Ahmedabad has the highest number of cotton mills in India after Mumbai. It has 73 cotton mills. There are favorable conditions for cotton mills in  Ahmedabad. Ahmedabad lies near the main cotton belt of India which provides raw materials, the climate is humid and is suited for this industry, cheap and skilled labour, good network of railways and roadways, etc., help Ahmedabad to see the growth of cotton mills.

India has the largest cattle inventory in the world. India is followed by Brazil and China. Roughly 63% of the world's cattle are in India, Brazil & China.

Sindri is an industrial township within the Dhanbad municipal limits of the Dhanbad District of Jharkhand state. Sindri was well known because of a large Fertilizer factory (Fertilizer Corporation of India Limited - FCI, closed in 2002) conceived here in the early industrialized India.

• A fertilizer is a natural or synthetic material that is supplied to plant or soil to provide one or more essential nutrients to plant.
  
• Nitrogen is an essential nutrient for plant growth, development and reproduction. Despite nitrogen being the abundant element on earth, its deficiency is seen in plants. To avoid this nutrient deficiency nitrogen fertilizers are added to the soil.
  
• It is fertilizer that is consumed most in India.
  

There are over 460 sugar mills in the country spread over Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat along with Punjab, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh. Sixty per cent mills are in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

Bhadravati is located in Shimoga district of Karnataka. It is known for the steel plant located there. It is owned by public sector organised company called SAIL. Name of the company located in Bhadravati is the Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Plant factory which was started by Sir M. Visvesvarayya.

• The first cotton mill was established in the year 1854 in Bombay. Cotton industry flourished in Mumbai for several years. But now it’s declined and cotton industry is being concentrated around other places like Gujarat-Vadodara industrial regions.
  
• The main reason for the decline of cotton industry in Mumbai is extreme congestion in Bombay and lack of space.
  
• Moreover, Mumbai has a disadvantage of paying double freight charges, one is by bringing raw material from peninsular hinterland to Mumbai and the other is dispatching the finished products to inland consuming points in India.
  

In 2005, National Jute Policy was formulated with the objective of increasing productivity, improving quality, ensuring good prices to the jute farmers and enhancing the yield per hectare. The main markets are U.S.A., Canada, Russia, United Arab Republic, U.K. and Australia. The growing global concern for environment-friendly, biodegradable materials, has once again opened the opportunity for jute products. 

India is predominantly an agricultural country and 65-70 percent of the population is dependent on it for their livelihood. However, agriculture cannot support the growing population and only rapid industrialisation can solve the problem of rising unemployment. Rapid industrialisation is needed to make India self- sufficient and independent for all its needs.

The iron and steel industries are among the most important industries in India. India was the third-largest producer of raw steel in 2014-2016. But, in 2019 India became the 2nd largest steel producer in the world after China and the largest producer of sponge iron in the world.

India is fairly rich in iron ore deposits and some amount of iron is found in practically all parts of the country. India is  one of the largest iron-producing countries in the world.

A beedi is a thin, Indian cigarette filled with tobacco flake and wrapped in a tendu or possibly even Piliostigma racemosum leaf tied with a string at one end. The name is derived from the Marwari word beeda—a mixture of betel nuts, herbs, and spices wrapped in a leaf. Jabalpur is the highest beedi manufacturing city in India.

In recent years, there is a tendency for the mills to shift and concentrate in the southern and western states of India, especially in Maharashtra. This is because the cane produced in here has a higher sucrose content. The cooler climate ensures a longer crushing season. . Along with Maharashtra, the other important sugar producers of South India are Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamilnadu.

Monazite is a reddish-brown phosphate mineral containing rare earth metals. It occurs usually in small isolated crystals. 

Main imports of Iran are machinery, cereals, iron and steel, and chemicals. Main import partners are the United Arab Emirates, China, South Korea, Turkey and Germany. Whereas the USA, UK, CANADA are the importer of jute product to India.

Thus the correct answer is Iran is not the country importing Indian jute products. So the correct option is D.

The increase in egg production brought about the 'Silver Revolution' in the field of animal husbandry.

• Wet climate is required for cotton textile industry. This is because under dry conditions cotton threads will break during spinning. This halts machine and resumes after broken threads are joined which is time consuming and not suitable for mass production.
  
• Nowadays, artificial humidifiers are being used and hence cotton industry is established in any place required irrespective of climate.
  

Factors responsible for their location in the Hooghly basin are: proximity of the jute producing areas, inexpensive water transport, supported by a good network of railways and roadways to facilitate movement of raw material to the mills, abundant water for processing raw jute, cheap labour from West Bengal and adjoining states of Bihar, Orissa and Uttar Pradesh. 

Jute is also known as "Golden Fiber". The largest number of jute mills are located along the Hooghly basin. Jute crop requires ample of water which is easily available in Hooghly basin.  This area provides cheap labour for the jute industry and along with this network of waterways and roadways is available in this area.

Factors responsible for their location in the Hooghly basin are: proximity of the jute producing areas, inexpensive water transport, supported by a good network of railways and roadways to facilitate movement of raw material to the mills, abundant water for processing raw jute, cheap labour from West Bengal and adjoining states of Bihar, Orissa and Uttar Pradesh.  

India is the largest producer of raw jute and jute goods and stands at second place as an exporter after Bangladesh. There are about 70 jute mills in India.  Most of these are located in West Bengal.

This group of industries depends on the raw material produced by the agricultural sector. The products comprise mostly consumer goods. The major agro-based industries are cotton, jute and textile industries, sugar industry, edible oil, etc.

The first cement plant was set up in Chennai in 1904. After Independence the industry expanded. 

Sugar mills have to be located near the sugarcane fields because sugarcane contains sucrose and once you cut the sugarcane, the sucrose content starts to decline. Hence raw material must be quickly transported.

Cooperative sector industries are owned and operated by the producers or suppliers of raw materials, workers or both.  They pool in the resources and share the profits or losses proportionately such as the sugar industry in Maharashtra, the coir industry in Kerala.

• Hazira in Gujarat is famous for chemical and fertilizer manufacturing. This fertilizer company has been set up by KRIBHCO to manufacture urea, ammonia and bio-fertilizers. This is established on the banks of river Tapti.

This industry requires bulky and heavy raw materials like limestone, silica, alumina and gypsum. There are 128 large plants and 332 mini cement plants in the country. India produces a variety of cement. 

The factors affecting the location of industries are the availability of raw material, land, water, labour, power, capital, transport and market. Industries are situated where some or all of these factors are easily available. 

Raw jute is the major raw material for the jute industry and its processing requires large quantities of water. Most of the jute mills are located along the basin of the Hooghly river and are concentrated in a narrow belt less than 100 km in length and about 3 km wide. Some of the main centres of the jute industry are Hooghly, Titagarh, Serampur, Rishra, Bally and Shyamnagar.