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Question : 26 [SSC CML 2001]

Access to raw material is the main basis for the location of

a) Electronic industry

b) Aluminium industry

c) Surgarcance industry

d) Hi-tech industry

Answer: (c)

To retain the sugar content, the cane has to be processed as soon as possible after harvesting; therefore the processing plants (mills) are located near the major areas of sugar cane production. The sucrose content depletes very fast.

Question : 27 [BPSC (Pre) 2005]

Some iron and steel plants have been planned along the Western coast of India. What is the major reason for this locational shift in this industry?

a) Decline in international demand for Indian iron-ore from the Western coastal region

b) Occurrence of high grade ironore deposits in Goa and parts of Madhya Pradesh and the comparative ease of exportiong steel from here

c) Increased nuclear power generation in the Western Coastal region

d) Adoption of sponge from technology

Answer: (b)

Question : 28 [SSC CML 2001]

India leads the world in the export of

a) manganese

b) cotton

c) coffee

d) mica

Answer: (d)

India is one of the leading suppliers of mica to the world. India alone accounts for a major portion of the world`s export of block mica and mica splitting. India produces approximate 90 % of the world`s mica.

Question : 29 [SSC SO 2003]

Which among the following city of India used first electricty commercially ?

a) Mumbai

b) Chennai

c) Kolkata

d) Darjeeling

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.

Question : 30 [UP (Pre) 2002]

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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