indian industries & trade section 7 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Answer: (a)

Punjab, Haryana and Western U.P. have derived maximum benefit from the green evolution.

Answer: (b)

Indian Thermal Power Plants are one of the highest consumers of water as compared to their global counterparts. On an average, for every 1000 Kwh power, Indian TPPs consume as much as 80 cubic meters of water. It consumes 87.87% of industrial water use in India.

Answer: (b)

Answer: (a)

The modern iron and steel industry in India owes its origin to the grand vision and perseverance of Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata. The Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited (Tata Steel) was registered in Bombay on 26th August 1907. The construction of the steel plant was then taken up in earnest with the first stake being driven in February 1908.

The credit of steel manufacturing on large scale goes to Jamshed Ji Tata, who set up Tata Iron and Steel Company (TISCO) at Sakchi (Jamshedpur- Jharkhand). This plant produced iron in 1911 and steel in 1913. In 1919, the Indian Iron and Steel Company established a steel plant, at Burnpur (Hira Pur-Kolkata).

Answer: (b)

1. Narora(Uttar Pradesh)- 2 × 220 MW
2. Kaiga(Karnataka)- 4 × 220 MW
3. Rawatbhata(Rajasthan)- 1 × 100 MWe;1 × 200 MWe; 4 × 220 MWe
4. Tarapur (Maharashtra)- 1400 MW