Industries Test - 7

Ahmedabad has the highest number of cotton mills in India after Mumbai. It has 73 cotton mills. There are favorable conditions for cotton mills in  Ahmedabad. Ahmedabad lies near the main cotton belt of India which provides raw materials, the climate is humid and is suited for this industry, cheap and skilled labour, good network of railways and roadways, etc., help Ahmedabad to see the growth of cotton mills.

• Firozabad is a city in Uttar Pradesh. It is famous for glass bangles. Modern glass bangle manufacturing technology was introduced by "Haji Rustam Ustad". He is called the father of Firozabad glass industry.
  
• Apart from bangles glass from this place is also used to manufacture chandeliers.
  

Known as ‘Pittsburgh of India’, Jamshedpur is a city that was designed by Jamsetji Tata to house the employees of its giant steel plant.

Steel plant located at Jamshedpur is Tata Steel plant. It is a private sector owned company. It was founded by Jamshedji Tata in the year 1868. It is now owned by TATA sons. 

The factors affecting the location of industries are the availability of raw material, land, water, labour, power, capital, transport and market. Industries are situated where some or all of these factors are easily available. 

The Golden Quadrilateral is a national highway network connecting most of the major industrial, agricultural, and cultural centres of India. A quadrilateral is formed by connecting Chennai, Kolkata, Delhi, and Mumbai.

India is fairly rich in iron ore deposits and some amount of iron is found in practically all parts of the country. India is  one of the largest iron-producing countries in the world.

Coimbatore is called the "Manchester of South India" due to its extensive textile industry, fed by the surrounding cotton fields.

The first cotton mill was established in the year 1854 in Bombay. Cotton industry flourished in Mumbai for several years. But now it’s declined and the cotton industry is being concentrated around other places like Gujarat-Vadodara industrial regions. The main reason for the decline of the cotton industry in Mumbai is extreme congestion in Bombay and lack of space.

Above description shows that Extreme congestion in Mumbai and lack of space factors accounts largely for the dispersal of the cotton textile industry from its original location around Bombay So the correct option is B.