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7 questions

#	Question	Year	UPSC Syllabus	Marks	GS Paper
2020
1	Account for the present location of iron and steel industries away from the source of raw material, by giving examples. (वर्तमान में लोह एवं इस्पात उद्योगों की कच्चे माल के स्त्रोत से दूर स्तिथि का उदाहरणों सहित कारन बताइए l)	2020	GS1-13.Factors responsible for the location of primary, secondary, and tertiary sector industries in various parts of the world (including India).	15.0	GS1
2019
2	Can the strategy of regional-resource based manufacturing help in promoting employment in India? (क्या प्रादेशिक संसाधन-आधारित विनिर्माण की रणनीति भारत में रोज़गार की प्रोन्नति करने में सहायक हो सकती है ?) (10m,150 words)	2019	GS1-13.Factors responsible for the location of primary, secondary, and tertiary sector industries in various parts of the world (including India).	10.0	GS1
2018
3	What is the significance of Industrial Corridors in India Identifying industrial corridors, explain their main characteristics.	2018	GS1-13.Factors responsible for the location of primary, secondary, and tertiary sector industries in various parts of the world (including India).	15.0	GS1
2017
4	Petroleum refineries are not necessarily located nearer to crude oil producing areas, particularly in many of the developing countries. Explain its implications.	2017	GS1-13.Factors responsible for the location of primary, secondary, and tertiary sector industries in various parts of the world (including India).	15.0	GS1
2014
5	Account for the change in the spatial pattern of the Iron and Steel industry in the world.	2014	GS1-13.Factors responsible for the location of primary, secondary, and tertiary sector industries in various parts of the world (including India).	10.0	GS1
2013
6	Do you agree that there is a growing trend of opening new sugar mills in the Southern states of India? Discuss with justification	2013	GS1-13.Factors responsible for the location of primary, secondary, and tertiary sector industries in various parts of the world (including India).	5.0	GS1
7	Analyze the factors for highly decentralized cotton textile industry in India	2013	GS1-13.Factors responsible for the location of primary, secondary, and tertiary sector industries in various parts of the world (including India).	5.0	GS1