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Over the last two decades, manufacturing's share of India's GDP has stagnated at about:Read the answer and worked solution →Industries clustering in cities to share markets and services enjoy what are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Iron and steel, cement and aluminium are classed by raw material as:Read the answer and worked solution →Industries like iron and steel that supply raw materials for other goods are called:Read the answer and worked solution →The maximum investment allowed for a small scale industry at present is:Read the answer and worked solution →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 →

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Over the last two decades, manufacturing's share of India's GDP has stagnated at about:

  1. 17 per cent
  2. 27 per cent
  3. 10 per cent
  4. 35 per cent
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Correct answer: A. 17 per cent

1. Industry as a whole is 27 per cent. 2. Manufacturing alone is 17 per cent. 3. Mining, electricity and gas make up the rest. _Source: syllabus Contemporary India II, Chapter 6, Manufacturing Industries._

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Industries clustering in cities to share markets and services enjoy what are called:

  1. Joint sector venture
  2. Agglomeration economies
  3. Economies of scale effect
  4. Least cost location rule
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Correct answer: B. Agglomeration economies

1. Cities give banking, transport and labour. 2. These are agglomeration economies. 3. Industrialisation and urbanisation go together. _Source: syllabus Contemporary India II, Chapter 6, Manufacturing Industries._

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Iron and steel, cement and aluminium are classed by raw material as:

  1. Mineral based
  2. Agro based
  3. Forest based
  4. Marine based
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Correct answer: A. Mineral based

1. Cotton, jute and sugar are agro based. 2. Metals and minerals make these mineral based. 3. Petrochemicals belong here too. _Source: syllabus Contemporary India II, Chapter 6, Manufacturing Industries._

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