(English Medium) ICSE Class 10 - CISCE Question Bank Solutions for Geography

With reference to the Iron and Steel industry in India, give logical explanations for the following:

Most of the ‘Iron and Steel’ plants are ‘public sector undertakings’.

With reference to the Iron and Steel industry in India, give logical explanation for the following:

Mini Steel plants are becoming more popular.

With reference to Tata Iron and Steel Company, answer the following;

When and where was it set up?

With reference to Tata Iron and Steel Company, answer the following;

From where does it gets its supply of Iron-ore, coal, limestone and manganese?

With reference to Visveswaraya Iron and Steel Ltd., answer the following:

Name the state in which it is located.

With reference to Visveswaraya Iron and Steel Ltd., answer the following:

From where does it get iron ore and power supply?

Define the term Heavy Industries,

State the importance of the heavy engineering industries in the industrial development of India.

Mention two main requirements of heavy engineering industries.

Mention the facilities required by the ship-building industry.

Give two reasons favouring the location of Iron and Steel Plant in north-eastern Deccan.

Explain three reasons as to why there is a large concentration of iron and steel plants in the Chhota Nagpur Region.

Mini steel plants cause less pollution than integrated steel plants.

Explain why Vishakhapatnam has become an important ship-building centre.

Give reason why the development of ship-building industry has been retarded in India.

Give two geographical reasons for the growth of IT industries in Bangalore.

Give reasons why tree plantation is essential in and around heavy industrial areas.

Natural Materials and Petrochemical Product

Name some iron and Steel plants centres.

Name the Steel projects in the public sector which were not set up with foreign collaboration.