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Which city is known as 'Manchester of India' and why?

Expected Answer

Ahmedabad is known as the “Manchester of India” because:

• It is similar to the well-known cotton textile center of Manchester.
• Ahmedabad is situated on the bank of the Sabarmati River (like Manchester is located on the banks of River Irwell). 
• Its water is good for dying thread.

What do you mean by ‘Sunrise Industries’? Give some examples.

Expected Answer

Sunrise industries refer to those industries that are new and emerging. 

Examples include Information Technology, Hospitality, Wellness, etc.

The process in which metals are extracted from their ores by heating beyond the melting point is called _______.

1. Mining
2. Smelting
3. Ironising
4. Deep heating

Which river is the main water source for cotton mills in Osaka?

1. River Ai
2. River Katsura
3. River Kanzaki
4. River Yodo

What part of the Indian textile industry’s total production is exported?

1. 50%
2. 98%
3. 1/3rd
4. 2/3rd

__________ was chosen to set up the steel plant - TISCO.

1. Sakchi
2. Osaka
3. Ahmedabad
4. Pittsburgh

The first textile mill in the country was established at Fort Gloster near______ in 1818.

1. Karnataka
2. Kolkata
3. Present-day Mumbai
4. Gujarat

TISCO stands for:

1. Tata Iron and Silver Corporation
2. Tata Iodine and Sulphur Company
3. Technology Institute Sakchi Corporation
4. Tata Iron and Steel Company

TISCO was started in ____ at Sakchi, near the confluence of
the rivers Subarnarekha and Kharkai in Jharkhand.

1. 1947
2. 1901
3. 1907
4. 1964

Name the major railway station shown in the figure.

1. Jamshedpur railway station
2. Sakchi Junction
3. Tata road
4. Tatanagar railway station