Tag: cottage and small scale industries

Questions Related to cottage and small scale industries

Small scale industries contributes almost _____ % of the gross industrial value added in the Indian economy.

  1. 30

  2. 40

  3. 45

  4. 50


Correct Option: B

As Industrialization grows, the role of capital goods vs-a-vis consumer goods ____________.

  1. increases

  2. decreases

  3. remains relatively constant

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: A

After independence, there was a high concentration of employment in which industries  _______.

  1. small & household industries

  2. large industries

  3. medium industries

  4. both (a) & (b) above


Correct Option: D

Retrogression is a phenomenon in which  ________.

  1. growth of elite oriented consumption goods is higher than goods which satisfy the need of mass of the people.

  2. growth of elite oriented goods is lesser than the goods which satisfy mass needs

  3. both the above rates are equal

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: A

Capital goods industries produce _______.

  1. materials, fertilizers, cement, steel, iron etc.

  2. machinery, machine tools etc.

  3. chemicals, rubber, plastic, coal etc.

  4. man-made fibers, beverages, watches etc.


Correct Option: B

Indian industry is _______.

  1. dependent on the vagaries of nature

  2. independent of vagaries of nature

  3. has no relationship with nature

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: B

Growth rate of industrial output over the planning period has been _______.

  1. satisfactory

  2. not upto the mark

  3. good

  4. excellent


Correct Option: A