Manufacturing Industries Test - 15

A beedi is a thin, Indian cigarette filled with tobacco flake and wrapped in a tendu or possibly even Piliostigma racemosum leaf tied with a string at one end. The name is derived from the Marwari word beeda—a mixture of betel nuts, herbs, and spices wrapped in a leaf. Jabalpur is the highest beedi manufacturing city in India.

In recent years, there is a tendency for the mills to shift and concentrate in the southern and western states of India, especially in Maharashtra. This is because the cane produced in here has a higher sucrose content. The cooler climate ensures a longer crushing season. . Along with Maharashtra, the other important sugar producers of South India are Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamilnadu.

Monazite is a reddish-brown phosphate mineral containing rare earth metals. It occurs usually in small isolated crystals. 

Main imports of Iran are machinery, cereals, iron and steel, and chemicals. Main import partners are the United Arab Emirates, China, South Korea, Turkey and Germany. Whereas the USA, UK, CANADA are the importer of jute product to India.

Thus the correct answer is Iran is not the country importing Indian jute products. So the correct option is D.

The first cement plant was set up in Chennai in 1904. After Independence the industry expanded. 

The increase in egg production brought about the 'Silver Revolution' in the field of animal husbandry.

• Wet climate is required for cotton textile industry. This is because under dry conditions cotton threads will break during spinning. This halts machine and resumes after broken threads are joined which is time consuming and not suitable for mass production.
  
• Nowadays, artificial humidifiers are being used and hence cotton industry is established in any place required irrespective of climate.
  

Jute is also known as "Golden Fiber". The largest number of jute mills are located along the Hooghly basin. Jute crop requires ample of water which is easily available in Hooghly basin.  This area provides cheap labour for the jute industry and along with this network of waterways and roadways is available in this area.

Factors responsible for their location in the Hooghly basin are: proximity of the jute producing areas, inexpensive water transport, supported by a good network of railways and roadways to facilitate movement of raw material to the mills, abundant water for processing raw jute, cheap labour from West Bengal and adjoining states of Bihar, Orissa and Uttar Pradesh.