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a country earn money by selling products to other countries. Thus, industries are

very important for the development of any country. Locations of some of the main
industries of India are given in the table below:

Industries Locations

Iron and Steel Jamshedpur and Bokaro in Jharkhand, Durgapur in West Bengal,

Bhilai in Chhattisgarh, Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh

Cotton textile Mumbai in Maharashtra, Surat in Gujarat, Kolkata in West Bengal,
Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh, Madhuri in Tamil Nadu.

Automobile Pune, Mumbai and Nashik in Maharashtra, Gurgaon in Haryana,

Kolkata in West Bengal, Jabalapur in Madhya Pradesh, Chennai
in Tamil Nadu

Now I Know :

• Agriculture is the process of growing crops, fruits and vegetables.

It also includes rearing of cattle and other domesticated animals.
• In India, two types of crops are grown–food crops and cash crops.

• Some major crops grown in India are rice, wheat, maize, cotton,

sugarcane and jute.
• The industries in India can be classified as cottage industries, small-

scale industries and large-scale industries.

• Some major industries in India are–iron and steel, cotton, sugar,
cement, shipbuilding and leather.

A. Oral Questions:

1. Name the major states of wheat crop.

2. When did the green revolution launched in India?

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