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
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.
(i) Regular pruning is essential for tea bushes to maintain the height and diameter of the plant and is limited to one metre.
(ii) Coffee beans are roasted to give brown colour, aroma and taste to coffee powder.
(iii) Millets are known as dry crops because they are annual warm weather grasses grown in dry and semi-dry regions.
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?