world economic industry trade agriculture section 8 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (b)

France gets almost 75% of its electricity from Nuclear Energy.

Answer: (b)

Bhutan has a constitutional provision for mainting 70% of its geographical area under forest.

Answer: (d)

1. Damodar River Valley Project: This was the first multipurpose project constructed after independence. It was a joint venture of former Bihar and the Paschim Banga States. River Damodar rises in the Chhotanagpur plateau of Jharkhand. But, its floods caused a lot of destruction in Paschim Banga. It was called the ‘Sorrow of Bengal’. The objectives of this project were to control floods, provide navigation, hydroelectricity, fish culture, recreational facilities afforestation and prevention of soil erosion. It has a 2495 km length of canals and 4.5 lakh hectares of land under irrigation. Dams are constructed across river Damodar and its tributaries at Tilaya, Konar, Maithon and Panchet hill.
2. Thermal power stations are constructed at Bokaro, Chandrapur and Durgapur, Jharkhand and Paschim Banga benefit from this project. Bhakra-Nangal Project: It is the highest multi-purpose river valley project in India. It is a joint venture of Punjab. Haryana and Rajasthan.
3. Dams are constructed across the river Sutlej in Himachal Pradesh at Bhakra and Nangal. Bhakra Dam is 226 m high and is the highest dam in Asia. The canals of this project are 3402 km long and provide irrigation to 14.6 lakh hectares of land. Delhi and Himachal Pradesh also get irrigation water and hydroelectric power. The reservoir, which is created is called ‘Govind Sagar’.
4. The Hirakund Project: Flood control, irrigation and production of hydroelectric are the main purposes of this project. This project is constructed across the river Mahanadi at a distance of 10 km from Sambalpur in Odisha. River Mahanadi was called the Sorrow of Odisha.
5. The Hirakud Project has the longest dam in India with a length of 4801 m. It irrigates almost 2.54 lakh hectares of land. The States of Odisha, Bihar and Chhattisgarh are provided with irrigation and hydroelectricity.

Answer: (c)

1. Industries can be classified into the private sector, state-owned or public sector, joint sector and cooperative sector. Private-sector industries are owned and operated by individuals or a group of individuals.
2. The public sector industries are owned and operated by the government, such as Hindustan Aeronautics Limited and Steel Authority of India Limited.
3. Joint sector industries are owned and operated by the state and individuals or a group of individuals.
4. Maruti Udyog Limited is an example of a joint sector industry. Co-operative sector industries are owned and operated by the producers or suppliers of raw materials, workers or both. Anand Milk Union Limited and Sudha Dairy are success stories of a cooperative venture.

Answer: (b)

The location of the industries is largely governed by two sets of factors and they are

1. Geographical Factors
2. Non-Geographical Factors

The main geographical factors include raw material, power, labour, transport, market, cheap land and labour. The non-geographical factors include capital, industrial policy, industrial inertia, banking facilities, insurance and political stability.

Answer: (c)

Kenya, China, Sri Lanka India and Vietnam are the leading exporters of tea in the world. These five countries are the major producers of tea as well. The United Kingdom is one of the major importers of tea. India is the world’s largest tea-drinking nation.