Question

Which one of the following towns is famous for glass bangles all over India??
A. Sirampur
B. Naini
C. Mumbai
D. Firozabad

Answer 1

Hint: This town is a small industrial town, which is located nearly 200km from India’s capital, New Delhi. This city is very famous for its glass industry, particularly its famed bangles.

Complete answer: Firozabad, which is located near Agra in the state of Uttar Pradesh, is famous for glass bangles all over the country. This town shows very little sign of modern industrialisation as the people there use traditional and indegenious methods for bangle production. Bangle making is a small scale household business in the town. Firozabad has been producing glass bangles for more than 200 years now and is the biggest manufacturer of glass bangles of India as well as of the world. The bangle market in the town’s Gali Bohran presents rows of colourful and glittering, beautifully hand-crafted glass bangles. Amidst this success, child labour and over-exploitation of man-power is a sad reality as most of the businesses are run informally by families or local individuals. Also children are seen working barefeet over the glass littered floors, some with scarred eyes and burnt marks, which generally happen because of working in extremely heated tank furnaces. People, especially children, working in these glass factories suffer from diseases like mental retardation, asthma, bronchitis, eye problems, liver ailments, skin burns, chronic anemia and tuberculosis.

Thus, it can be concluded that option, D, Firozabad, is the correct answer.

Note: The glass and glass bangles industry have attracted many tourists from around India as well as from around the world. The basic economy of the town stands upon the glass making business.