NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Geography MCQs (Practice_Test 4 of 118)
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- When was the first cotton mill set up in India?
- 1814
- 1824
- 1854
- 1864
- Answer: c
- Which city is known as Manchester of India?
- Chennai
- Kolkata
- Ahmadabad
- Mumbai
- Answer: c
- It is important for us to improve our weaving sector instead of exporting yarn in large quantity because
- Value added to yarn sector
- More export of finished goods
- More earning of foreign exchange
- All of these
- Answer: d
- Name the industry, in which India is self-reliant?
- Cotton Textile industry
- Sugar industry
- Iron and steel industry
- Chemical industry
- Answer: a
- India exports yarn to which of the following countries?
- China
- Japan
- UK
- Singapore
- Answer: b
- What is the share of India in world՚s garment trade?
- 2 percent
- 4 percent
- 6 percent
- 8 percent
- Answer: b
- Which among the following industry showed growth during two world wars in India?
- Petro-chemical
- Aluminum
- Copper
- Cotton
- Answer: d
- Why did the cotton factories in India grow during the World War I?
- Masses refused to wear foreign clothes because of Swadeshi appeal.
- Textile imports from Britain declined because the demand of military supplies from Indian factories increased.
- The Government in England lowered the import duties on Indian cotton textiles.
- The Indian cotton industries started producing cotton clothes at competitive prices.
- Answer: b
- Which one of the following is true with reference to the cotton textile industries?
- India imports yarn from Japan
- India exports yarn to Japan
- India has low class production in spinning
- Today, India has about 1800 cotton textile mills
- Answer: b
- Why did Mahatma Gandhi lay emphasis on spinning yarn and weaving khadi?
- The industry by creating demands supports many other industries
- The handspun khadi provides large scale employment to weavers in their homes as Cottage industry.
- Khadi textile industry was concentrated only in the cotton growing belt of Maharashtra and Gujarat.
- About 80 per cent of these are in the private sector
- Answer: b