The Hyderabad Public School- Begumpet

Geography-Worksheet Class: 10

Agro-based Industries
1. State four geographical factors, which should be kept in mind while setting up an agro
based industry.

Ans:

 Availability of raw material

 Availability of skilled and unskilled labour
 Availability of power and transport
 Market and capital facilities

2. State the importance of cotton textile industry in the Indian economy or contribution of
this industry to Indian economy.

Ans:

 It is the largest cotton textile manufacturing country in the world.

 Earns Foreign exchange
 It employs more the 40 % of the country’s labour force.

3. Mention three factors that favour concentration of cotton textile mills in Mumbai or
Ahmedabad.

Ans:

 Proximity to the raw material-cotton producing areas is from the nearby Deccan
plateau.
 Humid coastal climate favours textile making without breaking the thread.
 Mumbai is well connected with rail and road and also sea routes to the foreign market.

4. Mention three problems faced by cotton textile industry in India.

Ans:

 Inadequate supply of good quality of raw material(cotton)

 Out dated machinery
 Stiff competition from synthetic fiber
 Competition from other countries
5. What is the importance of handloom industry in India? State the problems faced by the
industry.

Ans:

 Provides employment to 10 million people

 Widely distributed throughout the country
 Demand in foreign countries and earns foreign exchange

Problems

 Inadequate supply of raw material

 Craftsmen are poor and have no technical skills
 Has to compete with power looms & mill made cloth
 Obsolete machinery
 Stiff competition from mill made cloth.

6. State the importance of silk industry.

 Provide employment.
 Demand in foreign countries, so earns foreign exchange
7. A. Name two types silk in India.
B. Name two important silk weaving states & centers
C. Define sericulture
D. Karnataka is leading producer of silk .Give reasons.

A. Mulberry & non mulberry- tusar, muga, eri.

B. Karnataka- Mysore, Bangalore
West Bengal-Murshidabad, Malda
C. The rearing of silk worms on mulberry leaves is known as sericulture.
D. Ideal climate for rearing worms- 16 to 31 degrees & availability of fresh water free
from alkaline.

8. What are the problems faced by the silk industry?

 Competition from artificial silk which is cheap & durable.
 Import of better quality & cheaper silk from China.
  Competition from Japan & China
9. Why is Maharashtra / Tamil Nadu / South India a leading producer of sugarcane in
India?
 Maritime climate- free from summer loo & winter frost.
 Higher sucrose content.
 Long crushing season.
 New machinery & sugar factories are located closer to the fields.
10. Why Uttar Pradesh is relegated to second position?
 Short crushing season.
 Affected by summer loo & winter frost.
 Sugar factories are away from fields.
11. Name the by - products of sugar industry.
 Bagasse- used in making paper, cardboard.
 Molasses- used in making plastics, synthetic rubber.
 Press mud- shoe polish, carbon paper, wax.
12. Mention the problems faced in sugar industry.
 Cane is of poor quality, low sucrose content.
 Short crushing period.
 At harvest time mills can’t cope with quantity of cane so large amount goes waste.
13. List three main centers of woolen textile industry.
 Dhariwal , Amritsar, Ludhiana in the state of Punjab.
14. Why woolen industry is concentrated only in Northern India/ Punjab?
 Low temperatures during winters so demand is high.
 Sheep rearing is practiced in the cooler regions.
15. Give two problems faced by woolen industry.
 The demand for woolens is only during winters.
 Have to compete with synthetic fiber.
 Good quality of woolen fiber is imported as we produce inferior quality of wool.
 Poor can’t afford as these are expensive.
16. Name the centers of Jute industry.
 Hooghly, Howrah in West Bengal
17. What are the problems faced by jute industry?
 Problem of raw material- 70% of jute producing areas went to Bangladesh after
independence.
 Competition in the world market- from Thailand & Bangladesh.
 Obsolete machinery.
 Labour problem –Often on strikes.
18. Why jute industry concentrated in & around West Bengal?
 Availability of raw material- Hooghly is a part of Ganga- delta which accounts for a
major part of jute production in India.
 Plenty of water for retting, cleaning & dyeing is available.
 Cheap power from DVC.
19. Give geographical reasons for the following:
a. Kolkata has many cotton mills though cotton is not grown in West Bengal.
 Humid climate facilitates spinning without breaking thread.
b. India produces very little cane-sugar though it is one of the largest producers of
sugarcane in the world.
 Low yield per hectare & low sucrose content.
 Most of the cane is used as jiggery & khandsari.
c. Woolen industry has not developed as well as the cotton industry in India.
 India is a tropical country & most of the year it is hot, so the demand for cotton
clothes very high. The demand for woolens is only in north India during winters.
d. Jute is known golden fibre.
 It is leading foreign exchange earner & it is of shiny yellowish color.
20. Classify industries on the basis of nature of product.
 Heavy industry: eg. Iron & steel industry
 Light industry: eg. Cycles, sewing machines.