Uttar Pradesh GK Economy Questions and Answers

Q1:  In which year was the Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Corporation (UPSIDC) established?
Answer: 1961

Q2:  Kanpur earned the nickname 'Manchester of the East' primarily due to its historical prominence in which industry?
Answer: Cotton textile industry

Q3:  NOIDA (New Okhla Industrial Development Authority), a major industrial hub of Uttar Pradesh, was established under which act?
Answer: UP Industrial Area Development Act, 1976

Q4:  Moradabad is popularly known as 'Peetal Nagri' (Brass City) because of its large-scale manufacturing and export of which product?
Answer: Brass handicrafts

Q5:  The Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Authority (UPSIDA), the state's nodal agency for industrial infrastructure, is headquartered in which city?
Answer: Kanpur

Q6:  Aligarh, a major industrial city of Uttar Pradesh, is popularly known as the 'Lock City of India' because of its dominance in which industry?
Answer: Lock manufacturing industry

Q7:  Which Uttar Pradesh city is widely referred to as the 'Leather City of India' owing to its long-standing leather goods and footwear manufacturing base?
Answer: Kanpur

Q8:  Which Uttar Pradesh city is a major manufacturing hub for sports goods, contributing significantly to India's sports equipment industry?
Answer: Meerut

Q9:  Bhadohi, known as the 'Carpet City of India', is home to which export-oriented industry that engages millions of rural artisans?
Answer: Hand-knotted carpet weaving

Q10:  Firozabad, known as the 'Glass City of India', is the world's largest producer of which glass product?
Answer: Glass bangles

Q11:  In which year was the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) established under the UP Industrial Area Development Act, 1976?
Answer: 1991

Q12:  The Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Corporation (UPSIDC) was incorporated as a public sector undertaking under which legislation?
Answer: Companies Act, 1956

Q13:  In which year was the traditional wood carving craft of Saharanpur, a major export industry of Uttar Pradesh, awarded the Geographical Indication (GI) tag?
Answer: 2014

Q14:  Khurja, a town in Uttar Pradesh known as the 'Ceramic City of India', is famous for producing which craft item?
Answer: Glazed pottery

Q15:  Varanasi is a major economic and export hub of Uttar Pradesh, historically renowned for the weaving of which product?
Answer: Banarasi silk sarees

Q16:  Kannauj, popularly known as the 'Perfume City of India', has been a historic centre for producing which traditional product?
Answer: Attar (natural perfume)

Q17:  In which year was the Yamuna Expressway, connecting Greater Noida to Agra, formally inaugurated for public use?
Answer: 2012

Q18:  The 340-km long Purvanchal Expressway, a major infrastructure investment linking Lucknow with Ghazipur, was inaugurated in which year?
Answer: 2021

Q19:  In which year was the Bundelkhand Expressway, developed to boost industrial investment in the economically backward Bundelkhand region, opened to the public?
Answer: 2022

Q20:  UPEIDA, the nodal state agency responsible for developing Uttar Pradesh's expressway network to drive industrial and economic growth, stands for which of the following?
Answer: Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority

Q21:  The Agra-Lucknow Expressway, one of Uttar Pradesh's key industrial connectivity corridors, has a total length of approximately how many kilometres?
Answer: 302 km

Q22:  Lucknow's Chikankari embroidery, a significant export-generating handicraft industry, received its Geographical Indication (GI) tag in which year?
Answer: 2008

Q23:  Elgin Mills, Kanpur's first major cotton textile mill that laid the foundation of the city's industrial economy, was established in which year?
Answer: 1862

Q24:  The British India Corporation (BIC), which came to control most of Kanpur's major textile and leather mills, was formed in which year by merging six large companies during the post-WWI economic depression?
Answer: 1920

Q25:  The first-ever UP Investors Summit, aimed at attracting industrial investment into the state, was held in Lucknow in which year?
Answer: 2018

Q26:  Nizamabad (Azamgarh district), a significant contributor to the local rural economy, received a Geographical Indication (GI) tag in December 2015 for which craft product?
Answer: Black pottery

Q27:  In which year did Mainpuri's Tarkashi craft, involving intricate metal wire inlay work on Sheesham wood, receive its Geographical Indication (GI) tag, boosting the district's craft-export economy?
Answer: 2023

