indian industries & trade section 1 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Answer: (d)

Answer: (c)

The Gujarat Refinery is an oil refinery located at Koyali (near Vadodara) in Gujarat, Western India. It is the largest refinery owned by Indian Oil Corporation.

Answer: (c)

India has one of the largest iron ore reserves in the world. According to the available information, India’s iron ore reserves is around 22,000 million tonnes which will be sufficient for the next 150 years at the current rate of production of iron ore in the country.

India is one of the world’s biggest exporters of iron ore, with much of its product bought by China, which has the world’s largest steel industry. Japan has also been a traditional importer of Indian iron ore.

Recently, India’s exports of iron ore to Japan have been shrinking.

Answer: (c)

India is the second-largest producer of silk (after China) in the world and has the distinction of manufacturing four varieties namely, mulberry, eri, tasar and muga silks.

Karnataka accounts for 55.65 per cent of the silk yarn production of the country followed by Madhya Pradesh (40.48%), Tamil Nadu (2.42%) and Punjab (1.45%).

Answer: (b)