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The steel plants set up during the second five year plan is ___________.

  1. Bhilai, Durgapur and Bokaro

  2. Jamshedpur, Durgapur and Bokaro

  3. Bhadravali, Bhilai and Rourkela

  4. Rourkela, Durgapur and Bhilai


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

  • Rourkela steel plant is located in Durgapur of Odisha state. It was the first integrated steel plant established when second five year plan was in action.
  • It was established with the help of German collaboration and operated by SAIL. This plant had installed capacity of one million tons in 1960s.

Which one of the following is not true regarding the Iron and Steel industry in India?

  1. India is the largest producer of sponge iron.

  2. Most of the public sector undertakings market their steel through the Steel Authority of India.

  3. Chhotanagpur Plateau region has the maximum concentration of iron and steel industries.

  4. As a leading iron and steel producing country, India does not need to import steel from other countries.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

D.  As a leading iron and steel producing country, India does not need to import steel from other countries is the false statement.

India is both an importer and exporter of iron ore. But, it is a net importer of iron ore. In 2014-15, India imported 15 million tons of iron ore. Exports out of the country is pegged at 4.5 million tons.

Which of the following group of factors is a prime group for the location of aluminium smelting plant?

  1. Capital and Market

  2. Raw material and Electricity

  3. Labour and Raw material

  4. Capital and Transport


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Smelting is nothing but extraction of aluminium from its ore. Aluminium smelting plant’s location depends on availability of raw material and good supply of electricity. 

Which one of the following steel plants is located in Chhattisgarh?

  1. Bokaro

  2. Durgapur

  3. Bhilai

  4. Rourkela


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

  • Bhilai steel plant is an integrated steel plant located in the state of Chhattisgarh. It is the first and important producer of steel rails.
  • This steel plant is established in the year 1955 with the help of USSR.

Which one of the following factors is considered as the most prominent one in industrial location in a region?

  1. Availability of raw materials

  2. Market

  3. Cheap Labour

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A.       Availability of Raw Materials.

The significance of raw materials in manufacturing industry is so fundamental that it needs no emphasizing. Indeed, the location of industrial enterprises is sometimes determined simply by location of the raw materials. Modern industry is so complex that a wide range of raw materials is necessary for its growth.

 

Small scale and large scale industries are classified on the basis of

  1. Capital investment

  2. Ownership

  3. Main role

  4. Source of raw materials


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Industries can be classified according to their size

1.       Small Scale Industries

2.       Large Scale Industries

Size refers to the

  • Amount of Capital Invested
  • Number of People Employed
  • Volume of Production

 

Small Scale Industries: Cottage or household industries are a type of small scale industry where the products are manufactured by hand, by the artisans.

·         Small scale industries use very little capital.

·         The craftsmen follow traditional methods while making their products and modern technology has no place here.

·         The capital invested by small scale industries is very small.

·         Basket weaving, Pottery, handicrafts, silk weaving, food processing and dress-making are all small-scale Industries

Large Scale Industries: Large scale industries make huge investments and use modern technology in their manufacturing process.

·         Large scale industries invest huge capitals.

·         The technology used is very superior and the large quantities of the product are manufactured. Classification of Industries

·         The labor force involved in large scale industries is also very large.

·         Automobile industry, manufacture of consumer goods like Television sets, iron and steel industries can be classified under large scale industries.

Tata Iron and Steel Industry is located at______.

  1. Durgapur

  2. Burnpur

  3. Jamshedpur

  4. Bhilai


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Tata Iron and Steel Industry was established in 1907 by Jamshedji Tata. In terms of domestic production, Tata steel is largest company in India. Main plant of Tata Steel is located in Jamshedpur and registered office  is in Mumbai.

Bhilai Steel works has been built with the foreign collaboration of  ________.

  1. British

  2. Russia

  3. German

  4. America


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Bhillai Steel Plant is India's first producer and the main producer of steel rails and also various other steel products and the sole supplier of India's longest rail tracks, established in the year 1955 with the help of Russia then USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics).

Which among the following integrated iron installation does not come under the management of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)?

  1. Jamshedpur

  2. Bhilai

  3. Durgapur

  4. Rourkela


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

All public sector undertakings market their steel through the Steel Authority of India Ltd.(SAIL). As Bhilai, Durgapur, Rourkela, and Bokaro steel plants are public sector industries so these come under the management of SAIL.

Jamshedpur steel plant is a private sector industry. It was started by Jamshedji Tata. It comes under the management of TISCO (Tata Iron and Steel Company).

The Iron and Steel Industry at which of the following places was developed with German technical collaboration?

  1. Rourkela

  2. Bhadravati

  3. Durgapur

  4. Bhilai


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP), in Rourkela, Odisha is the first integrated steel plant in the public sector in India. It was set up with West German collaboration with an installed capacity of 1 million tonnes in the 1960s. It is operated by Steel Authority of India.

On 3 February 1959, then president Rajendra Prasad inaugurated RSP's first blast furnace named 'Parvati' when the company was known as Hindustan Steel Limited (HSL). Subsequently, the RSP became a unit of the Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL).