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The first modern iron and steel factory was started at __________.

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  1. Burnpur

  2. Kulti

  3. Jamshedpur

  4. Bhilai

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
The first modern iron and steel factory was started at Kulti.
Bengal Iron Works.Tata Iron and Steel Company
Modern steel making in India began with the setting of first blast furnace of India at Kulti-Burnpur in 1870 and production began in 1874, which was set up by Bengal Iron Works.Tata Iron and Steel Company (TISCO) was established by Dorabji Tata in 1907, as part of his father's conglomerate.

In $1919$,  a steel plant was set up at _______.

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  1. Bhadravathi

  2. Burnpur

  3. Rourkela

  4. Jamshedpur

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Established as an industrial enterprise in 1918, the steel plant called Indian Iron and Steel Company (IISCO) produced iron from an open-top blast furnace at Hirapur (later to be called Burnpur) in West Bengal for the first time in 1922. This full-fledged integrated steel plant is one of India’s oldest. The plant manufactures a range of products, over some of which it holds exclusive market dominance. Iron and steel produced by it has been acknowledged as being of the finest quality. 

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.