Bahadurgarh in Jhajjar district, called the gateway of Haryana, is known for which industries?
- A.Footwear and ceramics
- B.Plywood and paper
- C.Petrochemicals
- D.Sugar and distillery
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, footwear and ceramics. 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. Its position at the entry to the state from Delhi earned it the name gateway of Haryana, and that position is also why the industry settled there.
Option B, plywood and paper, belongs to Yamunanagar. Option C, petrochemicals, belongs to Panipat with its refinery complex. Option D, sugar and distillery, is associated with Yamunanagar, Karnal, Panipat and Rohtak co-operative mills rather than with Bahadurgarh. The link to carry away is Bahadurgarh, Jhajjar district, footwear and ceramics. Footwear and ceramics both need cheap land, water and road access to a big market, all of which this town on the capital border has, and both are labour-using industries that draw workers from Rohtak and Jhajjar villages.
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Practice Questions
View allWhich is the largest industrial city of Haryana?
- A.Panipat
- B.Faridabad
- C.Hisar
- D.Yamunanagar
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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?
- A.Panipat
- B.Faridabad
- C.Karnal
- D.Rohtak
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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
- A.Plywood industry
- B.Handloom durries, carpets and blankets
- C.Brass utensils
- D.Scientific instruments
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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?
- A.Yamunanagar
- B.Ambala
- C.Kurukshetra
- D.Panchkula
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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
- A.Brass and metal utensils
- B.Cement
- C.Woollen blankets
- D.Sports goods
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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.
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