Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 10 (ICSE) · Geography
Chapter: Chapter 17 — Chapter 17: The Cotton Textile Industry
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. Where are cotton textile mills concentrated? [1]
(A) Maharashtra and Gujarat
(B) Only Punjab
(C) Only Kerala
(D) Only Assam
2. What is ginning? [1]
(A) Removing seeds from cotton
(B) Making thread
(C) Making fabric
(D) Dyeing fabric
3. What is spinning? [1]
(A) Making thread
(B) Removing seeds
(C) Making fabric
(D) Dyeing fabric
4. What is weaving? [1]
(A) Making fabric
(B) Making thread
(C) Removing seeds
(D) Dyeing fabric
5. What does the cotton textile industry provide? [1]
(A) Significant employment
(B) No employment
(C) Only pollution
(D) Nothing useful
6. Who does the industry especially employ? [1]
(A) Women
(B) Only men
(C) Only children
(D) No specific group
7. What does the industry contribute to? [1]
(A) Export earnings
(B) Nothing significant
(C) Only local trade
(D) Only imports
8. What challenge does the industry face? [1]
(A) Competition from synthetic fibres
(B) No challenges at all
(C) Excessive government support
(D) Unlimited resources
9. Where are cotton textile mills concentrated? [1]
(A) Maharashtra and Gujarat
(B) Only Punjab
(C) Only Kerala
(D) Only Assam
10. What is ginning? [1]
(A) Removing seeds from cotton
(B) Making thread
(C) Making fabric
(D) Dyeing fabric
11. What is spinning? [1]
(A) Making thread
(B) Removing seeds
(C) Making fabric
(D) Dyeing fabric
12. What is weaving? [1]
(A) Making fabric
(B) Making thread
(C) Removing seeds
(D) Dyeing fabric
13. What does the cotton textile industry provide? [1]
(A) Significant employment
(B) No employment
(C) Only pollution
(D) Nothing useful
14. Who does the industry especially employ? [1]
(A) Women
(B) Only men
(C) Only children
(D) No specific group
15. What does the industry contribute to? [1]
(A) Export earnings
(B) Nothing significant
(C) Only local trade
(D) Only imports
16. What challenge does the industry face? [1]
(A) Competition from synthetic fibres
(B) No challenges at all
(C) Excessive government support
(D) Unlimited resources