at Rishra, located near _______.

a) Mumbai

b) Chennai

c) Kolkata

d) Surat

Answer: option (c)

17) India is the largest producer of raw jute and jute goods and stands at second place as an exporter after ______.

a) China

b) Bangladesh

c) Japan

d) United Kingdom

Answer: Option (b)

18) National Jute Policy was formulated in _________ with the objective of increasing productivity, improving quality, ensuring good prices to the jute farmers and enhancing the yield per hectare.

a) 2004

b) 2010

c) 2005

d) 2015

Answer: Option (c)

19) Sixty percent of sugar mills in India are located in _____ and ______.

a) Uttar Pradesh and Bihar

b) Bihar and West Bengal

c) Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh

d) Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh

Answer: Option (a)

20) India is ranked ______ among the world’s crude steel producers.

a) 4th

b) 1st

c) 2nd

d) 3rd

Answer: Option (a)