alleryWhich industry is called the 'backbone of modern industry'?
AIron and steel
BCement
CSugar
DAluminium smelting
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Iron and steel
1. Your syllabus calls iron and steel the backbone industry.
2. All other industries — heavy, medium, light — depend on it for their machinery.
3. Production and consumption of steel are indicators of industrial development.
_Source: syllabus Geography Contemporary India - II, Ch 6 "Manufacturing Industries", §Iron & Steel ¶1_
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