AI-generated practice question — model-generated for extra practice, not a previous-year CBSE board question.
Sugar is a weight-losing industry because its raw material, sugarcane, is bulky and loses sucrose content during transportation. Processing it near the source prevents this loss. Since the raw material becomes lighter after processing, it is cheaper to transport the finished sugar to markets than to transport heavy sugarcane to distant mills.
Source: Sugar Industry, Chapter 6
The key concept examiners look for is the definition of weight-losing industry linked directly to sugarcane's bulky nature and loss of sucrose. You must connect this to why raw material location dominates over market proximity — the raw material is costly to transport and degrades, while the finished product is easier to move. Two marks: one for defining the concept, one for the explanation/logic.