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E. Answer these questions.

1. What is a manufacturing industry?

2. How are large-scale industries different from small-scale industries?
3. Distinguish between agro-based and mineral-based industries.

4. What are the main features of the cottage industry?
5. Which factors influence the establishment of an industry?

Think and Answer • Critical thinking

F. Imagine that you want to set up a schoolbag-making industry. What necessary things
will you need for that? Write them down.

Let Us Do • Information literacy

G. Activity

Fill in the table with information collected with the help of the Internet.

Name of Countries Automobile Industries IT Industries

UK

USA
Germany

Japan

Russia

Life Skills • Problem solving

H. All types of industries cause pollution. Some of them like thermal power, leather and

cement industries cause too much pollution. These industries should be set up far
away from human settlements.

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