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upsc-p1-geography-india-industries MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers
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Q1Consider the following statements about industrial location in India: 1. Integrated steel plants require a combination of iron ore, coking coal, limestone, manganese, water, power and heavy transport. 2. Aluminium smelting requires cheap electricity. 3. Electronics manufacturing requires skilled technicians, clean rooms, testing laboratories and rapid import-export movement. Which of the statements given above are correct? Select the correct answer using the code given below.
All three statements are correct. Steel combines several bulky inputs with water, power and heavy transport; aluminium smelting is electricity-intensive; and electronics depends on specialised skills, controlled production facilities, testing and fast trade links.
Q2Consider the following statements about major industrial regions of India: 1. The Hugli industrial region grew through jute, river-port access, coal from Raniganj-Jharia and colonial trade. 2. The Bengaluru-Chennai-Coimbatore region is primarily dependent on a local mineral base. 3. Delhi-NCR and western Uttar Pradesh benefit from a huge market, highways, airports and supplier networks. Which of the statements given above are correct? Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Statements 1 and 3 are correct. The southern region is less bound to raw materials and is driven more by skills, markets, ports and corridors; therefore, Statement 2 reverses its stated location logic.
Q3Consider the following statements about environmental limits on industrial location: 1. The Vellore Citizens Welfare Forum case accepted sustainable development, the precautionary principle and the polluter-pays principle as parts of Indian environmental law. 2. In the Taj Trapezium matter, polluting industries around Agra were directed to adopt cleaner fuel or relocate. 3. The Oleum Gas Leak case developed absolute liability for hazardous industries, stricter than strict liability. Which of the statements given above are correct? Select the correct answer using the code given below.
All three statements are correct. Together they show how river-basin pollution, heritage and air quality, and hazardous-industry risk can constrain industrial siting through distinct legal principles and remedies.
Q4Consider the following two statements: Statement I: Once related firms cluster, they can share suppliers, repair services, training institutes, finance, warehousing and labour pools. Statement II: A lagging region may require an anchor investment rather than tax concessions alone. Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?
Both statements are correct, but the second does not explain the first. Statement I describes agglomeration economies within an established cluster. Statement II instead describes what may be needed to start cumulative growth in a lagging region.
Q5Arrange the following developments in industrial policy in chronological order, beginning with the earliest: 1. New Industrial Policy 2. Industrial Policy Resolution that deepened the role of the public sector in heavy and basic industries 3. Industries (Development and Regulation) Act 4. Industrial Policy Resolution that accepted a mixed economy Select the correct answer using the code given below.
The mixed-economy Industrial Policy Resolution came in 1948, followed by the Industries (Development and Regulation) Act in 1951, the public-sector-heavy Industrial Policy Resolution in 1956, and the New Industrial Policy in 1991. Therefore, option D gives the correct sequence.
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6Consider the following statements about industrial corridors and industrial regions: 1. An industrial corridor is a planned transport-production axis with nodes and trunk infrastructure. 2. Announcement of an industrial corridor is sufficient proof of mature industrialisation. 3. An industrial region contains a spatial concentration of industries, suppliers, workers and services. Which of the statements given above are correct? Select the correct answer using the code given below.
7Match List I with List II: List I (Industry) A. Sugar B. Aluminium smelting C. Integrated steel D. Electronics manufacturing List II (Principal location requirement) 1. Cheap electricity 2. Proximity to cane-growing areas 3. Skilled technicians, clean rooms and testing laboratories 4. Iron ore-coking coal-limestone-manganese-water balance Select the correct answer using the code given below.
8Arrange the following policy and legal developments in chronological order, beginning with the earliest: 1. PM Gati Shakti as a National Master Plan for multimodal connectivity 2. Special Economic Zones Act 3. National Logistics Policy 4. New Industrial Policy Select the correct answer using the code given below.
9Consider the following two statements: Statement I: Petroleum refineries and petrochemical industries often prefer ports. Statement II: Ports reduce the cost of imported crude oil, components and export containers. Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?