Q28:  'Gaura Patthar Hastashilp', a GI-tagged stone craft industry made from a soft, radiant white stone scientifically known as 'Pyro Flight Stone', belongs to which Uttar Pradesh district?
Answer: Mahoba

Q29:  Hathras is an important trading and processing hub for which GI-tagged pungent spice product, widely used in Indian cuisine?
Answer: Asafoetida (Hing)

Q30:  Kalpi, in Jalaun district, has a GI-tagged cottage industry producing which eco-friendly product from natural fibers?
Answer: Handmade paper

Q31:  Nagina, a town in Bijnor district, has built a GI-tagged cottage industry economy primarily around which craft?
Answer: Wood carving and furniture

Q32:  Sambhal town's GI-tagged cottage industry, officially known as 'Sambhal Horn Craft', crafts ornaments and utility products using raw material sourced from deceased animals. What is this raw material?
Answer: Animal horns

Q33:  Amroha's traditional GI-tagged cottage industry is centered on the manufacturing of which musical instrument, widely used in Indian folk music?
Answer: Dholak

Q34:  Baghpat's GI-tagged textile and handicraft industry primarily produces which category of goods?
Answer: Home furnishings like bedcovers and cushions

Q35:  Barabanki's GI-tagged handloom industry, which involves around 50,000 weavers and 20,000 looms in the district and adjoining areas, is officially registered under which broad product category?
Answer: Barabanki Handloom Product

Q36:  Meerut's more than 300-year-old traditional manufacturing craft, which received a GI tag in 2015, is centered on which product?
Answer: Scissors

Q37:  Varanasi's Wooden Toys and Lacquer Ware, a craft that evolved from an earlier ivory-carving tradition after ivory use was banned, received its Geographical Indication (GI) certificate in which year?
Answer: 2015

Q38:  Ghazipur district's GI-tagged handicraft industry is known for producing which decorative item?
Answer: Wall hangings

Q39:  Chunar, in Mirzapur district, has a GI-tagged natural product industry based on the quarrying and processing of which material?
Answer: Sandstone (Balua Patthar)

Q40:  Gorakhpur's centuries-old craft, practised mainly by the 'Prajapati' community and made from special pond clay found in villages like Padri Bazar, received a GI tag in April 2020 for which handicraft?
Answer: Terracotta

Q41:  Agra's GI-tagged handicraft industry, separate from its famous leather sector, is known for handweaving which floor-covering product?
Answer: Cotton durries

Q42:  Farrukhabad's GI-tagged textile industry is traditionally known for which craft technique on fabric?
Answer: Hand block printing

Q43:  Apart from Chikankari, Lucknow's economy also benefits from another GI-tagged embroidery craft using metallic threads, known as which of the following?
Answer: Zardozi

Q44:  Kanpur's GI-tagged 'Kanpur Saddlery' craft industry, connected to its historic leather sector, specializes in manufacturing which product?
Answer: Saddles and horse harness equipment

Q45:  The 'Banaras Gulabi Meenakari Craft', a GI-tagged industry of Varanasi traditionally used in jewelry making, refers to which technique?
Answer: Pink enamel work

Q46:  Mirzapur, a district with a strong weaving-based economy, has a GI-tagged industry producing 'Mirzapur Handmade Dari', a flat-woven floor covering made mainly using which type of yarn?
Answer: Woolen yarn

Q47:  The GI-tagged 'Banaras Metal Repousse Craft' industry of Varanasi involves creating raised relief designs using which technique?
Answer: Hammering metal from the reverse side

Q48:  Varanasi's GI-tagged glass craft industry, distinct from Firozabad's glass sector, specializes in producing which decorative product?
Answer: Glass beads

Q49:  The GI-tagged 'Varanasi Soft Stone Jali Work' industry involves skilled artisans creating intricate lattice patterns by carving which material?
Answer: Soft stone

Q50:  'Banaras Brocades and Sarees', one of the most well-known and earliest GI-tagged textile products of Uttar Pradesh, is closely associated with the historic silk-weaving economy of which city?
Answer: Varanasi