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Question 241. Which of the following steel plants is not managed by Indian Steel Authority Limited ?
  1.    Alloy Steel Plant, Durgapur
  2.    Vishakhapatnam Steel Plant
  3.    Selaam Rust resistant Steel Plant
  4.    Bokaro Steel Plant
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Selaam Rust resistant Steel Plant
Answer: (c)
SAIL with its corporate office in New Delhi operates and manages five integrated steel plants at Bhilai, Bokaro, Durgapur, Rourkela and Burnpur, a plant of the Indian Iron and Steel Co. Ltd. (IISCO), which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of SAIL. SAIL also has four Special and Alloy Steel and Ferro-alloys units at Durgapur, Salem, Chandrapur and Bhadravati.
The plants at Chandrapur and Bhadravati belong to the Maharashtra Elektrosmelt Limited and Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Limited respectively which are also subsidiaries of SAIL.
Question 242. Which of the following factors is/are responsible for high concentration of jute mills in the Hugli basin?
  1. Nearness to coal fields.
  2. Convenient dry climate for spinning and weaving.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below
  1.    Both 1 and 2
  2.    Only 2
  3.    Only 1
  4.    Neither 1 nor 2
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Only 2
Answer: (b)India is the largest producer of jute goods in the world. The jute industry is second most important industry in India. India produces 35% of all jute in the world. Hugli basin is located in Western, due to its dry climate, if is convenient for spinning and weaving.
Question 243. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
  1.    Rourkela Steel Plant — Odisha
  2.    Bokaro Steel Plant — Bihar
  3.    Bhilai Steel Plant — Maharashtra
  4.    Durgapur Steel Plant — West Bengal
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Bhilai Steel Plant — Maharashtra
Answer: (c)
Bhilai Steel Plant is located in Chhattisgarh.
Bokaro Steel Plant is in Jharkhand.
Question 244. Bhilai Steel Plant is the collaborative project of Indian government and
  1.    Germany
  2.    Britain
  3.    Russia
  4.    Poland
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Russia
Answer: (c)
Question 245. With the help of which of the following countries, Thermal Power Centre at Obra was established?
  1.    Japan
  2.    Germany
  3.    America
  4.    Russia
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Russia
Answer: (d)
Question 246. Where was the first Cotton Mill in India established ?
  1.    Ahmedabad
  2.    Bombay (now Mumbai)
  3.    Surat
  4.    Coimbatore
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Bombay (now Mumbai)
Answer: (b)The first Indian cotton mill, "The Bombay Spinning Mill", was founded in 1854 in Bombay by Cowasji Nanabhai Davar – to offset the unfavourable balance of trade with England. India was exporting raw cotton to England and importing textiles from the Lancashire mills at an escalating cost.
Question 247. Integral Coach Factory is located at
  1.    Jamshedpur (Jharkhand)
  2.    Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)
  3.    Chittaranjan (West Bengal)
  4.    Perambur (Tamil Nadu)
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Perambur (Tamil Nadu)
Answer: (d)Started in 1952, the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) is located in Perambur, a suburb of Chennai, India. Its primary products are rail coaches. Most of the coaches manufactured are supplied to the Indian Railways, but it has also manufactured coaches for railway companies in other countries, including Thailand, Burma, Taiwan, Zambia, Philippines, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam, Nigeria, Mozambique and Bangladesh. Recently, ICF exported coaches to Angola.
Question 248. What is Dakshin Gangotri?
  1.    Second source of river Ganga in the South of Gangotri
  2.    Indian Research Station in Antarctica
  3.    River Valley in Andhra Pradesh
  4.    Island in the Indian Ocean near Antarctica
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Indian Research Station in Antarctica
Answer: (b)
Question 249. From which sector of the following, largest quantity of cotton textile is produced in the country?
  1.    Powerloom
  2.    Handloom
  3.    Mill Sector
  4.    None of the above
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Powerloom
Answer: (a)From the Powerloom sector, largest quantity of cotton textile is produced in the country.
Question 250. The first oil refinery in India was set up at
  1.    Digboi
  2.    Vishakhapatnam
  3.    Barauni
  4.    Mumbai
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Digboi
Answer: (a)Digboi in Tinsukia district of Assam has the distinction of having the oldest oil refinery of India and Asia as well. It was here that the first commercially viable well in India, well No.1, was successfully drilled in September 1889 and first modern refinery in India was built and commissioned in December 1901 by Assam Oil Company Ltd.

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