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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.

Most of the iron and steel industrial centres are located in ___________ part of India.

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  1. Western

  2. Northern

  3. Eastern

  4. Southern

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
 NAME AREA  LOCATION
Tata Iron and Steel Corporation (TISCO) Jamshedpur, Jharkhand EAST 
 Visvesvaraya
Iron and Steel Plant   Bhadravati,
Karnataka  SOUTH
 Durgapur
Steel Plant  Durgapur,West
Bengal  EAST 
 Bokaro Steel Plant   Jharkhand  EAST 
 Chandrapur Ferro Alloy Plant  Chandrapur, Maharashtra  CENTRAL
 IISCO Steel Plant  Asansol, West Bengal  EAST 
 Salem Steel Plant Tamil Nadu  SOUTH
 Rourkela Steel Plant Odisha  EAST 
 Vijayanagar Steel Plant  Hospet, BellaryKarnataka  SOUTH
 Visakhapatnam Steel Plant Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh  EAST 

From the above table it is clear that most of the steel plants are present towards the eastern India.