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HMT industries are set up at ____.

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  1. Kalamassery

  2. Hyderabad and Bengaluru

  3. Pinjore and Ajmer

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

HMT Machine Tools Limited still manufactures industrial machines and tools with a work force of around 2,500 in six manufacturing units situated at Bangalore (Mother unit), Kochi, Kalamassery, Hyderabad (2 units), Pinjore and Ajmer. These mostly serve India's defence, government and educational Institutions.

Hindustan Machine Tools has its factories at _________.

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  1. Bengaluru (Karnataka)

  2. Kalamassery (Kerala)

  3. Pinjore (Haryana)

  4. All the three places above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

HMT Machine Tools Limited still manufactures industrial machines and tools with a work force of around 2,500 in six manufacturing units situated at Bangalore (Mother unit), Kochi, Kalamassery, Hyderabad (2 units), Pinjore and Ajmer. These mostly serve India's defence, government and educational Institutions.

Where is Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) headquarter located?

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  1. Mumbai

  2. Kolkata

  3. Bengaluru

  4. Chennai

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is an Indian state-owned aerospace and defence company headquartered in Bangalore, India. It is governed under the management of the Indian Ministry of Defence.

Railway passenger coaches are manufactured at ________.

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  1. Varanasi

  2. Chittaranjan

  3. Perambur

  4. Kolkata

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Perambur.
Explanation: The Integral Coach Factory at Perambur has become a leading rail coach manufacturing factory in the world. Chittaranjan Loco Works now produce diesel engines. Diesel engines are also being assembled at varanasi and Jamshedpur (Tata Elecrtic company of TELCO), BEML also manufactures railway wagons.

Passenger and merchant ships are built at ______.

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  1. Mazagaon Docks

  2. Hindustan Shipyard at Visakhapatnam

  3. No place; the Indian docks only make navy ships

  4. Goa shipyard

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Passenger and merchant ships are built at Hindustan Shipyard at Visakhapatnam.

Hindustan Shipyard Ltd., strategically located on the East Coast of the Indian peninsula, at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, is the nation’s premier shipbuilding organization catering to the needs of shipbuilding, ship repairs, submarine construction and refits as well as design and construction of sophisticated state-of-the-art offshore and onshore structures. Direct sea access, excellent infrastructure, skilled work force, rich expertise garnered over the years in building 187 vessels and repairing 1968 vessels of various types enable HSL to offer competent services for the defence and maritime sectors.

ICF (Integral Coach Factory) is located in ________.

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  1. Alwaye

  2. Coimbatore

  3. Chennai

  4. Bhadravati

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Chennai.
Integral Coach Factory (ICF) is a manufacturer of rail coaches located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It was established in 1952, is owned and operated by the Indian Railways.

Which is the  largest shipyard in India?

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  1. Kolkata

  2. Kochi

  3. Mumbai

  4. Visakhapatnam

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Cochin Shipyard Limited (Kochi).
Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) is the largest shipbuilding and maintenance facility in India. It is part of a line of maritime-related facilities in the port-city of Kochi, in the state of Kerala, India. Of the services provided by the shipyard are building platform supply vessels and double-hulled oil tankers.

How many public sector shipping companies are there in India?

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  1. 5

  2. 4

  3. 1

  4. 6

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

  • There is only one public sector shipping company. It is Shipping Corporation of India with its headquarters in Mumbai. It manages and operates vessels.
  • SCI was established on 2 October 1961. SCI was also awarded the prestigious "Navratna" status by Indian Government in 2008.

When and where the first automobile industry was started in India?

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  1. 1948, Uttarpara (Kolkata)

  2. 1949, Kurla (Mumbai)

  3. 1950, Bangaluru

  4. 1951, Chennai

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

It was towards the end of the war that the importance of establishing an indigenous automobile industry in India was realized when Premier Automobiles Ltd. (PAL) and Hindustan Motors (HM) set up factories in the mid-40s for progressive manufacture rather than assembly from imported components. HM was established in 1942 for the manufacture of certain auto components, but it was only in 1949 that the company actually began making cars. PAL was founded in 1944 by Seth Walchand Hirachand, a visionary and industrialist of pre-independent India, and as early as 1946 assembly of the Dodge DeSoto and Plymouth cars at PAL's Kurla (Mumbai) Plant commenced.

Where is Avadi Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF) located?

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  1. Kanpur

  2. Chittaranjan

  3. Perambur

  4. Chennai

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The Avadi Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF), located near Chennai in Tamil Nadu, is India's only manufacturer of heavy battlefield equipment. Avadi in Thiruvallur District is well known for Defence establishments like Heavy Vehicles factory and the Combat Vehicle Research Development and Establishment.