Development of Industries in India Online Test 8th Social Science Lesson 12 Questions in English

1. Mummies in Egyptian tombs dating from 2000 BC(BCE) were found wrapped in Indian muslins of the finest quality
2. A 100metres of this thin fabric could be squeezed into a match box.

1. India was famous for its fine quality of cotton and silk clothes.
2. The traditional Indian industry was known in the fields of textiles, woodwork, ivory, stone cutting, leather, fragrance wood, metal work and jewellery.

1. Indian handicraft was collapsed mainly due to the competition posed by the Indian agriculture industry.
2. The ruling British turned India as the producer of raw materials for their industries and markets for their finished products.

1. India became the market for the finished products of Britain
2. As a result, peasants who had supplemented their income by part-time spinning and weaving had to now rely only on cultivation.

1. The main cause for the decline of handicraft industry was the greater employment opportunities and income-generating effect of the modern factory.
2. The Indian domestic industry could not have withstood foreign competition, which was backed by a powerful industrial organisation, big machinery, large-scale production.

1. The plantation industry was the first to attract the Europeans.
2. The plantation industry could provide jobs on a small scale.

1. Iron and steel industries began rooted in the Indian soil in the beginning of 20th century.
2. However, the credit for the development of large-scale manufacture of steel in India goes to Sajjan Jindal.

1. Foreign capitalists were attracted to Indian industry as it held the prospect of high profit.
2. Labour was extremely cheap. Raw materials were cheaply available. But India and its neighbours does not provide ready market.

1. The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is a government, profitable, industry-led and industry-managed organisation.
2. CII has over 9,000 members form the private as well as public sectors, including small and medium enterprises (SME).

The difficulties in Indian industries was complicated further by the construction of what?

1. Industrial sector during 1950s to1965 was well developed with good infrastructure
2. The first three Five-Year Plans were very important because their aim was to build a strong industrial base in independent India

1. As the first three Five-Year Plans mostly focused on the development of the capital goods sector, the consumer goods sector was neglected.
2. As the result, there was a fall in the growth rate of industrial production.

1. Some modern industries have really grown and they are competing effectively with the outside world
2. This has increased our dependence greatly on foreign experts and technologists

1. Another positive aspect of industrial growth is the attainment of the goal of self-reliance
2. We have achieved self-reliance in machinery, plant and other equipment.

1. The Indian road network has become one of the largest in the world.
2. Government efforts led to the expansion of the network of National Highways, State highways and major district roads, which in turn has directly contributed to industrial growth.