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2. Name some leading cement producers of the world.
3. Which are the main centres of cotton textile industry in India?

4. In which state of the US is Detroit located?
5. Which port helped the cotton textile industry in Osaka to import cotton?
6. Where is Silicon Valley located?

F. Answer the questions in brief :
1. What is meant by the term industry?
2. Name the categories of industries based on raw materials.
3. What is the meaning of secondary industry?
4. What is the cooperative industry?

5. What do you mean by an industrial region?
6. List the industrial regions of India.
G. Answer the questions in detail :

1. Describe the types of industries based on the raw materials they use.
2. Explain how different factors influence the location of an industry.
3. Why is the iron and steel industry so important?
4. Explain the processing of iron and steel.

5. What factors influenced the growth of the cotton textile industry in Ahmedabad?
6. Where is Osaka? What factors helped Osaka to become a great industrial centre?

1. How manufacturing industries are important for the economic development of the country?
2. Do you think industries contribute to the eradication of unemployment and poverty?

Quaternary Industry
The Quaternary industry is an improved form of tertiary sector as it involves the services related to the
knowledge sector, which includes the demand for the information-based services like taking the
consultancy from tax managers, statisticians and software developers. The services involved in this type
of sector are outsourced in varied forms as the doctors’ services, elementary schools and university
classrooms, theaters, and brokerage firms. It also includes intellectual activities and services as Research
and Development (R & D), media, culture, and Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The
workforce who is readily involved in this sector is typically well-educatd, and people are often seen
earning well through their participation in this industry.

Manufacturing Industries
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