RBSE Solutions for Class 8 Social Science Geography Chapter 5 Industries

Rajasthan Board RBSE Solutions for Class 8 Social Science Geography Chapter 5 Industries Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers.

RBSE Class 8 Social Science Solutions Geography Chapter 5 Industries

RBSE Class 8 Social Science Industries InText Questions and Answers

Activity (Page-48)

Question 1. 
Trace the journey of your shirt from a cotton field, to your wardrobe.
Answer:
Firstly farmer grows cotton in his fields. He selects cotton from the fields and sells it in the market. Mill owners from the market buy cotton and clean it, grind it and prepare cotton. A thread is made from that clean cotton inside the mill and fabric is made from that thread. In a garment manufacturing factory, the shirt is made from that fabric and from there, the finished shirt reaches the market which we buy.

Activity (Page-49)

Question 1.
Give some examples of agro-based industries.
Answer: 
Major agro-based industries include - the sugar industry, jaggery industry, cotton industry, jute industry, the tobacco industry, and spice industry.

Activity (Page-50)

Question 1. 
Find out the inputs, outputs and processes involved in the manufacture of a leather shoe. 
Answer: 
Inputs: Capital, factory, machines, raw materials, labour, etc.
Processes: In this, the labour cleans the leather with chemicals, dried it with machines, and used to cut and manufacture shoes with the help of machines.
Output: leather shoe.

RBSE Class 8 Social Science Industries Textbook Questions and Answers

Let’s Recall

Question 1. 
Answer the following questions-
(i) What is meant by the term “industry”? 
Answer: 
Industry refers to economic activity that is concerned with the production of goods, extraction of minerals or the provision of services.

(ii) Which are the main factors which influence the location of an industry?
Answer: 
The factors affecting the location of industries are the availability of raw material, land, water, labour, power, capital, transport and market.

(iii) Which industry is often referred to as the backbone of modern industry and why?
Answer: 
Steel is often called the backbone of the modem industry because in almost all industries steel is used as a raw material. Steel is used in the manufacture of almost all goods. All the things required for an industry like machines, tools, trains, trucks, etc. are made from steel. Without steel development of other industries is not possible, therefore, the steel industry is called as the backbone of the modem industry.

(iv) Why cotton textile industry rapidly expanded in Mumbai?
Answer: 
The cotton industry developed rapidly in Mumbai. The first successful mechanized textile mill was established in Mumbai. The cotton industry developed rapidly in Mumbai because of various reasons such as warm, moist climate, port for importing machinery, availability of raw materials and smiled labour resulting in the rapid expansion of the industry in the region.

Question 2. 
Tick the correct answer-
(i) Fort Gloster is located in-
(a) West Bengal. 
(b) California.
(c) Gujarat.
Answer:
(a) West Bengal 

(ii) Which one of the following is a natural fibre?
(a) nylon.
(b) jute.
(c) acrylic.
Answer:
(b) jute 

Question 3. 
Distinguish between the followings-
(i) Agro-based and mineral-based industry.
Answer:

(ii) Public sector and joint sector industry.

Answer:

Question 4. 
Give two examples of the following in the space provided.
Answer: 

1. Raw materials - Iron ore and cotton.
2. End products - Steel and cotton shirts.
3. Tertiary Activities - Business and banking.
4. Agro-based Industries - Cotton textile industry and food processing industry.
5. Cottage industries - Pottery and basket weaving.
6. Co-operatives - Anand Milk Union Limited and Sudha Dairy.