Manufacturing Industries: Class 10 Social Studies Q&A
12 free answers on Manufacturing Industries (Social Studies) for Class 10 students, across CBSE, ICSE and State boards. Includes questions such as “Discuss the steps to be taken to minimise environmental degradation by industry.”, “How do industries pollute the environment?”, “Name the important raw materials used in the manufacturing of cement.”
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- Social StudiesClass 10CBSE
Discuss the steps to be taken to minimise environmental degradation by industry.
The steps that can be taken to minimise environmental degradation by industries are given below: Adopting the latest techniques and upgrading existing equipment to improve energy efficiency. Providing green belts for nurturing ecological balance. Particulate matter in the air can be reduced by fitting smokestacks to factories with electrostatic precipitators, fabric filters, scrubbers and inertial separators. Using silencers for noise-generating eq
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How do industries pollute the environment?
Industries are responsible for four types of pollution: Air Water Land Noise Air pollution is caused by the presence of a high proportion of undesirable gases, such as sulphur dioxide and carbon monoxide and airborne particulate matter. Water pollution is caused by organic and inorganic industrial wastes and effluents discharged into water bodies. Paper, refineries and tanneries are the main culprits. Soil and water
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Write the answers to the following questions in 120 words. (i) How are integrated steel plants different from mini steel plants? What problems does the industry face? What recent developments have led to a rise in the production capacity?
Integrated steel plants are large and handle everything in one complex – from putting together raw material to steel making, rolling and shaping. Mini steel plants are smaller, have electric furnaces, and use steel scrap and sponge iron. They have re-rollers that use steel ingots as well. They produce mild and alloy steel of given specifications. The challenges faced by the steel industry are given below: High cost and limited availability of coking coal</
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Name the important raw materials used in the manufacturing of cement.
Important raw materials used in the manufacture of cement are the following: Limestone Silica Alumina Gypsum
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What are the basic industries? Give an example.
Basic or key industries are the industries which supply their product or raw materials to manufacture other goods. For example, iron and steel industries provide iron and steel to other industries as raw materials.
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Name any three human factors for the location of an industry.
Three human factors for the location of an industry are the following: Labour Capital Closeness to cities E.g., the jute textile industry in West Bengal gets cheap labour from the adjoining states, and Kolkata is a large urban centre for banking, insurance and port facilities.
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Name any three physical factors for the location of the industry.
Three physical factors for the location of the industry are: Availability of raw materials Closeness to market Availability of power For example, the jute textile industry is concentrated in West Bengal as the jute-producing areas lie in the Hugli basin, and there is cheap water transport for the transportation and processing of jute.
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What is manufacturing?
Manufacturing is the production of goods in large quantities after processing raw materials to produce more valuable products. For example, paper is manufactured from wood, sugar from sugarcane, iron and steel from iron ore and aluminium from bauxite.
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Which one of the following industries manufactures telephones, computer, etc? a) Steel (b) Electronic (c ) Aluminium (d) Information Technology
Solution: (b) Electronic
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Which one of the following industries uses bauxite as a raw material? a) Aluminium (b) Cement (c ) Jute (d) Steel
Solution: (a) Aluminium
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Which one of the following agencies markets steel for the public sector plants? a) HAIL (b) SAIL (c ) TATA Steel (d) MNCC
Solution: (b) SAIL
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Which one of the following industries uses limestone as a raw material. a) Aluminium (b) Cement (c ) Sugar (d) Jute
Solution: (b) Cement