Indian Industries & Trade Section 5 Practice Questions Answers Test With Solutions & More Shortcuts

Answer: (b)

Answer: (d)

The Chhota Nagpur Plateau is a plateau in eastern India, which covers much of Jharkhand state as well as adjacent parts of Orissa, West Bengal, Bihar and Chhattisgarh.

Chhota Nagpur plateau is a storehouse of minerals like mica, bauxite, copper, limestone, iron ore and coal. The Damodar valley is rich in coal and it is considered the prime centre of coking coal in the country. Massive coal deposits are found in the central basin spreading over 2,883 km².

The important coalfields in the basin are Jharia, Raniganj, West Bokaro, East Bokaro, Ramgarh, South Karanpura and North Karanpura.

Answer: (b)

Answer: (a)

Answer: (c)

Aluminium: Alwaye (Kerala), Asansol (West Bengal), Renukoot (U.P.), Belur (Karnataka), Hiradud (Orissa).

Petrochemical :Indian Refineries Ltd (Barauni) Bihar Noohamati (Assam), Koyali oil Refinery, Koyali (Gujrat), Cochin oil Refinery Kochi (Kerala).

Cotton Textiles :Ahmedabad (Gujarat) Bangalore, Mumbai, Kolkata, Coimbatore (Tamilnadu), Kanpur (UP), Ludhiana and Amritsar (Punjab), Indore (MP).

Heavy Electricals: Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd Ranipur Hardwar (Uttrakhand), Jagdishpur (U.P.), Heavy Electricals India Ltd (Bhopal)