This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 8 > Geography > Industries > Class 8 Geography Chapter 5 Industries – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 Geography Chapter 5 Industries Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Joint sector Industries are owned and operated by the state and individuals or a group of individuals. From the given list of industries, which one can be called a Joint sector industry? A) Iron and Steel industry. B) Tata Group of Companies. C) Reliance Industries. D) Maruti industry limited. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Maruti industry limited. 2. Which industry is developing and growing rapidly? A) IT-Industry. B) Iron and Steel Industry. C) Cotton Textile Industry. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) IT-Industry. 3. Which of the following is not a an input for the iron and steel industry? A) Manganese. B) Iron hours. C) Coal. D) Limestone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Manganese. 4. In case of textile industry what would be the process A) The shirt. B) Smelting. C) Labour, cotton etc. D) Spinning, dyeing etc. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spinning, dyeing etc. 5. Maruti Udyog Limited is an example of co-operative sector industry. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. Iron and steel industry is known as backbone of the industrial economy. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. Small scale industries use lesser amount of capital and technology as compared to large scale industries. A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 8. ..... are the raw materials, labour and costs of land, transport, power and other infrastructure A) The Processes. B) The Inputs. C) The Outputs. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Inputs. 9. Which is not the agro-based industry? A) Textile. B) Sugar. C) MILK. D) Food Processing. E) Oil. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Oil. 10. The raw material is put in the blast furnace where it undergoes ..... A) Cooling. B) Melting. C) Boiling. D) Smelting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Smelting. 11. ..... industries are owned and operated by individuals or a group of individuals A) Co-operative sector. B) Public sector. C) Private sector. D) Joint sector. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Private sector. 12. Why are state owned industries called public sector industries? A) Because they are established, run and maintained by private people. B) Because they are established, run and maintained by the government. C) Both a & b. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because they are established, run and maintained by the government. 13. ..... is an example of forest based industry. A) Pharmaceuticals. B) Advertising. C) Baking cakes. D) Banking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pharmaceuticals. 14. The Bhopal Gas Disaster occurred in ..... A) 1990. B) 1980. C) 1984. D) 2003. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1984. 15. What is smelting A) Metals extrated from ores. B) Ores extrated from Metals. C) Separating metals. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metals extrated from ores. 16. Industries are classified into? A) Raw materials. B) Size. C) Ownership. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 17. A cooperative sector industry A) Is owned by a group of people belonging to a cooperative society. B) The member usually produce and process the raw material to add value and earn more profits. C) They operate with a motive of cooperative welfare. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 18. ..... is a steel city in USA. A) Pittsburg. B) Ohio. C) Detroit. D) New York City. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pittsburg. 19. What do you mean by industry? A) Manufacturing unit. B) Teaching unit. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Manufacturing unit. 20. Which of the following is an example of forest based industry? A) Banking. B) Baking cakes. C) Medicines. D) Advertising. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Medicines. 21. What is Manufacturing or Secondary Activities? A) Final product to Raw material. B) Raw materials. C) Activities which changes raw materials into products of more value to people. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Activities which changes raw materials into products of more value to people. 22. Which metal is often called the backbone of modern industry? A) Aluminium. B) Steel. C) Silver. D) Gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Steel. 23. Chintzes clothes can be found in ..... A) Masulipatnam. B) Dhaka. C) Burhanpur. D) Calicut. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Masulipatnam. 24. Cotton is a natural fibre obtained from a plant A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 25. Which among the following is the largest lake? A) Ontario. B) Superior. C) Dediment. D) Road cancer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Superior. 26. Bangaluru is also known as: A) Silicon Place. B) Silicon Valley. C) Silicon Plateau. D) None of these. E) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Silicon Plateau. 27. The ..... industry in India is over 100 years old. A) Coir and Jute Industry. B) Textile Industry. C) Iron and Steel Industry. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Iron and Steel Industry. 28. Extraction of cooper and iron is and example of A) Mining. B) Quarrying. C) Manufacturing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mining. 29. Largest lake in the following A) Huron. B) Erie. C) Superior. D) Road cancer. E) Ontario. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Superior. 30. Which of the following can be considered as an example of the economic activity extraction of minerals from the industry sector? A) Tourism industry. B) Information and Technology industry. C) Banking industry. D) Coal mining industry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coal mining industry. 31. How many main types of industries are there? A) 3. B) 5. C) 7. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 32. Paper industry is ..... A) Mineral based. B) Agro based. C) Forest based. