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Competencies
C-1.1, C-4.3, C-4.4

• Critical thinking
• Information literacy
21st CENTURY SKILLS
• Problem solving
4 India—Industries

Warm Up

Match the companies with their logos.

Company Logo

1. Ashok Leyland (a)

2. SAIL (b)

3. MMTC (c)

4. ONGC (d)

Most of our daily needs are fulfilled by materials provided by nature. Some

of these materials can be used directly. Some of them need processing to
prepare useful articles. For example, we cannot use cotton directly. We

have to process cotton to make cloth. Thus, cotton is the raw material
and cloth is the useful article. The process of converting raw materials

into useful finished goods is called manufacturing. Manufacturing is
done by an industry.

All the countries big or small, rich or poor, have some industries. These
also help in removing poverty by providing employment. Our country

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