Class 08 Social Science Geography Industries CBSE Questions & Answers

This is Social Science class 08 Social Science Geography Industries CBSE Questions & Answers. There are 15 questions in this test with each question having around four answer choices.


Q.1) Which one among the following is an important industrial region of South India
  1. Damodar Valley belt
  2. Delhi ?Gurgaon- Meerut region
  3. Bangalore- Tamil Nadu region
  4. Ahmedabad- Vadodara region
Correct Answer: Bangalore- Tamil Nadu region
Q.2) Which industry is considered as the key or basic industry?
  1. Iron and Steel industry
  2. Cement industry
  3. Textile industry
  4. Information Technology
Correct Answer: Iron and Steel industry
Q.3) Which one among the following industry is termed as emerging industry?
  1. Textile industry
  2. Paper industry
  3. Information Technology
  4. Iron and Steel industry
Correct Answer: Information Technology
Q.4) Name the other name for Emerging industries.
  1. Evolving industries
  2. Bright industries
  3. Sunrise industries
  4. Sunshine industries
Correct Answer: Sunrise industries
Q.5) From the list given below, which country does not have an iron and steel industry located .
  1. China
  2. USA
  3. Germany
  4. Taiwan
Correct Answer: Taiwan
Q.6) Many countries have a hub of Textile industry. Pick out the country, from the list, where textile industry is not concentrated.
  1. Japan
  2. Taiwan
  3. Germany
  4. India
Correct Answer: Germany
Q.7) Why is iron and steel industry considered as a feeder industry?
  1. Products are used as raw materials for other industries
  2. Usually iron and steel plants are located where there is abundant supply of water and power
  3. Steel is tough and strong.
  4. Usually Iron and steel plants are located near coal mines
Correct Answer: Products are used as raw materials for other industries
Q.8) Analyse the image given below and pick out the correct process from the given list.Raw material is put in the blast furnace where it goes smelting and then refined to obtain the output.
  1. The extraction of carbon
  2. The process of converting iron ore to steel
  3. The extraction of Coal
  4. The process of making cloth from fibres
Correct Answer: The process of converting iron ore to steel
Q.9) With respect to the iron and steel industry, pick out what this image depicts after analysing the image.
  1. How the iron and steel industry paved the way for industrialization
  2. The changing location of the iron and steel industry
  3. How steel pipelines transport oil
  4. How iron ore is extracted
Correct Answer: The changing location of the iron and steel industry
Q.10) Complete the following: India? steel production increased from 1 million tonnes in 1947 to 49.67 million tonnes during 2007-08. India is now the _________ largest producer of steel in the world
  1. 5th
  2. 1st
  3. 8th
  4. 10th
Correct Answer: 5th
Q.11) Name the largest producer of steel in the world
  1. Germany
  2. China
  3. USA
  4. India
Correct Answer: China
Q.12) Which place in USA , the original centre of steel making in the USA is slowly loosing ground and is now known as the dust bowl of America
  1. Duluth
  2. Chicago
  3. Pittsburg
  4. Cleveland
Correct Answer: Pittsburg
Q.13) Name the important and only iron and steel plant in India before 1947.
  1. Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited(RINL)
  2. Steel Authority of India (SAIL)
  3. Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited ( TISCO)
  4. Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited(KIOCL)
Correct Answer: Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited ( TISCO)
Q.14) Name the important place in the state marked in India, famous for its steel centre production
  1. Raurkela
  2. Salem
  3. Vishakapatnam
  4. Bhilai
Correct Answer: Salem
Q.15) Why was Jamshedpur chosen to set up the steel plant? Pick out the most appropriate answer from the given options.
(i) Abundant iron ore deposits
(ii) Abundant coal and manganese deposits
(iii) Availability of limestone and solomite
(iv) Cheap labour
(v) Direct link to major markets and ports of Kolkatta and Mumbai
  1. Only (i),(ii),(iii) and (iv) are TRUE
  2. All the above reasons ie (i), (ii),(iii),(iv),(v) are TRUE
  3. Only(i),(iii),(iv) are TRUE
  4. Only (v)is TRUE
Correct Answer: All the above reasons ie (i), (ii),(iii),(iv),(v) are TRUE

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