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UPSC CDS Minerals & Industries — practice questions — page 7

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BHEL and SAIL are examples of industries in the:Read the answer and worked solution →Oil India Ltd, owned by both government and private parties, is an example of the:Read the answer and worked solution →The coir industry in Kerala is an example of which sector?Read the answer and worked solution →The first successful textile mill in India was established in Mumbai in:Read the answer and worked solution →India exports cotton yarn mainly to:Read the answer and worked solution →The first jute mill was set up in 1855 at Rishra, near:Read the answer and worked solution →After Partition in 1947, what share of the jute-producing area went to East Pakistan?Read the answer and worked solution →India stands first in the world in the production of:Read the answer and worked solution →Sixty per cent of India's sugar mills are in Uttar Pradesh and:Read the answer and worked solution →Sugar mills are shifting to Maharashtra because cane grown there has a higher:Read the answer and worked solution →Iron ore, coking coal and limestone are needed for steel in the approximate ratio:Read the answer and worked solution →India's per capita steel consumption in 2018 was about 70.9 kg against a world average of:Read the answer and worked solution →Which region has the maximum concentration of iron and steel industries in India?Read the answer and worked solution →The second most important metallurgical industry in India is:Read the answer and worked solution →Which fertiliser nutrient is entirely imported because India has no usable reserves?Read the answer and worked solution →The first cement plant in India was set up in 1904 at:Read the answer and worked solution →Which city has emerged as the electronic capital of India?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the steel plant citiesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the agro-based industriesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the industry factsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the industrial raw materialsRead the answer and worked solution →Agro or mineralRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the industriesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Manufacturing bingoRead the answer and worked solution →India's road network aggregates to about:Read the answer and worked solution →The Golden Quadrilateral super highways link Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and:Read the answer and worked solution →The North-South corridor links Srinagar with:Read the answer and worked solution →The super highway projects are implemented by the:Read the answer and worked solution →The historical Sher-Shah Suri Marg between Delhi and Amritsar is:Read the answer and worked solution →

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BHEL and SAIL are examples of industries in the:

  1. Private sector
  2. Joint sector
  3. Cooperative
  4. Public sector
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Correct answer: D. Public sector

1. Government agencies own and run them. 2. They are public sector units. 3. TISCO and Bajaj Auto are private. _Source: syllabus Contemporary India II, Chapter 6, Manufacturing Industries._

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Oil India Ltd, owned by both government and private parties, is an example of the:

  1. Joint sector
  2. Public sector
  3. Private sector
  4. Cooperative sector
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Correct answer: A. Joint sector

1. The state and individuals run it together. 2. This is the joint sector. 3. Cooperatives are owned by producers or workers. _Source: syllabus Contemporary India II, Chapter 6, Manufacturing Industries._

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The coir industry in Kerala is an example of which sector?

  1. Joint sector unit
  2. Cooperative sector
  3. Public sector unit
  4. Private sector firm
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Correct answer: B. Cooperative sector

1. Producers pool resources and share profits. 2. Coir in Kerala is cooperative. 3. So is sugar in Maharashtra. _Source: syllabus Contemporary India II, Chapter 6, Manufacturing Industries._

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