indian industries & trade section 5 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (d)

Answer: (c)

Answer: (c)

Bhilai Steel Plant is located in Chhattisgarh.

Bokaro Steel Plant is in Jharkhand.

Answer: (c)

SAIL with its corporate office in New Delhi operates and manages five integrated steel plants at Bhilai, Bokaro, Durgapur, Rourkela and Burnpur, a plant of the Indian Iron and Steel Co. Ltd. (IISCO), which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of SAIL. SAIL also has four Special and Alloy Steel and Ferro-alloys units at Durgapur, Salem, Chandrapur and Bhadravati.

The plants at Chandrapur and Bhadravati belong to the Maharashtra Elektrosmelt Limited and Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Limited respectively which are also subsidiaries of SAIL.

Answer: (c)

Answer: (d)

November 10, 1897, was an epoch-making day in the power sector in India. A century back, on this day, the first hydel power station in India, and reportedly in Asia too, was commissioned at Sidrapong near Darjeeling town, the first power utility runs on a commercial basis for use of the general public, heralding the electrical energy era in the Indian sub-continent, and ushering in a revolutionary change in the socio-cultural and economic life of Indian society.

Quite appropriately, the Government. of India declared Sidrapong Hydel Power Station as a ‘HERITAGE POWER STATION’ of India on the eve of its centenary.