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Forest based. 33. Initially what was the largest centre of cotton textile industry in India? A) Surat. B) Calicut. C) Mumbai. D) Ahmedabad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mumbai. 34. Which of the following is not an advantage in Bangalore for the location of IT Industry? A) Presence of many high-tech industries. B) Strong support from state and central Govt. C) Highly educated people with science, engineering technology well developed. D) Location in South India, Karnataka. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Location in South India, Karnataka. 35. Which of the following is a secondary activity? A) Coal mining industry. B) Agriculture. C) Fishing. D) Tourism industry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tourism industry. 36. Processing seafood and manufacturing fish oil can be considered as examples of A) Marine-based industries. B) Marine-based industries. C) Agro-based industries. D) Forest-based industries. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marine-based industries. 37. The Factors Affecting location of industries are Raw Material, Power, Labour, Capital, Land, Transport, Market A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 38. Which one of the following is an example of public sector industry? A) SAIL. B) AMUL. C) TATA STEEL. D) Maruti Industry Ltd. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SAIL. 39. Which industries use produce from the sea and oceans as raw materials? A) Agro-based industry. B) Forest-based industries. C) Mineral industry. D) Marine based industries. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Marine based industries. 40. In which of the following countries textile industry is concentrated? A) India. B) Hong Kong. C) Japan. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 41. In which state is Tata Iron and Steel Company situated? A) West Bengal. B) Jharkhand. C) Odisha. D) Bihar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jharkhand. 42. Fish is a product of the A) Mineral-based industries. B) Forest-based industries. C) Agro-based industries. D) Marine-based industries. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Marine-based industries. 43. What is a cottage industry? A) Where people work in small factories, use limited machinery. B) Few skilled people produce a small quantity of goods in their own homes. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Few skilled people produce a small quantity of goods in their own homes. 44. What is an industry? A) Place/ process where raw materials are converted to finished goods. B) Growing crops. C) Park. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Place/ process where raw materials are converted to finished goods. 45. Which one is the finished product of milk? A) Paneer. B) Soap. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paneer. 46. Which of the following is not a reason for the closure of several cotton textile mills in Ahmedabad? A) Obsolete machinery. B) Lack of funds for upgradation. C) More competition. D) Decline in production of cotton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Decline in production of cotton. 47. The first mechanized textile mill was established in Mumbai in the year ..... A) 1856. B) 1852. C) 1854. D) 1858. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1854. 48. Industry owned by an individual is? A) Public sector industry. B) Co-operative sector industry. C) Private sector industry. D) Joint sector industry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Private sector industry. 49. Why do industrial accidents usually happen? A) Due to technical failure. B) Due to negligence. C) Due to irresponsible handling of machines. D) All of these. E) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 50. Which of the following best describes an agro-based industry? A) Industries depending on ores like Cement, iron and steel etc. B) Industries that depend upon the primary products from forests for their raw materials. C) Industries depending on agricultural products ie plant and animal products. D) Industries that use products from the sea and oceans as raw materials. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Industries depending on agricultural products ie plant and animal products. 51. Large machines and large quantities of raw materials are used in ..... A) Cottage industries. B) Large-scale industries. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Large-scale industries. 52. Watch manufacturing is an example of ..... A) Large scale industry. B) Cottage industry. C) Small scale industry. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Small scale industry. 53. Which city is India's Largest IT hub? A) Chennai. B) Mumbai. C) Bangalore. D) Delhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bangalore. 54. What does an industrial system consists of? A) Inputs. B) Processes. C) Output. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 55. Which is the major IT hub of India? A) Bengaluru. B) Mumbai. C) Jaipur. D) Chennai. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bengaluru. 56. Industrial System consists of A) Raw materials, Size, Ownership. B) Inputs, Processes, Outputs. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inputs, Processes, Outputs. 57. In which year was the first textile industry established? A) 2008. B) 1818. C) 1882. D) 2001. E) 1995. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1818. 58. Types of Ownership A) Private, Raw, Public. B) Corperative, private. C) Private, Public, Joint, Corperative. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Private, Public, Joint, Corperative. 59. Industrialisation often leads to: A) Poverty. B) Population. C) Development. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Development. 60. Getting Sugar from Sugarcane is an example of A) Small scale Industries. B) Large scale Industries. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Large scale Industries. Next →Related QuizzesGeography QuizzesClass 8 QuizzesClass 8 Geography Chapter 5 Industries Quiz 2Class 8 Geography Chapter 5 Industries Quiz 3Class 8 Geography Chapter 5 Industries Quiz 4 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books