Manufacturing Industry in India - MCQs with answers - Part I
1. When was cotton textile industry established in Mumbai?a) 1854
b) 1855
c) 1948
d) 1956
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) 1854
The first successful modem cotton textile mill was established by an entrepreneur C.N. Dewar.
a) 1855
b) 1948
c) 1956
d) 1961
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b) 1948
The first Industrial Policy was introduced by the Government of India.
a) 1818
b) 1854
c) 1855
d) 1948
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) 1818
The first modern cotton textile mill was set up at Fort Glaster near Kolkata.
a) Gujarat
b) Maharashtra
c) Punjab
d) Tamil Nadu
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) Gujarat
Gujarat is the leading state with production of cotton mill cloth with 33% share followed by Punjab with 11.1% share and Maharashtra with 9.9% share.
a) Agra
b) Allahabad
c) Kanpur
d) Lucknow
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c) Kanpur
Kanpur is one of North India's main commercial and industrial centers.
a) Madurai
b) Coimbatore
c) Erode
d) Salem
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b) Coimbatore
It is a heavily industrialized city with textile factories, engineering firms, automobile parts manufacturers, health care facilities and technical educational institutions.
a) Gujarat
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Maharashtra
d) Tamil Nadu
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c) Maharashtra
Maharashtra is the leading Indian state with the highest number of powerlooms followed by Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh.
a) Eri
b) Mulberry
c) Raw Silk
d) Tasar
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b) Mulberry
Mulberry with 79.1% share stands first in total production of silk in India followed by eri with 13.5%, tasar with 5.7% and raw silk with 0.6% share.
a) 1830
b) 1907
c) 1919
d) 1923
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) 1830
A foreigner named Joshua Marshall Heath set up a small plant at Porto Novo on Madras Coast.
a) 1907
b) 1919
c) 1923
d) 1973
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) 1907
TISCO was set up at Sakchi, Jamshedpur.
