Industry | MCQs

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The main three sectors of economy of Pakistan are agricultural, industrial and services sectors.

Textile is the largest export industry in Pakistan

Agriculture is the largest sector of economy of Pakistan. 

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Gadani ship-breaking yard is the world's third largest ship breaking yard located across a 10 km long beachfront at Gadani.

Gadani is is located about 40 km northwest of Karachi.

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 At the time of the 1947 partition, Pakistan inherited a very small portion of the cotton industries in the subcontinent.

Specifically, it inherited only 16 out of the 921 industrial units that existed, and these mainly focused on cotton textiles.

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Pakistan Steel Mills is the largest steel production unit in Pakistan

It is located in Karachi.

It is a major state-owned enterprise contributing significantly to the country's steel production capacity.

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Passage for Reading & Comprehension: The word industry comes from Latin word Industria which means diligence reflecting the highly disciplined way human energy, natural resources and technology are combined to produce goods and services in a modern economy. The rapid growth in population necessities the establishment of industries. For preparing different items of daily use factories are installed and these are established in such areas where raw material is available in abundance, climate conditions are favourable, means of transportation are good, thickly populated areas are near to it so that the finished products gets market and traders are easily accessible. Industries use a range of inputs, such as capital, technology, natural resources, labour and management, to produce goods and services. In order to manufacture products, money is needed to purchase buildings, equipment and machinery and pay to workers. This money is called finance capital. Buildings, machinery and other equipment are referred to as physical capital.

1. The similar meaning of the word 'reflect' is?

Mirror means آئینہ

Reflect means عکس ڈالنا

2. The similar meaning of the word 'resource' is?

Property means جائیداد

Resource means وسائل

3. The similar meaning of the word 'raw' is?

Crude means کچا ۔ کڑا ۔ خام

Raw means کچا ۔ کڑا ۔ خام

4. The opposite meaning of the word 'trade' is?

Idleness means بیکاری

Trade means تجارت

5. The opposite meaning of the word 'manufacturer' is?

Break means توڑ

Manufacturer means بنانے والا ۔ گھڑنے والا ۔ دست کار ۔ کاریگر

6. The word industry comes from Latin word Industria which means ______?

Diligence

7. Industry directs human energy, natural resources and technology to produce goods and services in a modern ______?

Economy

8. Industries were developed to meet the demands of the rapid growth of _____?

Population

9. Money is needed to purchase buildings, equipment and machinery and pay to workers and this money is called _____?

Finance Capital

10. Buildings, machinery and other equipment are referred to as _______?

Physical Capital

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Faisalabad is called Manchester of Pakistan

Because it's the biggest textile city in Pakistan

It is formerly known as Lyallpur

It is the third-largest city in Pakistan

It is the second largest city in the Province of Punjab.

It is famous for its textile mills

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Wazirabad is a city in Punjab, Pakistan

Famous for its cutlery products,

it is known as the city of cutlery

Division: Gujrat

Municipal status: 1867

No. of Union Councils: 12

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The approximate number of sugar mills in Pakistan, as per PSMA (Pakistan Sugar Mills Association) is around 90,

with 45 mills in Punjab and 45 in Sindh.

Other sources mention 87 or 81 sugar mills operating in Pakistan. 

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The 1950s saw the birth of the computer industry with two companies, Sperry and IBM, dominating the marketplace.

Sperry: 1955

IBM: 1952

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Abound with is a phrase.

Abound with means to be filled with.

Abound with means بکثرت ہونا