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Study the map of India given below showing textile industries and answer the questions that follow:

(a) Which two states have the largest number of cotton textile centres?

(b) Give two reasons for the development of cotton textile industry in these states.

[Delhi 2006]

Answer:

(a) The two states having largest number of cotton textile centres are:

(i) Maharashtra and

(ii) Gujarat.

(b) Reasons for the concentration of cotton textile industry in these states are:

(i) Availability of cotton,

(ii) Availability of market,

(iii) Availability of transport and humid climate.