Secondary Activities Class 12 MCQs Questions with Answers
Multiple Choice Questions:
Question 1.
Which one of the following statements is wrong?
(a) Cheap water transport has facilitated the jute mill industry along the Hugli.
(b) Sugar, cotton textiles and vegetable oils are footloose industries.
(c) The development of hydroelectricity and petroleum reduced to a great extent, the importance of coal energy as a locational factor for industry.
(d) Port towns in India have attracted industries.
Common Errors: Read the questions and options carefully. Sometimes options are partially wrong.
Answer
Answer: (b) Sugar, cotton textiles and vegetable oils are footloose industries.
Question 2.
In which one of the following types of economy are the factors of production owned individually?
(a) Capitalist
(b) Socialist
(c) Mixed
(d) None
Answer
Answer: (a) Capitalist
Question 3.
Which one of the following types of industries produces raw materials for other industries?
(a) Cottage Industries
(b) Small-scale Industries
(c) Basic Industries
(d) Footloose Industries
Answer
Answer: (c) Basic Industries
Question 4.
Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
(a) Automobile industry : Los Angeles
(b) Shipbuilding industry : Lusaka
(c) Aircraft industry : Florence
(d) Iron and Steel industry : Pittsburgh
Answer
Answer: (d) Iron and Steel industry : Pittsburgh
Question 5.
Which of the following is made in household industry?
(a) Carpet
(b) Pottery
(c) Microchips
(d) Both (a) and (b)
Answer
Answer: (a) Carpet
Question 6.
Which of the following is a mineral-based industry?
(a) Paper industry
(b) Textile industry
(c) Iron and steel industry
(d) Plywood industry
Answer
Answer: (c) Iron and steel industry
Question 7.
Which of the following is the most important industrial region of Germany?
(a) Ruhr
(b) Berlin
(c) Hamburg
(d) Munich
Answer
Answer: (c) Hamburg
Question 8.
Which of the following is an example of basic industry?
(a) Chemical industry
(b) Automobile industry
(c) Iron and steel industry
(d) All of these
Answer
Answer: (c) Iron and steel industry
Question 9.
Which of the following is an example of consumer goods industry?
(a) Soap industry
(b) Tea industry
(c) Bread-making industry
(d) All of these
Answer
Answer: (d) All of these
Question 10.
Which of the following iron and steel centres is located in India?
(a) Visakhapatnam
(b) Ahmedabad
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (a) Visakhapatnam
Question 11.
Which major iron and steel producing area is now referred to as the ‘rust bowl’ of the U.S.A?
(a) Arizona desert
(b) Detroit
(c) Pittsburg
(d) Californian desert
Answer
Answer: (c) Pittsburg
Question 12.
Which of the following is not a factor that determines the size of an industry?
(a) Amount of capital invested
(b) Number of workers employed
(c) Location of industry
(d) Volume of production
Answer
Answer: (c) Location of industry
Question 13.
How are industries classified on the basis of output or product? Which of the following options is correct?
(a) Basic and Consumer goods
(b) Small and large scale
(c) Public and private sector
(d) Agro and mineral-based
Answer
Answer: (a) Basic and Consumer goods
Question 14.
Identify the incorrect statement.
(a) Rhur region at one time produced 80% of Germany’s steel
(b) Iron and steel is also called as heavy industry
(c) Manufacturing literally means ‘to make by hand’
(d) Cotton textile industry is capital intensive
Answer
Answer: (d) Cotton textile industry is capital intensive
Question 15.
Which of these is not an example of the agro -based industry?
(a) Sugar industry
(b) Cotton textile industry
(c) Food processing industry
(d) Petrochemical industry
Answer
Answer: (d) Petrochemical industry
Question 16.
Complete the following table by writing appropriate name in the blank.
Answer
Answer: Consumer Goods
