Geography · General Awareness

Indian Cities and Places

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Knowledge of Indian cities and places is a crucial component of general awareness, testing a candidate on state capitals, historical landmarks, and regional nicknames. Questions often cover the locations of premier research institutes, corporate headquarters, and major transportation hubs. This hub provides practice questions to help candidates memorize geographical facts for upcoming competitive exams.

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Multiple choice geography manufacturing industries in india - ii : mineral-based distribution of major industries automobile and electronic industries electronic, heavy and petrochemical industries in india

The Diesel Locomotive Works is situated at _________.

  1. Varanasi

  2. Kolkata

  3. Chitranjan

  4. Jamshedpur

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A Correct answer
Explanation

  • Diesel locomotive works is located in Varanasi which produces diesel-electric locomotives and its spare parts. This company was founded in 1961. It was founded by Indian Railways.
  • Besides the Indian Railways, it regularly exports diesel-electric locomotives and has supplied locomotives to other countries such as Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Mali.

Multiple choice geography manufacturing industries in india - ii : mineral-based distribution of major industries automobile and electronic industries electronic, heavy and petrochemical industries in india

Which city has emerged as the electronic capital of India?

  1. Mumbai

  2. Kolkata

  3. Chennai

  4. Bangalore

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D Correct answer
Explanation

The electronics industry covers a wide range of products from transistor sets to television, telephones, cellular telecom, pagers, telephone exchange, radars, computers and many other equipments required by the telecommunication industry. Bangalore has emerged as the electronic capital of India. 

Multiple choice geography manufacturing industries in india - ii : mineral-based distribution of major industries automobile and electronic industries electronic, heavy and petrochemical industries in india

HMT industries are set up at ____.

  1. Kalamassery

  2. Hyderabad and Bengaluru

  3. Pinjore and Ajmer

  4. All of the above

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D Correct answer
Explanation

HMT Machine Tools Limited still manufactures industrial machines and tools with a work force of around 2,500 in six manufacturing units situated at Bangalore (Mother unit), Kochi, Kalamassery, Hyderabad (2 units), Pinjore and Ajmer. These mostly serve India's defence, government and educational Institutions.

Multiple choice geography manufacturing industries in india - ii : mineral-based distribution of major industries automobile and electronic industries electronic, heavy and petrochemical industries in india

Where is Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) headquarter located?

  1. Mumbai

  2. Kolkata

  3. Bengaluru

  4. Chennai

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is an Indian state-owned aerospace and defence company headquartered in Bangalore, India. It is governed under the management of the Indian Ministry of Defence.

Multiple choice geography manufacturing industries in india - ii : mineral-based distribution of major industries automobile and electronic industries electronic, heavy and petrochemical industries in india

Railway passenger coaches are manufactured at ________.

  1. Varanasi

  2. Chittaranjan

  3. Perambur

  4. Kolkata

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C Correct answer
Explanation
Perambur.
Explanation: The Integral Coach Factory at Perambur has become a leading rail coach manufacturing factory in the world. Chittaranjan Loco Works now produce diesel engines. Diesel engines are also being assembled at varanasi and Jamshedpur (Tata Elecrtic company of TELCO), BEML also manufactures railway wagons.
Multiple choice geography manufacturing industries in india - ii : mineral-based distribution of major industries automobile and electronic industries electronic, heavy and petrochemical industries in india

ICF (Integral Coach Factory) is located in ________.

  1. Alwaye

  2. Coimbatore

  3. Chennai

  4. Bhadravati

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C Correct answer
Explanation
Chennai.
Integral Coach Factory (ICF) is a manufacturer of rail coaches located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It was established in 1952, is owned and operated by the Indian Railways.
Multiple choice geography manufacturing industries in india - ii : mineral-based distribution of major industries automobile and electronic industries electronic, heavy and petrochemical industries in india

Which is the  largest shipyard in India?

  1. Kolkata

  2. Kochi

  3. Mumbai

  4. Visakhapatnam

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
Cochin Shipyard Limited (Kochi).
Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) is the largest shipbuilding and maintenance facility in India. It is part of a line of maritime-related facilities in the port-city of Kochi, in the state of Kerala, India. Of the services provided by the shipyard are building platform supply vessels and double-hulled oil tankers.
Multiple choice geography manufacturing industries in india - ii : mineral-based distribution of major industries automobile and electronic industries electronic, heavy and petrochemical industries in india

When and where the first automobile industry was started in India?

