CUET Fundamentals of Human Geography Chapter 6 Secondary Activities

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Find below CUET Geography: Fundamentals of Human Geography Chapter 6 Secondary Activities questions set-1

Geography - MCQ on Secondary Activities

Q.1.Whichis not a part of the cottage industry:

a. Carpenter

b. Weaver

c. Shopkeeper

d. Animal rearing

Answer:

 

d. Animal rearing.

Q.2. Which is a non –ferrous metal.

a. Aluminium

b. Copper

c. Zinc

d. Iron

Answer:

a) Aluminium.

Q.3. Among the following Industry is not a multinational:

a. Maruti Udyog

b. Pepsi

c. Hindustan lever

d. General Electric

Answer:

Maruti Udyog.

Q.4.Which of the following industry is engaged in processing, fabrication and manufacturing:

a. Film industry

b. Iron and steel industry

c. Fishing industry

d. Tourism

Answer:

 

b. Iron and steel industry.

Explanation: Because it involves raw materials.

Q.5.Which of the following power resource is not utilised in manufacturing industries.

a. Coal

b. Water

c. Petroleum

d. Natural Gas

Answer:

 

d. natural Gas

Q.7. .Modern industry is not characterised by:

a. Large labour force

b. Mass production

c. Use of machines

d. Mini complexes.

Answer:

a) Large labour supply

Q.8. Which of the following is correct:

a. Automobile…Los Angeles

b. Ship building industry…Lusaka.

c. Air craft industry………Florence

d. Iron and steel industry …Pittsburg

Answer:

 

d. iron and steel industry…Pittsburg.

Q.9. In which of the following type of economies production is individually owned.

a. Capitalist

b. Socialist

c. Mixed

d. None

Answer:

a) Capitalist.

Q.10.Which one of the following industry produces raw materials for other industries.

a. Cottage industries

b. Small scale industries

c. Basic industries

d. Footloose industries

Answer:

c) Basic industries

Q.11.Fordism is associated with:

a. Henry Ford

b. Henry Sord

c. Jullius Ford

d. John Ford

Answer:

a) Henry Ford

Q.12. A Techno pole refers to:

a. Technological advancement

b. Technological advancement of a country

c. Technological advancement concentrated in an area.

d. None of the above

Answer:

c) Technological advancement concentrated in an area.

Q.13. What is a footloose industry:

a. Which can be located any where

b. Which make products for other industries

c. Small –scale industries

d. None of the above

Answer:

a) which can be located any where

Explanation: they are not tied to any particular location.

Q.14. Sillicon Valley is in the:

a. N.E. USA

b. Central USA

c. Western USA

d. None

Answer:

c) Western USA

Q.15. Largest producer of iron & steel industries in the world is:

a. USA

b. USSR

c. China

d. Japan

Answer:

a. USA

Q.16. Ruhr coal fields are in:

a. U.K

b. France

c. Lorrence

d. Germany

Answer:

 

d. Germany

Q.17. Pittsburg is the major producer of ……………. in Europe.

a. Aluminium

b. Iron & Steel

c. Cotton textiles

d. Woollen textiles

Answer:

 

b. Iron & Steel

 

Q.18. An industrial estate is an area:

a. Of planned industrial development

b. Of un – planned industrial development

c. Of industrial waste dumps

d. None

Answer:

a) of planned industrial development.

 

Q.19. Handicraft is a: -

a. Cottage industry

b. Small – scale industry

c. Large scale

d. Manufacturing industry

Answer:

a) cottage industry

Explanation: Cottage industry is a household industry is run by craftsmen.

 

Q.20. Which one of the following is not a basis for classification of industries?

a. Size

b. Ownership

c. Output

d. Nationality

Answer:

 

d. nationality

Q.21. Find out from the following which is not a consumer goods industry.

a. Edible oil industry

b. Tea industry

c. Dairy industry

d. Iron & Steel industry

Answer:

 

d. Iron & Steel industry

Q.22. Which one of the following is not a commodity produced in the cottage industries:

a. Toys

b. Paper

c. Cloth

d. Steel

Answer:

 

d. steel

 

Q.23. Which one of the following statements is wrong?

a. Cheap water transport has facilitated the jute mill industry along the Hooghly.

b. Sugar, cotton textiles and vegetables oils are footloose industries.

c. The development of hydro–electricity and petroleum reduced to a great extent the importance of coal energy as a locational factor for industry.

d. Port towns in India have attracted industries.

Answer:

 

b. Sugar, cotton textiles and vegetables oils are footloose industries.

