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Industrial Regions of India — Geography Questions & Practice

Practise 8 Industrial Regions of India questions from Geography for competitive exams such as UPSC, Banking, SSC and Railway. Read the worked questions below, check every answer with an explanation, and track what you get wrong.

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Practice questions on Industrial Regions of India — with answers

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1. Which industrial region of India is described as: 'Maharashtra (cotton textiles, engineering, chemicals, automobiles)'?

  1. AKollam-Thiruvananthapuram Industrial Region
  2. BMumbai-Pune Industrial Region
  3. CVishakhapatnam-Guntur Industrial Region
  4. DHooghly Industrial Region
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Answer: B

This describes the Mumbai-Pune Industrial Region.

2. Which industrial region of India is described as: 'West Bengal (jute textiles, engineering, chemicals, centred around Kolkata)'?

  1. AMumbai-Pune Industrial Region
  2. BHooghly Industrial Region
  3. CKollam-Thiruvananthapuram Industrial Region
  4. DVishakhapatnam-Guntur Industrial Region
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Answer: B

This describes the Hooghly Industrial Region.

3. Which industrial region of India is described as: 'Karnataka/Tamil Nadu (electronics, IT, textiles, automobiles)'?

  1. AGujarat Industrial Region (Ahmedabad-Vadodara)
  2. BMumbai-Pune Industrial Region
  3. CHooghly Industrial Region
  4. DBangalore-Tamil Nadu Industrial Region
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Answer: D

This describes the Bangalore-Tamil Nadu Industrial Region.

4. Which industrial region of India is described as: 'Gujarat (textiles, chemicals, petrochemicals)'?

  1. AGujarat Industrial Region (Ahmedabad-Vadodara)
  2. BHooghly Industrial Region
  3. CMumbai-Pune Industrial Region
  4. DKollam-Thiruvananthapuram Industrial Region
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Answer: A

This describes the Gujarat Industrial Region (Ahmedabad-Vadodara).

5. Which industrial region of India is described as: 'Jharkhand/West Bengal/Odisha (iron and steel, coal, heavy industries)'?

  1. AMumbai-Pune Industrial Region
  2. BVishakhapatnam-Guntur Industrial Region
  3. CGujarat Industrial Region (Ahmedabad-Vadodara)
  4. DChotanagpur Industrial Region
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Answer: D

This describes the Chotanagpur Industrial Region.

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