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Difficulty: HardIndustrial and Economic Geography of India

Match the major Industrial Regions of India in List I with their primary locational drivers and raw material bases in List II, and select the correct matching combination.

  • Mumbai-Pune Industrial RegionHydroelectric power from the Western Ghats (Bhira/Bhivpuri) and port-led access to imported capital goods
  • Chota Nagpur Industrial RegionDirect spatial coincidence of coking coal from Damodar Valley and hematite iron ore from Singhbhum
  • Coimbatore-Madurai Industrial RegionPower supply from the Pykara Hydel Project and utilization of local cotton production
  • Brahmaputra Valley Industrial RegionOnshore crude oil deposits at Naharkatiya/Digboi and proximity to tea-processing plantations

Answer

The Mumbai-Pune Industrial Region matches with hydroelectric power from the Western Ghats and port access; the Chota Nagpur Industrial Region matches with coal and hematite iron ore spatial coincidence; the Coimbatore-Madurai Industrial Region matches with Pykara Hydel Project power and cotton production; and the Brahmaputra Valley Industrial Region matches with onshore crude oil deposits and tea processing.
Each industrial region is correctly paired with its distinct locational advantage: Mumbai-Pune with Western Ghats hydel power and port facilities, Chota Nagpur with coking coal and hematite mineral proximity, Coimbatore-Madurai with Pykara hydel energy and local cotton, and Brahmaputra Valley with petroleum oilfields and tea processing.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the locational advantages for the western coastal industrial belt (Mumbai-Pune)
Identify that the region benefited early from hydroelectric installations on the Western Ghats slope and Mumbai port facilities for importing cotton textile machinery.
Heavy power requirements and access to international trade routes drove early industrial growth in Western Maharashtra.
2
Evaluate the mineral and raw material linkages of the Chota Nagpur belt
Confirm direct spatial juxtaposition of coal basins (Damodar valley) and iron ore deposits (Singhbhum belt).
Heavy metallurgical industries aggregate at raw material locations due to the weight-losing nature of iron ore and coal.
3
Examine the growth drivers for South Indian textile clusters (Coimbatore-Madurai)
Identify Pykara Hydel power development as the critical factor that turned Coimbatore into a major textile spinning hub.
Reliable hydel power compensated for the lack of local coal deposits in South India.
4
Determine the primary industrial drivers in Northeast India (Brahmaputra Valley)
Link petroleum extraction at Digboi/Naharkatiya and tea plantation factories as the regional economic pillars.
Mineral oil refining and agro-processing form the traditional industrial core of upper Assam.

Key Concept

Locational drivers and spatial distribution factors of major Indian industrial regions
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Industrial and Economic Geography of India

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