Tag: geography

Steel plant located at Jamshedpur is Tata Steel plant. It is a private sector owned company. It was founded by Jamshedji Tata in the year 1868. It is now owned by TATA sons. 

• Among the given options, steel plants and their places of locations are correctly matched except Bhadravati steel plant.
  
• Bhadravati steel plant is located in Karnataka and not in Tamil Nadu.
  

• Alwaye, Renukoot and Muri are the centres of aluminium smelters.
  

• In opaque toothpaste, hydrated silica acts as a secondary abrasive.
  
•  Mica is from the phyllosilicate mineral family — powdered white mica is used in a number of cosmetics, including toothpaste, for its sparkle.
  
•  It is also used as a mild abrasive to aid in polishing of the tooth surface.
  

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 Iron and steel is a heavy industry because all the raw materials as well as finished goods are heavy and bulky entailing heavy transportation costs. 

• Chota Nagpur plateau has maximum concentration of iron and steel industries like Jamshedpur and Bokaro producing each and every kind of steel products.
  
• This is because high grade hematite iron is found in this region. It includes places of Noamundi, Gua, Kolhan, Dharwar, Budabaru, etc. 40% of Indian iron and steel is obtained from this region.
  

• Panna is a city and a municipality in Panna district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.
  
• It is famous for its diamond mines.
  
• In fact, Panna in Madhya Pradesh has the biggest and only diamond mines in  Asia.
  

China is the largest producer. China is also the world’s largest consumer of steel.

• There are 8 aluminium smelting plants in India. Smelting is nothing but extraction of aluminium from its ore.
  
• The smelting plants are at following places: Korba, Alupuram, Renukoot, Mettur, Hirakud, Angul, Jharsuguda and Faridabad.