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Slice the agro industriesRead the answer and worked solution →Near ore or near coalRead the answer and worked solution →What decides locationRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Industry bingoRead the answer and worked solution →A trucker says most of India's freight moves by road. What share of freight traffic do roads carry?Read the answer and worked solution →Sher Shah Suri built a royal road from the Indus to Bengal. What did the British rename it?Read the answer and worked solution →The first serious road plan for India was drawn in 1943. What was it called?Read the answer and worked solution →National Highways are only 2 per cent of road length. What share of road traffic do they carry?Read the answer and worked solution →Which autonomous body, operational since 1995, builds and maintains National Highways?Read the answer and worked solution →The Golden Quadrilateral links four metro cities with a 5,846 km corridor. Which cities?Read the answer and worked solution →The North-South Corridor connects Srinagar with which southern tip?Read the answer and worked solution →The East-West Corridor joins Silchar in Assam with which port town?Read the answer and worked solution →What share of India's road length is classed as rural roads?Read the answer and worked solution →India's first railway line ran 34 km in 1853 between which two places?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the distance between rails in broad gauge?Read the answer and worked solution →The Konkan Railway, completed in 1998, links Roha in Maharashtra with which city?Read the answer and worked solution →Asia's largest railway tunnel, about 6.5 km long, lies on which route?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year was the Inland Waterways Authority set up?Read the answer and worked solution →National Waterway 1 runs on the Ganga between which two points?Read the answer and worked solution →The Nehru Trophy Boat Race, Vallamkali, is held on the backwaters of which State?Read the answer and worked solution →How many major ports serve India's 7,517 km coastline?Read the answer and worked solution →What share of India's foreign trade by volume moves by sea?Read the answer and worked solution →Air transport in India began in 1911 with an airmail run of 10 km between which two places?Read the answer and worked solution →Which helicopter service works in hilly areas and serves the petroleum sector?Read the answer and worked solution →Asia's first cross country pipeline, 1,157 km long, ran from Naharkatiya in Assam to which refinery?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the QuadrilateralRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the waterwaysRead the answer and worked solution →Run the transport yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the road typesRead the answer and worked solution →

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Slice the agro industries

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Does not match the category
  1. Steel
  2. Cement
  3. Petrol
  4. Plastic
Matches the category
  1. Sugar
  2. Cotton
  3. Jute
  4. Textile
  5. Khandsari
Instructions
Slice only the industries based on farm produce.
_Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 8, Manufacturing Industries._

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Near ore or near coal

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Upper category
Iron ore
Lower category
Coalfield
Items
  1. Category
    Iron ore
    Item
    Bhilai
  2. Category
    Iron ore
    Item
    Rourkela
  3. Category
    Iron ore
    Item
    Bhadravati
  4. Category
    Coalfield
    Item
    Bokaro
  5. Category
    Coalfield
    Item
    Durgapur
  6. Category
    Coalfield
    Item
    Burnpur
Instructions
Send each steel plant to the raw material it sits next to.
_Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 8, Manufacturing Industries._

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What decides location

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Items
  1. Group
    Raw material
    Item
    Sugar mill
  2. Group
    Raw material
    Item
    Steel plant
  3. Group
    Raw material
    Item
    Pulp mill
  4. Group
    Power
    Item
    Aluminium
  5. Group
    Power
    Item
    Synthetic N
  6. Group
    Market
    Item
    Cotton mill
  7. Group
    Market
    Item
    Refinery
  8. Group
    Market
    Item
    Machine tools
Groups
  1. Item
    Raw material
  2. Item
    Power
  3. Item
    Market
Instructions
Drop each industry onto the factor that decides where it sits.
_Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 8, Manufacturing Industries._

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