Access to raw materials is the main basis for the location of
(a) Surgarcance industry
(b) Aluminium industry
(c) Electronic industry
(d) Hi-tech industry
Solution: (a)
To retain the sugar content, the cane has to be processed as soon as possible after harvesting; therefore the processing plants (mills) are located near the major areas of sugar cane production. The sucrose content depletes very fast.
Which of the following industries most closely approximates the perfectly competitive model?
(a) Automobile
(b) Cigarette
(c) Newspaper
(d) Wheat farming
Solution: (d)
In economic theory, perfect competition describes markets such that no participants are large enough to have the market power to set the price of a homogeneous product. The agricultural products are the most commonly used example of perfect competition. First of all, they are homogenous products and neither consumer nor producer has influence over prices, they are simply price takers.
As per studies, the Tummalapalle mine in Andhra Pradesh could have a Uranium reserve of
(a) 1 lakh tonnes
(b) 1.5 lakh tonnes
(c) 2 lakh tonnes
(d) 2.5 lakh tonnes
Solution: (b)
Tummalapalle in Andhra Pradesh could have one of the largest uranium reserves in the world. Recent studies have indicated that it could have a reserve of 1.5 lakh tonnes of the scarce material. Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy, and Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission Srikumar Banerjee said : “Studies have already shown that the area had a confirmed reserve of 49,000 tonnes and recent surveys indicated that this figure could go up even three folds.” He said uranium deposits in Tummalapalle appeared to be spread over 35 km. Exploratory works are under way. At present, the country is estimated to have a total reserve of about 1,75,000 tonnes of uranium, apart from this.
Major iron and steel industries are located on the plateau of
(a) Deccan
(b) Malwa
(c) Telangana
(d) Chota Nagpur
Solution: (d)
The Chhota Nagpur Plateau is a plateau in eastern India, which covers much of Jharkhand state as well as adjacent parts of Orissa, West Bengal, Bihar and Chhattisgarh. Chhota Nagpur plateau is a store house of minerals like mica, bauxite, copper, limestone, iron ore and coal. The Damodar valley is rich in coal and it is considered as the prime centre of coking coal in the country. Massive coal deposits are found in the central basin spreading over 2,883 km2 . The important coalfields in the basin are Jharia, Raniganj, West Bokaro, East Bokaro, Ramgarh, South Karanpura and North Karanpura.
The Bhilai Steel Plant has been established with the assistance of
(a) The U.K.
(b) U.S.A.
(c) Russia
(d) Germany
Solution: (c)
Bhilai Steel Plant, located in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, is India’s first and main producer of steel rails, as well as a major producer of wide steel plates and a variety of saleable steel products. This steel plant was set up with the help of the USSR in 1955.
