Which district of Haryana is known as the plywood capital of India?
- A.Yamunanagar
- B.Ambala
- C.Kurukshetra
- D.Panchkula
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Yamunanagar. 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. It has the advantages of a big timber market, poplar and eucalyptus grown by farmers of the surrounding plain and of neighbouring Uttarakhand, long-established wood-working skills and good road and rail links; the district also has a paper mill and the Saraswati sugar mill.
Option B, Ambala, nearby, is the centre of scientific instruments. Option C, Kurukshetra, is an agricultural and pilgrimage district. Option D, Panchkula, is a planned town near Chandigarh with light industry and information technology. Yamunanagar with plywood, paper and sugar is one of the most reliable scoring matches in Haryana papers.
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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 →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.
Read the full explanation →The manufacture of scientific, laboratory and surgical instruments in Haryana is concentrated at
- A.Karnal
- B.Ambala
- C.Rohtak
- D.Sirsa
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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.
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