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Questions : With the help of which of the following countries, Thermal Power Centre at Obra was established?

(a) Japan

(b) Germany

(c) America

(d) Russia

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (d)

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Question : 1

Bhilai Steel Plant is the collaborative project of Indian government and

a) Germany

b) Britain

c) Russia

d) Poland

Answer: (c)

Question : 2

Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

a) Rourkela Steel Plant — Odisha

b) Bokaro Steel Plant — Bihar

c) Bhilai Steel Plant — Maharashtra

d) Durgapur Steel Plant — West Bengal

Answer: (c)

Bhilai Steel Plant is located in Chhattisgarh.

Bokaro Steel Plant is in Jharkhand.

Question : 3

Where was the first Cotton Mill in India established ?

a) Ahmedabad

b) Bombay (now Mumbai)

c) Surat

d) Coimbatore

Answer: (b)

The first Indian cotton mill, "The Bombay Spinning Mill", was founded in 1854 in Bombay by Cowasji Nanabhai Davar – to offset the unfavourable balance of trade with England. India was exporting raw cotton to England and importing textiles from the Lancashire mills at an escalating cost.

Question : 4

Which of the following factors is/are responsible for high concentration of jute mills in the Hugli basin?

  1. Nearness to coal fields.
  2. Convenient dry climate for spinning and weaving.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below

a) Both 1 and 2

b) Only 2

c) Only 1

d) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: (b)

India is the largest producer of jute goods in the world. The jute industry is second most important industry in India. India produces 35% of all jute in the world. Hugli basin is located in Western, due to its dry climate, if is convenient for spinning and weaving.

Question : 5

Which of the following steel plants is not managed by Indian Steel Authority Limited ?

a) Alloy Steel Plant, Durgapur

b) Vishakhapatnam Steel Plant

c) Selaam Rust resistant Steel Plant

d) Bokaro Steel Plant

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.

Question : 6

Which one among the following is not correctly matched?

a) NALCO - Bhubaneswar

b) HINDALCO - Pipari

c) BALCO - Raipur

d) HCL – Khetri

Answer: (c)

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