Select the option NOT falling under Agro-based Industries:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Woollen Textile
Agro-based industries use raw materials from fields and farms. Animal-based industries use raw materials from animals.
Option (1) Food Processing — An agro-based industry. Food crops from the farm are processed into finished products.
Option (2) Woollen Textile — Not an agro-based industry. Wool comes from animals such as sheep, so the woollen textile industry is animal based. Only cotton, jute and silk textiles are agro-based.
Option (3) Sugar Industry — An agro-based industry. Sugar is made from sugarcane, a farm crop.
Option (4) Beverages — An agro-based industry. Tea, coffee and cocoa are plantation crops.
NCERT (2026-27): “(a) Agro based Industries … Agro processing involves the processing of raw materials from the field and the farm into finished products for rural and urban markets. Major agro-processing industries are food processing, sugar, pickles, fruits juices, beverages (tea, coffee and cocoa), spices and oils fats and textiles (cotton, jute, silk), rubber, etc.” “(e) Animal based Industries … Leather for leather industry and wool for woollen textiles are obtained from animals.” |