Industry: Geography Optional Topic-wise Questions

Industry Questions [Geography Optional] : 1986-2025

1. Assess the scope and development of Pharmaceutical industry in India. (2011)
2. Describe the development of textile industry in India. (2012)
3. Identify the spatial pattern of agro-industrial regions of India. Analyse the potentiality of Malwa as an important agro-industrial region of the future. (2012)
4.  Identify the main industrial clusters of India and account for their development. (2013)
5. Explain the role of multifunctional in globalization of industries in India. (2013)
6. Distributional pattern of industries in India does not provide requisite basis for division of the country into distinct industrial regions. Elaborate. (2013)
7. Discuss the problems in realization of benefits of globalization and liberalization in industrial sector of India. (2013)
8. Explain how eco-tourism activities could be important livelihood options in the Himalayan and North-Eastern regions of the country. (2014)
9. Location of thermal power plants and coal fields in India are not mutually conductive. Analyse. (2014)
10. Describe the problems of agro-based industries in India in general and cotton textiles in particular. (2014)
11. What are the desired possible changes in our trade policy to promote the development of cottage industry? (2014)
12. Why does the pharmaceutical industry concentrate largely in the western region of the country? (2015)
13. Why is the traditional crafts industry in India on the decline? (2015)
14. Explain the New Industrial Policies in India. (2016)
15. “The Bokaro Iron and steel plant is an example of Industrial complex”. Explain. (2016)
16. Analyse the location, distributional pattern and problems of cotton textile industries in India. (2016)
17. How may tourism in hilly areas of India be developed as an important source of economy? (2017)
18. Mini steel plants can act as an instrument of decentralization of Iron and Steel industry in India. Explain. (2017)
19. Name the major industrial regions of India indicating the bases of their identification. Highlight their basic problems. (2017)
20. Assess the suitability of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) for the sustainable economic development in India. (2018)
21. Give a critical account of region-specific constraints of sustainable tourisms in India. (2018)
22. Startups may play an important role in giving fillip to economic growth in India. Illustrate with examples. (2018)
23. Critically analyse the role of multinational corporations in India’s economic development with suitable examples. (2019)
24. Assess the importance of foot-loose industries in the development of backward regions in India. (2019)
25. Explain the relevance of green tourism for sustainable development of mountain environments in India. (2019)
26. The Pharmaceutical industry in india depend on the import of raw material. Evaluate this statement in viewe of the Indo-Chinese relationship. (2020)
27. Identify oilseeds producing areas in India and the dicusse the measure to promote edible oil industry. (2020)
28. What are the characteristics of Blue Flag certified beaches? Discuss their significance for beach tourism in India.  (2020)
29. Give a reasoned account of the difference between the sugar industry of North and Peninsular India. (2021)
30. Examine the significance of ecotourism in relation to socio-economic development and biodiversity conservation in India. (2021)
31. Identify the major industrial corridors of India and discuss the characteristics of the Bengaluru-Mumbai Corridor. (2021)
32. Assess the growth of multinational corporations in the liberalized economic environment of India. (2021)
33. Discuss the salient characteristics of industrial complexes of Western India. Examine the impact of SEZ policy on the region. (2022)
34. Indian Pharma Industry has to move from volume’ to ‘value’ leadership to capture global market. Discuss. (2023)
35. Identify the jute-producing areas and discuss the major causes of decline of jute mill industry in India. (2023)
36. Assess the ecotourism potential of Andaman and Nicobar, Lakshadweep islands and highlight the challenges associated with the sustainable development of island territories. (2023)
37. Domestic tourism in India has immense local resource potential. Discuss the reasons and its various dimensions. (2024)
38. Industrial waste is diversified. Discuss the potentials and challenges associated with it. (2024)
39. Write a critically argued essay on nautical tourism and its infrastructure in India. (2025)
40. Explain the factors which contribute to the growth of India’s pharmaceutical industry with specific reference to its concentration in western region of India. (2025)
41. Why cottage industries in India are an integral part of Indian socio-economic structure? Assess this with reference to different types of cottage industries in rural India. (2025)