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"Cotton textile industry is distributed all over the country"; while iron and steel industry is confined to peninsular India." Support this statement with three distinctive features of each.                                                     [AI 2005C]

Answer:

Cotton textile industry is widely distributed all over India because

(i) Cotton mills can be set up anywhere.

(ii) Cotton being a light raw material can be easily transported.

(iii) Cotton is widely grown.

(iv) India being a tropical country there is-wide market for cotton cloth.

(v) Availability of hydroelectricity.

(Any three)  

Iron and Steel industries are confined to peninsular India because of

(i) the availability of Iron ore.

(ii) proximity to coalfields.

(iii) other raw materials like manganese. limestone, dolmite are also available.

(iv)nearness to the ports.

(v) rivers provide cheap inland water transport for iron and steel goods.

(vi) Kolkata provides huge market for iron and steel goods.

(Any three)

Thus most of the iron and steel plants like Jamshedpur, Durgapur, Bhilai, Bokaro, Rourkela are confined to the mineral rich north-eastern and southern part of Indian peninsula.