MCQ Chapter 5 Geography Class 12 Maharashtra Board Secondary Economic Activities 1. A multinational corporation (MNC) has operations:Only in rural areasOnly within the home countryIn more than one countryOnly in metropolitan citiesQuestion 1 of 202. Hindustan Lever Limited is an example of:Public sectorPrivate sectorJoint sectorMultinational corporationQuestion 2 of 203. Weight-gaining industries are located near:Raw material sourcesMarketsMinesPortsQuestion 3 of 204. Industries like sugar and jute are examples of:Market-oriented industriesRaw material-oriented industriesCapital-oriented industriesFootloose industriesQuestion 4 of 205. Which of the following is an example of a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in India?BHELSEEPZ, MumbaiTISCOAMULQuestion 5 of 206. Factors like cheap labour and large markets have led to industrial growth in:Central AustraliaWestern EuropeAntarcticaGreenlandQuestion 6 of 207. Which industrial region is found near the Volga river?Mid-Western USARuhr regionUral-Volga regionGreat Lakes regionQuestion 7 of 208. Which natural feature supports Japan's industrial development?Dense forestsPasturesBroken coastline and portsDesertsQuestion 8 of 209. Industries located in South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong are examples of:Resource-based industriesLabour-intensive industriesHigh-tech and export-oriented industriesAgricultural industriesQuestion 9 of 2010. Which is NOT a physical factor affecting industrial location?ClimateAvailability of landCapital investmentRaw materialsQuestion 10 of 2011. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of an industrial region?Dense populationScarce banking facilitiesAgglomeration of industriesExtensive transportation networkQuestion 11 of 2012. The Ural region in Russia is famous for:Agricultural productsTextile industriesMineral and heavy industriesShipbuilding onlyQuestion 12 of 2013. The Nagoya industrial region is located in:ChinaJapanSouth KoreaUSAQuestion 13 of 2014. An industry located based on minimizing economic distance is influenced mainly by:Transport cost and timeEntertainment facilitiesGovernment policies onlyClimate aloneQuestion 14 of 2015. The main industrial corridor between Delhi and Mumbai is called:Golden QuadrilateralDMIC (Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor)North-South Industrial CorridorMumbai-Pune ExpresswayQuestion 15 of 2016. Textile industry based on cotton was historically located in coastal Maharashtra because of:Dry climateHumid climateCold wintersLack of populationQuestion 16 of 2017. Which of the following is a weight-losing raw material?CakeCoalSugarcaneWoolQuestion 17 of 2018. Transport cost increases more rapidly with:Lightweight goodsPerishable and heavy goodsDurable goodsPackaged goodsQuestion 18 of 2019. Cottage industries mainly produce goods for:Large scale international marketsLocal consumption and small marketsOnly government useExport markets exclusivelyQuestion 19 of 2020. Footloose industries prefer locations based on:Proximity to raw materialProximity to marketEasy availability of skilled labour and communicationHeavy transport facilitiesQuestion 20 of 20 Loading...
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