Industries Class 8 MCQs Questions with Answers

Choose the correct answer:

Question 1.
Which of the following is a secondary activity?
(a) Coal mining industry
(b) Tourism industry
(c) Fishing
(d) Agriculture

Answer

Answer: (b) Tourism industry


Question 2.
Change of raw materials into products of more value to people is called
(a) manufacturing
(b) resources
(c) population
(d) none of these

Answer

Answer: (a) manufacturing


Question 3.
Which is not the agro-based industry?
(a) Oil
(b) Textile
(c) Sugar
(d) Food Processing

Answer

Answer: (a) Oil


Question 4.
Marine-based industries are based on
(a) minerals
(b) forest products
(c) agricultural products
(d) oceanic products

Answer

Answer: (d) oceanic products


Question 5.
Fish is a product of the
(a) mineral-based industries
(b) agro-based industries
(c) marine-based industries
(d) forest-based industries

Answer

Answer: (c) marine-based industries


Question 6.
Basket weaving falls in the category of
(a) small-scale industry
(b) cottage industry
(c) large-scale industry
(d) none of these

Answer

Answer: (b) cottage industry


Question 7.
Which of the following is a private sector industry?
(a) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
(b) Tata Iron and Steel Industry
(c) Steel Authority of India
(d) National Thermal Power Corporation

Answer

Answer: (b) Tata Iron and Steel Industry


Question 8.
Why are state owned industries called public sector industries?
(a) Because they are established, run and maintained by private people.
(b) Because they are established, run and maintained by the government
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (b) Because they are established, run and maintained by the government


Question 9.
Which factors affect the location of industry ?
(a) Land
(b) Labour
(c) Capital
(d) All of these

Answer

Answer: (d) All of these


Question 10.
Industrialisation often leads to:
(a) Poverty
(b) Population
(c) Development
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (c) Development


Question 11.
What does an industrial system consists of?
(a) Inputs
(b) Processes
(c) Output
(d) All of these

Answer

Answer: (d) All of these


Question 12.
Majot industrial regions are located near:
(a) Deserts
(b) Sea Ports
(c) Glaciers
(d) Mountains

Answer

Answer: (b) Sea Ports


Question 13.
Which metal is often called the backbone of modern industry?
(a) Steel
(b) Gold
(c) Silver
(d) Aluminium

Answer

Answer: (a) Steel


Question 14.
The earlier name of Jamshedpur was:
(a) Sakshi
(b) Sakchi
(c) Subarnarekha
(d) Kharkai

Answer

Answer: (b) Sakchi


Question 15.
Which among the following is the largest lake?
(a) Huran
(b) Superior
(c) Ontario
(d) Michigan

Answer

Answer: (b) Superior


Question 16.
Which is not the quality of clothes?
(a) Muslin
(b) Chintzes
(c) Calicos
(d) Osaka

Answer

Answer: (d) Osaka


Question 17.
ITI is the full form of –
(a) Indian Training Institute
(b) Institute of Technology of India
(c) Indian Telephone Industry
(d) Industrial Technology Institute

Answer

Answer: (c) Indian Telephone Industry


Match the following:

Column A Column B
(i) Private Sector Industries (a) Maruti Udyog Ltd.
(ii) Public Sector Industries (b) Anand Milk Union Ltd.
(iii) Joint Sector Industries (c) Basket-weaving
(iv) Co-operative Sector Industries (d) Tata Iron and Steel Industry
(v) Cottage Industries (e) Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.
Answer

Answer:

Column A Column B
(i) Private Sector Industries (d) Tata Iron and Steel Industry
(ii) Public Sector Industries (e) Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.
(iii) Joint Sector Industries (a) Maruti Udyog Ltd.
(iv) Co-operative Sector Industries (b) Anand Milk Union Ltd.
(v) Cottage Industries (c) Basket-weaving

State whether true or false:

1. Mineral-based industries use products from seas and oceans as raw materials.

Answer

Answer: False


2. Manufacturing is a tertiary activity.

Answer

Answer: False


3. National Highway Authority is a Joint Sector Industry.

Answer

Answer: False


4. Industrialistion has led to the growth of towns and cities.

Answer

Answer: True


5. First cotton textile mill was established in 1857.

Answer

Answer: False


6. Paper industry is the example of agro-industry.

Answer

Answer: True


7. Handloom textile industry is a labour-intensive industry.

Answer

Answer: True


Fill in the blanks:

1. …………… is an example of co-operative sector industry.

Answer

Answer: Anand Milk Union Ltd.


2. First cotton textile mill was established in ………………. in 1854.

Answer

Answer: Mumbai

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