Name the following:
(i) An offshore oil field in the Gulf of Cambay.
(ii) An oil refinery in Bihar.
(i) Name the state that produces the largest amount of limestone.
(ii)State the two uses of limestone
State an important industrial use of:
(i) Manganese
(ii) Coal
(iii) Aluminum
(i) Manganese is used in chemical factories for manufacturing bleaching powder.
(ii) Coal is used in the manufacturing of iron and steel.
(iii) Aluminium is used in the electrical equipment industry and for
transmitting electricity because it is a good conductor of electricity.
Explain the following terms and name the crop with which each one is associated:
(i) Retting
(ii) Ratooning
(iii) Ginning
Give geographical reason for the following:
(i) Regular pruning is essential for tea bushes.
(ii) Coffee beans are roasted.
(iii) Millets are known as dry crops.
The Iron and Steel industry constitutes the backbone of modern industrial economy’. Give two reasons to justify the statement.
(i) Name an iron and steel industry set up in Orissa with the help of a famous German firm.
(ii)From where does the industry named in b(i) get its iron ore and manganese?