SSC
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hooghly River provides for inexpensive water transport and also for washing jute and jute related goods. There is good network of railways, roadways and waterways to facilitate movements of raw materials and labour to the mills. There is an abundant water supply for processing raw jute.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Hooghly basin is the main centre for the jute textile industry because of the following reasons. 1. The Hooghly basin alone cultivates more than 50 per cent jute in the country. Adjoining regions of West Bengal Bihar and Orissa are also important producers of jute.
Detailed explanation-3: -West Bengal is the largest producer of jute in India. India is the largest producer of jute in the world. Approximately 60 percent of the total world produce of jute is cultivated in India with an annual estimated production of 11494 thousand bales of jute.