industries manufacturing & service sectors section 10 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (d)

All the above industrial clusters and the related locations are correctly matched. Tirupur is famous for textiles, Kishangarh is famous for marbles, Surat is famous for Gems and Jewellery.

Answer: (a)

The erratic trend in production of sugar is mainly due to monsoons and the output of sugar is influenced by both cane and gur prizes.

Answer: (d)

Major problems faced by the small scale industries are:

1. Finance,
2. Raw Material,
3. Idle Capacity,
4. Technology,
5. Marketing,
6. Infrastructure,
7. Under Utilization of Capacity and
8. Project Planning.

Strike and lockouts is not a problem of SSIs.

Answer: (c)

Rent-seeking means engaging in or involving in the manipulation of public policy or economic conditions as a strategy for increasing profits.

For example, lobbying for government contracts by changing the terms and conditions of the bidding contract.

Answer: (b)

45%-50% of the Indian Exports is contributed by SSI Sector. Direct exports from the SSI Sector account for nearly 35% of total exports.

Besides direct exports, it is estimated that small-scale industrial units contribute around 15% to exports indirectly.

Answer: (a)

Roll-on roll-off (ro-ro is an acronym for roll-on roll-off) ships are vessels designed to carry wheeled cargo such as cars, trucks, trailers that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels or using a platform vehicle.

(Earlier wheeled vehicles were carried as cargo on oceangoing ships and were treated like any other cargo. Automobiles had their fuel tank emptied and their batteries disconnected before being hoisted onto the ship which was a difficult and tedious process and vehicles were subject to damage and could not be used for routine/daily travel.)

On 23rd Oct 2017, Prime Minister inaugurated the first phase of the roll-on roll-off ferry service (for conveying passenger and goods both) connecting Saurashtra with South Gujarat.