Examine any five factors affecting the location of industries in India.

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Natural selection and mutation.

Raw Materials Answer: Cotton and iron ore End products Answer: Cloth and steel ertiary Activities Answer: Banking and transport Agro-based Industries Answer: Sugar and cotton textiles Cottage Industries Answer: Pottery and apiculture Co-operatives Answer: AMUL and Mother Dairy

Physical factors essential in deciding the location of an industry are − availability of raw materials, availability of capital and the proximity to the market.

(i) Due to the expansion of world trade, the merchants wanted to expand their production. But hade and craft guilds were very powerful. (ii) They could create money problems for the merchants...

(i) Factories in Manchester started producing cotton textiles for the domestic market. (ii) The government put more import duties on the textile coming from India to encourage the local industries. As...

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(i) Physical Factors: (a) Availability of raw materials-Ideal location should be near the sources of raw materials. (b) Power resources-Power resources like coal and electricity must be available for the industry. (c)...

(i) Availability of raw cotton, market, transport including accessible port facilities. (ii) cheap labour and ; (iii) moist climate has caused the concentration of cotton textile industries in Mumbai and Ahmedabad region.