  1. 1948, Uttarpara (Kolkata)

  2. 1949, Kurla (Mumbai)

  3. 1950, Bangaluru

  4. 1951, Chennai

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B Correct answer
Explanation

It was towards the end of the war that the importance of establishing an indigenous automobile industry in India was realized when Premier Automobiles Ltd. (PAL) and Hindustan Motors (HM) set up factories in the mid-40s for progressive manufacture rather than assembly from imported components. HM was established in 1942 for the manufacture of certain auto components, but it was only in 1949 that the company actually began making cars. PAL was founded in 1944 by Seth Walchand Hirachand, a visionary and industrialist of pre-independent India, and as early as 1946 assembly of the Dodge DeSoto and Plymouth cars at PAL's Kurla (Mumbai) Plant commenced.

Multiple choice geography manufacturing industries in india - ii : mineral-based distribution of major industries automobile and electronic industries electronic, heavy and petrochemical industries in india

Where is Avadi Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF) located?

  1. Kanpur

  2. Chittaranjan

  3. Perambur

  4. Chennai

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D Correct answer
Explanation

The Avadi Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF), located near Chennai in Tamil Nadu, is India's only manufacturer of heavy battlefield equipment. Avadi in Thiruvallur District is well known for Defence establishments like Heavy Vehicles factory and the Combat Vehicle Research Development and Establishment.

Multiple choice geography manufacturing industries in india - ii : mineral-based information technology industry automobile and electronic industries electronic, heavy and petrochemical industries in india

Which city is known as Electronic Capital of India?

  1. Kanpur

  2. Delhi

  3. Bengaluru

  4. Madurai

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C Correct answer
Explanation
Bangalore.
Electronic City is an information technology hub in Bangalore, India, located in Anekal taluk. It is one of India's largest electronic/IT industrial parks, spread over 800 acres (3.2 km²) in Konappana Agrahara and Doddathogur villages in Bangalore.
Multiple choice geography manufacturing industries in india - ii : mineral-based information technology industry automobile and electronic industries electronic, heavy and petrochemical industries in india

Which of the following places is called the electronic capital of India?

  1. Kanpur

  2. Mumbai

  3. Bangalore

  4. Chennai

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Bangalore or Bengaluru is known as the electronic capital of India due to the presence of software industries, aerospace, telecommunications and heavy industries. Bangaluru is hailed as an iconic IT centre of the country and why other city is not able to compete with it of below highlights:

  1. Benguluru is surplice with MNCs
  2. Education system is excellent here attracting students
  3. Higher education system attract companies for replacement
  4. Presence of partners/competitors
  5. Mild climate attract people to settle here
  6. Connected to major cities like Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Chennai with excellent land-air transportation and communication
  7. Trees like avenues, excellent response of Municipal Corporation.

Multiple choice geography manufacturing industries in india - ii : mineral-based information technology industry automobile and electronic industries electronic, heavy and petrochemical industries in india

Which city is called the 'Silicon Valley' of India?

  1. Mumbai

  2. Hydrabad

  3. Bangalore

  4. Pune

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Bengaluru is silicon city of India because, the Silicon Valley of India is a nickname of the Indian city of Bangalore. As Bangalore is on the Mysore Plateau, the area is also sometimes referred to as "Silicon Plateau".

Multiple choice geography manufacturing industries in india - ii : mineral-based information technology industry automobile and electronic industries electronic, heavy and petrochemical industries in india

Which of the following emerged as the electronic capital of India?

  1. Bangalore

  2. Hyderabad

  3. Gurgaon

  4. Pune

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Bangalore is known as the electronic capital of India. Most of the information technology is concentrated in Bangalore. Bangalore has always had a unique advantage, as a city with the highest availability of middle and top management talent.

Multiple choice geography manufacturing industries in india - ii : mineral-based information technology industry automobile and electronic industries electronic, heavy and petrochemical industries in india

The city known as the 'electronic capital' of India is __________.

  1. Hyderabad

  2. Pune

  3. Bengaluru

  4. Chennai

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

  • Bengaluru or Bangalore is the electronic capital of India due to the fact that it is a hub for software industries, aerospace, telecommunications, aerospace and many other heavy industries.
  • Bengaluru is the fourth largest technology cluster in India. It is surprising to know that almost half if the work done in Bengaluru is through computers.