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The cotton textile industry has three sub-sectors. Which one is most labour intensive?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the basic industriesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the location factorsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the industry factsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the smokestacksRead the answer and worked solution →Basic or consumerRead the answer and worked solution →Sort by raw materialRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Industry bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The first public railway line opened in 1825 between which two English towns?Read the answer and worked solution →Which continent holds about 33 per cent of the world's 15 million km of motorable roads?Read the answer and worked solution →The Trans-Canadian Highway links Vancouver with which east coast city?Read the answer and worked solution →The Stuart Highway in Australia connects Darwin with which city?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Indian highway, from Varanasi to Kanya Kumari, is named the longest in the country?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the width of a standard railway gauge?Read the answer and worked solution →Which country has the world's highest railway density, one km of track for every 6.5 sq km?Read the answer and worked solution →The Channel Tunnel, run by the Euro Tunnel Group, connects London with which city?Read the answer and worked solution →In Russia railways carry about what share of total transport?Read the answer and worked solution →The only trans-continental railway in South America crosses the Andes through which pass?Read the answer and worked solution →The Qinghai-Tibet railway from Xining to Lhasa is how long?Read the answer and worked solution →The Benguela Railway runs through Angola to which mining belt?Read the answer and worked solution →The Blue Train in South Africa runs between Cape Town and which city?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is the world's longest double-tracked electrified railway, at 9,332 km?Read the answer and worked solution →The Trans-Canadian Railway, built in 1886, runs from Halifax to which Pacific port?Read the answer and worked solution →The Orient Express runs from Paris to which city?Read the answer and worked solution →Which sea route carries one fourth of the world's foreign trade and is called the Big Trunk Route?Read the answer and worked solution →The Suez Canal, built in 1869, links the Mediterranean Sea with which sea?Read the answer and worked solution →How long is the Suez Canal?Read the answer and worked solution →The Panama Canal shortens the sea distance between New York and San Francisco by how much?Read the answer and worked solution →The Rhine is navigable for 700 km from Rotterdam to which Swiss city?Read the answer and worked solution →

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The cotton textile industry has three sub-sectors. Which one is most labour intensive?

  1. Powerloom
  2. Mill sector
  3. Export unit
  4. Handloom
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Correct answer: D. Handloom

1. The three sub-sectors are handloom, powerloom and mill. 2. Handloom needs little capital and much labour. 3. The mill sector is capital intensive. _Source: syllabus Geography, Fundamentals of Human Geography, Chapter 6, Secondary Activities._

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Catch the basic industries

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Items
  1. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Iron and steel
  2. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Machine tools
  3. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Cement
  4. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Petrochemicals
  5. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Bread
  6. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Soap
  7. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Television
  8. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Biscuits
Category
Basic industry
Instructions
Catch the basic industries whose products feed other industries. Let consumer goods fall.
_Source: syllabus Geography, Fundamentals of Human Geography, Chapter 6, Secondary Activities._

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Pop the location factors

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Other terms
  1. Rainfall
  2. Latitude
  3. Religion
Matching terms
  1. Market
  2. Raw material
  3. Labour
  4. Power
  5. Transport
  6. Government
Instructions
Pop the factors that decide where an industry is set up.
_Source: syllabus Geography, Fundamentals of Human Geography, Chapter 6, Secondary Activities._

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