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IISCO stands for ________________.

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  1. Indian Iron and Steel Corporation

  2. Indian Iron and Steel Company

  3. Indian Iron and Steel cooperative

  4. Indian Iron and Steel Limited

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

IISCO:- Indian Iron and Steel Company.
IISCO Steel Plant of Steel Authority of India Limited is an integrated steel plant located at Burnpur in Asansol, in Asansol subdivision of Paschim Bardhaman district, West Bengal, India.

When was Tata Iron and Steel company formed?

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  1. 1845

  2. 1855

  3. 1907

  4. 1948

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Before 1947, there was only one iron and steel plant in the country – Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited (TISCO). It was privately owned. After Independence, the government took the initiative and set up several iron and steel plants. TISCO was started in 1907 at Sakchi, near the confluence of the rivers Subarnarekha and Kharkai in Jharkhand.

Jamshedpur city is located at the confluence site of river _______.

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  1. Subarnarekha and Kharkai

  2. Ganges and Yamuna

  3. Kosi and Brahmaputra

  4. Damodar and Mayurakshi

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Geographically, Jamshedpur is the most conveniently situated iron and steel centre in the country. It is located near the confluence of the rivers Subarnarekha and Kharkai in Jharkhand.

The first shore-based, modern integrated steel project in India is _______.

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  1. Ernakulam

  2. Tuticorin

  3. Visakhapatnam

  4. Mangalore

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The first shore-based, modern integrated steel project in India is Visakhapatnam.
Visakhapatnam Steel Plant was separated from SAIL and RINL was made the corporate entity of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant in April 1982. Vizag Steel Plant is the only Indian shore-based, modern and integrated steel plant and is situated on 33,000 acres and is poised to expand to produce up to 20 MT in a single campus.

The Bokaro steel plant has been set up with the assistance of _______.

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  1. Former USSR

  2. UK

  3. USA

  4. Germany

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Bokaro steel plant has been set up with the assistance of former USSR. Bokaro Steel Plant (BSP) is located in the Bokaro district of Jharkhand. It is the fourth integrated public sector steel plant in India built with Soviet help. It was incorporated as a limited company in 1964. It was later merged with the state-owned Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL).

Bharat Aluminium company limited (BALCO) is situated at ___________.

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  1. Kiriburu (Jharkhand)

  2. Ratnagiri (Maharashtra)

  3. Sirpur (Andhra Pradesh)

  4. Korba (Chattisgarh)

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd. is situated at Chattisgarh.
(BALCO) is an Indian aluminium company. BALCO was incorporated in the year 1965 as a Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) and it was the Public sector until 2001, when it was taken over by Vedanta Resources, a company listed on the London Stock Exchange.

The thermal power plant of Bokaro is located in _______.

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  1. Bihar

  2. Chhattisgarh

  3. Jharkand

  4. Odisha

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Bokaro Thermal Power Station B is located at Bokaro district in Jharkhand, 44 km from the Bokaro Steel City and is about 55 km from Dhanbad city.. The nearest railway station is Bokaro Thermal. The power plant is one of the coal based power plants of DVC.

The Bhadravati Steel Plant is the only plant which is managed by a State Government. Which is that State Government?

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  1. Tamil Nadu

  2. Odisha

  3. Andhra Pradesh

  4. Karnataka

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The Bhadravati Steel Plant is the only plant at Karnataka.

How many primary integrated steel plants are there in India?

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  1. 10

  2. 15

  3. 5

  4. 20

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
  Name  Location
 Tata Iron and Steel Corporation (TISCO)  Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
 Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Plant  Bhadravati, Karnataka
 Bhilai Steel Plant  Chattisgarh
 Durgapur Steel Plant  Durgapur, West Bengal
  Bokaro Steel Plant  Jharkhand
 Chandrapur Ferro Alloy Plant  Chandrapur, Maharashtra
 IISCO Steel Plant  Asansol, West Bengal 
 Salem Steel Plant   Tamil Nadu
  Vijaynagar Steel Plant  Hospet, Bellary, Karnataka
 Hospet, Bellary, Karnataka  Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh


There are at present 10 primary integrated steel plants in India. SAIL (Steel Authority of India Limited) is the major public sector company in this sector and TISCO (Tata Iron and Steel Company) is the major private sector company in this industry.

Per capita consumption of steel in India is ____________.

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  1. 15 kg

  2. 46 kg

  3. 32 kg

  4. 110 kg

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Per capita consumption of steel is nothing but the quantity of steel utilized by a person. India is 9th among the world crude steel producers and produces 32.8 million tons of steel. India is the largest producer of sponge iron. But per capita consumption of steel is only 32 kg per annum.