Which of the following industry pairs is correctly grouped as heavy industries?

Question

Which of the following industry pairs is correctly grouped as heavy industries?

1. A. Sewing machines and Paint brushes
2. B. Shipbuilding and Automobile (Correct answer)
3. C. Electric bulbs and Fuse wires
4. D. Watches and Paint brushes

Correct Answer

Option B — Shipbuilding and Automobile

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is Shipbuilding and Automobile.

Key Points

• Heavy industries use bulky raw materials, require large capital investment and heavy machinery, and produce bulky output.
• Shipbuilding and automobile manufacturing satisfy all three criteria, so they are correctly paired.
• The other options list light industries — sewing machines, paint brushes, electric bulbs, fuse wires and watches all use small quantities of light materials and yield compact products.

Additional Information

• Classification of industries: by raw material (agro-based, mineral-based), by size (small, medium, large), by ownership (public, private, joint, cooperative) and by weight of materials (heavy, light).
• Basic or key industries supply raw material to others — iron and steel, cement, aluminium — while consumer industries produce goods for direct use.
• Heavy industries locate near their raw materials or ports to minimise transport of bulky inputs, which is why shipbuilding clusters on the coast: Cochin, Visakhapatnam, Mazagon (Mumbai) and Garden Reach (Kolkata).
• India's automobile hubs: Chennai (called the Detroit of India), Pune, Gurugram and Sanand.

प्रश्न (हिन्दी में)

निम्नलिखित में से कौन सा उद्योग युग्म सही रूप से भारी उद्योगों के रूप में वर्गीकृत है?

1. A. सिलाई मशीनें और पेंट ब्रश
2. B. जहाज निर्माण और ऑटोमोबाइल
3. C. बिजली के बल्ब और फ्यूज तार
4. D. घड़ियाँ और पेंट ब्रश