This Haryana quiz on Industries, Minerals and Industrial Towns of Haryana puts 11 multiple-choice questions to you, the verified MCQs published with GK24's note on the topic. Every question carries a full explanation of why the correct option is right and why the other options are wrong, so you learn the fact behind the answer rather than the letter. Attempt it right after reading the note, keep to the timer, and use the explanations at the end to mark what needs another look. Sit it again before the exam as a quick revision of the topic.
11 questions with answers and explanations
Which is the largest industrial city of Haryana?
Faridabad has the largest concentration of factories in the state, making tractors, refrigerators, tyres, switchgear, garments and a very wide range of auto components, and it is also the most populous city of Haryana.
Read the full explanation →The oil refinery of Haryana is located at Baholi in which district?
The Indian Oil refinery at Baholi in Panipat district was commissioned in the late nineteen nineties and was later expanded with a petrochemical complex; it is supplied with crude through a pipeline from the Gujarat coast and sends its products to north India.
Read the full explanation →Panipat is called the city of weavers because of its
Panipat weaves durries, carpets, blankets and furnishing fabrics for the home and export markets, and it is also the largest centre in India for pulling old woollen clothing into fibre and spinning it again into yarn, a trade for which the city is known across the world.
Read the full explanation →Which district of Haryana is known as the plywood capital of India?
Hundreds of plywood and veneer units work in and around Yamunanagar and Jagadhri, giving the district the largest cluster of this industry in the country.
Read the full explanation →Jagadhri in Haryana is famous for the manufacture of
Jagadhri, now part of the Yamunanagar urban area, has an old industry of brass, bronze and other metal utensils, with rolling, beating and polishing done in workshops across the town, and its market supplies vessels to north India.
Read the full explanation →The manufacture of scientific, laboratory and surgical instruments in Haryana is concentrated at
Ambala, and Ambala Cantt in particular, has a cluster of workshops making laboratory glassware and apparatus, surgical and dental instruments, weighing and measuring devices and household mixers, and it supplies schools, colleges and hospitals across the country.
Read the full explanation →Bahadurgarh in Jhajjar district, called the gateway of Haryana, is known for which industries?
Bahadurgarh stands on the Delhi border on the Rohtak road and holds a large number of footwear units along with ceramic, tile and sanitaryware factories, besides engineering and packaging works.
Read the full explanation →Which city is known as the steel town of Haryana?
Hisar has a large stainless steel and steel pipe industry and is counted as the steel town of the state, which is notable because Haryana has no iron ore worth mining and the raw material has to be brought in.
Read the full explanation →The industrial model township of Manesar, with vehicle and electronics plants, lies in which district?
Manesar is in Gurugram district on the Delhi-Jaipur highway, and the industrial model township developed there holds car, motorcycle, component and electronics plants as well as logistics parks.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following minerals is not found in Haryana?
Haryana has no coal and no petroleum of its own; its thermal power stations run on coal railed in from the eastern coalfields and its refinery on crude piped from the Gujarat coast.
Read the full explanation →Which agency develops the industrial estates and model townships of Haryana?
It acquires and develops land for industrial estates and industrial model townships, allots plots to entrepreneurs, provides water, power and internal roads and runs common facilities, and it is the body named in questions on industrial infrastructure of the state.
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