Q.24. Paper industry is a –

a. Agro industry

b. Forest based industry

c. Mineral based industry

d. None

Answer:

 

b. Forest based industry

Q.25. Which one of the following country is pioneer in Cotton textiles manufacturing?

a. Denmark

b. U.K.

c. Switzerland

d. Germany

Answer:

 

b. U K

Find below CUET Geography Chapter 6 Secondary Activities questions set-2

Q.1. Primary products are converted into more useful commodities by:

a. Tertiary activities

b. Services

c. Secondary activities

d. None

Answer:

(c) Secondary activities

Exp. Industry and manufacturing

Q.2 The conversion of raw materials into more useful and valuable fabricated articles with the help of machines is called:

a. Industry

b. Secondary activity

c. Manufacturing

d. Processing

Answer:

(c) Manufacturing

Exp. For example cotton textile manufacturing

Q.3 The size of an industry is determined by which of the following:

a. Capital input

b. Number of employees

c. Quantity of production

d. All the above

Answer:

 

d. All the above

Q.4 Ropes, Flowers, Pottery, Furniture are the products of :

a. Small Scale industry

b. Cottage industry

c. Large scale industry

d. None

Answer:

 

b. Cottage industry

Exp. Cottage industries are household industries carried on by local craftsman to earn a livelihood.

Q.5 Iron and steel industry, ship building, aviation and textiles are:

a. Small industries

b. Large scale industries

c. basic industries

d. None

Answer:

 

b. Large scale industries

Exp. Large scale industries use heavy machinery modern technology and specialized labour force.

Q.6 For light industries what is important

a. Location near the source of raw material

b. Accessibility

c. Large labour force

d. Ample water supply

Answer:

 

b. Accessibility

Exp. For example electronics industry

Q.7. Heavy industries are largely depend upon the :

a. Raw Material

b. Local market

c. Craftman

d. None

Answer:

(a) Raw Material

Exp. For example iron and steel industry

Q.8. Aluminium and copper industries are called:

a. Ferrous industries

b. Non Ferrous industries

c. Metallic industries

d. None

Answer:

 

b. Non Ferrous industries

Exp. Non Ferrous industries use those industries which do not have iron content.

Q.9. When the ownership and management of an industry is in the hands of the state it is called a :

a. Private sector industry

b. Public sector industry

c. Joint sector industry

d. All the above

Answer:

 

b. Public sector industry

Q.10. Industries owned and managed by the state and private initiatives falls in :

a. Private sector industry

b. Joint sector industry

c. local sector industry

d. None

Answer:

 

b. Joint sector industry

Q.11. Watch industry of Switzerland is a

a. Heavy industry

b. Basic industry

c. Footloose industry

d. None

Answer:

(c) Footloose industry

Exp. Footloose industry is that which is not much wedded with the raw materials.

Q.12. USA, Japan and Germany shares more than ____ of the world’s total manufactured goods.

a. 40%

b. 60%

c. 50%

d. 30%

Answer:

(c) 50%

Exp. These are the most industrialized nations of the world.

Q.13. Iron ore is converted into iron by smelting it with limestone and:

a. Coke

b. Aluminium

c. Copper

d. All the above

Answer:

(a) Coke

Exp. Coke is good quality coal.

Q.14. The Great lakes region of U.S.A. is an important producer of :

a. Aluminium

b. Iron and steel

c. Cotton textiles

d. Ships

Answer:

 

b. Iron and Steel

Q.15. Fertilizers are the product of :

a. Agro Industries

b. Forest Industries

c. Petro- chemical industries

d. None

Answer:

(c)

Q.16. Bongaigaon is an important ______

a. Iron and steel centre

b. Petro- chemical complex

c. Nuclear reactor

d. Industrial hub

Answer:

 

b. Petro- chemical complex

Exp. It is located in India

Q.17. A planned development within a concentrated area is called a :

a. Growth pole

b. Technopole

c. Industrial complex

d. None

Answer:

 

b. Technopole

Q.18. The credit for development of silicon valley goes to :

a. F. Terman

b. T. Ternab

c. S. Jansen

d. P.Peterson

Q.19. Why Hi-tech industries in many countries are being attracted to the peripheral areas

a. Cheap prices of land

b. Land is available in abundance

c. Government policies

d. None

Answer:

(a) Cheap prices of land

Exp. Large tracts of land are available at the cheaper prices there.

Q.20 Deindustrialisation refers to :

a. Emergence of new industries

b. Decline of industries

c. Transfer of industries

d. None

Answer:

 

b. Decline of industries

Exp. Sometimes due to certain reasons industries go in losses.

Q.21 Chhotanagpur is the major producer of

a. Cotton textile

b. Cement

c. Petro-chemicals

d. Iron & Steel

Answer:

 

d. Iron & Steel

Q.22 Manufacturing of plastic and artificial fibers is commonly located near the :

a. coast

b. Mineral oil refineries

c. Iron and steel planets

d. Big cities

Answer:

 

b. Mineral oil refineries

Exp. Because they use infrastructural facilities available at the site of oil refineries.

Q.23 The main petro - chemical complexes of Europe are located on the :

a. Coast of U.K.

b. Coasts of North Sea and English Channel

c. Coast of Black Sea

d. Mediterranean sea

Answer:

 

b. Coasts of North Sea and English Channel

Q.24 When components are not stocked at the factory but brought in from near by factories on demand to meet the production is called

a. Production

b. Flexible production

c. Flexible specialization

d. None

Answer:

(c) Flexible specialization

Q.25 A complex horizontal inter firm network of linkages is called:

a. A system

b. specialization

c. Flexible specialization

d. None

Answer:

(c) Flexible specialization

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