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Questions : The largest number of cotton textile mills is in—

(a) Tamil Nadu

(b) Gujarat

(c) Maharashtra

(d) Karnataka

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (a)

Tamil Nadu has the largest number of textile mills (215) and accounts for about 5 per cent of the looms and 25 per cent of the spindles of the country. The state is the largest producer of mill made cotton yarns (44.46%) in the country. Besides it is the third largest producer of mill-made cotton cloths (6.69%) in India.

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Read more industries trade in india Based Indian Geography Questions and Answers

Question : 1

The Place where Central Dryland Research Institute exists is

a) Jhansi

b) New Delhi

c) Bangalore

d) Hyderabad

Answer: (d)

Question : 2

Local supply of coal is not available to

a) HSL, Durgapur

b) VSL, Bhadravati

c) TISCO, Jamshedpur

d) HSL, Bhilai

Answer: (b)

Question : 3

Korba in Chhattisgarh has importance for

a) Mica

b) Copper

c) Aluminium industry

d) Steel

Answer: (c)

Question : 4

India is the largest world producer of

a) Wheat

b) Milk

c) Cotton

d) Rice

Answer: (b)

With total milk production in India in reaching beyond 127.9 million tonnes, India is the largest milk producing country in the world.

Question : 5

The iron and steel industries at Bhilai, Durgapur and Rourkela were set up during the

a) III Five Year Plan

b) I Five Year Plan

c) II Five Year Plan

d) IV Five Year Plan

Answer: (b)

The second five-year plan focused on industry, especially heavy industry. Unlike the First plan, which focused mainly on agriculture, domestic production of industrial products was encouraged in the Second plan, particularly in the development of the public sector. Hydroelectric power projects and five steel mills at Bhilai, Durgapur, and Rourkela were established.

Question : 6

At Sindri in Jharkhand, the fertilizer produced is

a) Calcium Super Phosphate

b) Ammonium Phosphate

c) Urea

d) Ammonium Sulphate

Answer: (c)

The Sindri factory was a Urea factory. It was the first in India to produce Ammonium Sulphate (1951), Urea (1959), and Ammonium Nitrate-Sulphate, commonly called the Double salt (1959). The Board of Industrial and Financial Restructuring (BIFR), in August 2012, approved the revival proposal of the closed fertilizer factory.

A 5 million tonne integrated steel plant together with one 1.14 million tonnes Gas-based Urea fertilizer Plant and 500 MW Power Plant is being contemplated.

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