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The industrial sector uses about _____ of the total commercial energy available all over the world.

  1. 30%

  2. 45%

  3. 60%

  4. 70%


Correct Option: D

Industries tend to locate in areas that have _____.

  1. Scare population

  2. High population

  3. Very less population

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Industries tend to locate in areas that have high population. The main reason is to get cheap labour in huge quantity.

Diamond industry is located at _____ because of skilled workers' availability.

  1. Mumbai

  2. Delhi

  3. Surat

  4. Ahmedabad


Correct Option: C

_____ is essential to procure raw materials from the sources to the industry and transfer the finished products to the market.

  1. Capital

  2. Labour

  3. Power

  4. Transport


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Transport is essential to procure raw materials from the sources to the industry and transfer the finished products to the market. Even we can say transport is the back bone of any industry without transport we cannot produce our product in market for sale.

What is essential to set up any industry?

  1. Capital/Money

  2. Finished product

  3. Labour

  4. Transport


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Capital/Money is essential to set up any industry. If we have good plan or idea for business but we do not have capital/money, we are not able to setup industry or implement our idea.

With the help of trade which type of services are developed?

  1. Business complex

  2. Banks

  3. Credit societies

  4. All of above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

As trade increased, with the help of it, newer business buildings grew up. With the shortage of area and also because of easier communication, they started growing complexes. A cooperative society that lends money collected from its members at low rates of interest also grew up to help for the time being. Banks also grew as did international trade to keep the growth and development of the country in check.

What is trade?

  1. The action of buying and selling goods and services.

  2. The development of industries

  3. Moving from one place to another

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Trade is buying and selling of goods and services between two individual or more than that. It is basic economic concept involving the buying and selling of goods and services, with compensation paid by a buyer to a seller, or the exchange of goods or services between parties.

Which of the following is/are the type of migration?

  1. Short-term

  2. Long-term

  3. Permanent

  4. All of above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The various types of migration are mainly international which means outside the nation, and national which means within a nation. There are others types of migration too such as, forced, long term, short term, voluntary, permanent etc.

Which of the following is/are the reason of urbanisation?

  1. Industrialisation

  2. Trade

  3. Mechanisation and technology

  4. All of above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Urbanisation means an increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas compared to rural areas. People started moving in the urban areas as there grew more factories during Industrialisation and hence employment in those factories grew. With industrialisation, trade improved among countries too.

Which of the following condition is/are required for 'urban'?

  1. More than 75% of the male working population should be engaged in non-agricultural occupations.

  2. The population of the settlement should be more than 5000.

  3. The population density of the settlement should be more than 400 persons per sq.km.

  4. All of above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

To call a place as "Urban", some conditions are required which we do  not see in rural place or in township.

The population of that place must be more than a minimum of 5000 with the population density more than at least 400 persons per square km. This makes the urban city dense enough for people to settle down. Also, more than 75% percent of male working population must be engaged in occupations which are of non-agricultural type as we find more of industries and factories in urban areas.