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Industries and Factories (Bihar)

📆 October 28, 2024

Total Questions: 18

1. Bihar State (before separation) had how many ‘Industrial Area Development Authorities’? [53rd to 55th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2011]

Correct Answer: (a) Six, viz., Adityapur, Bokaro, Patna, Ranchi, Darbhanga and Muzaffarpur
Solution:
  • There were six industrial area development authorities in Bihar (before bifurcation). These were Adityapur, Bokaro, Patna, Ranchi, Darbhanga and Muzaffarpur. There are 75 Industrial Area (IA)/ Industrial Estates (IE)/ Growth Centres (GC)/ Mega Industrial Parks (MIP) under 9 clusters i.e. Patna, Begusarai, Hajipur, Muzaffarpur, Motipur, Bhagalpur, Purnea, Saharsa, Darbhanga, Gaya and Bihta.

2. Which type of industries has potentials and prospects in Bihar? [B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2018]

Correct Answer: (e) None of the above/More than one of the above
Solution:
  • In Bihar, Industries based on Agriculture, Sand mining, Oil Refining, Metal works, Chemicals, Plastic, Electricity, Leather etc. has huge potentials and prospects.

3. Heavy Machine Manufacturing Plant in Bihar is situated at: [42nd B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1997]

Correct Answer: (d) Ranchi
Solution:
  • Heavy machine manufacturing plant – Heavy Engineering Corporation Limited in undivided Bihar was established in Ranchi in 1958. Heavy Engineering Corporation Limited manufactures and supplies tools, spare parts to major industries of the country.

4. The Tata Iron and Steel Plant receives iron ore from: [43rd B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1999]

Correct Answer: (e) Mayurbhanj and Singhbhum
Solution:
  • Iron ore is supplied to Tata Iron and Steel Plant from Gorumahisani mines in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha and from Noamundi mines in West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand.

5. Muri is famous for: [42nd B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1997]

Correct Answer: (b) Alumina plant
Solution:Muri is India’s first alumina refinery commissioned in 1948 by the erst while Indian aluminium company (INDAL). In 2005, it works for Hindalco industries limited. It is located on the banks of Swarnrekha River.

6. Which important industry is located at Muri? [45th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2001]

Correct Answer: (a) Aluminium Industry
Solution:Muri is India’s first alumina refinery commissioned in 1948 by the erst while Indian aluminium company (INDAL). In 2005, it works for Hindalco industries limited. It is located on the banks of Swarnrekha River.

7. In Bihar, name the scheme which aims at building up infrastructural facilities of a high standard, required for establishment of 'Export-oriented Units': [53rd to 55th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2011]

Correct Answer: (b) Export Promotion Industrial Park (EPIP)
Solution:Export Promotion Industrial Park developed by commerce and Industries Ministry of Bihar is a multi-product export processing area in Hajipur.

8. Which one of the following pairs of industry and place is not correctly matched? [66th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2020]

Correct Answer: (d) Wagon and engineering – Bhagalpur
Solution:Bharat Wagon and Engineering Limited (BWEL) is a central PSU situated at Mokama (Patna) and Muzaffarpur, Bihar. All other places and their industries in the given option are correctly matched.

9. Where was the mines of gold located in Bihar during the seventeenth century? [41st B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1996]

Correct Answer: (b) Patna
Solution:In 2012, Geological Survey of India (GSI) confirms gold ore reserves in Bihar. According to GSI, Bihar can well be the future goldmine hub with an estimated 57% reserves of the country's primary gold ore. Major districts of Bihar where gold mines are located in the 17th century A.D. was Patna.

10. The belt of Jute Industry in Bihar is located in: [41st B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1996]

(i) North-West plain of Bihar

(ii) North-East plain of Bihar

(iii) Middle-south plain of Bihar

(iv) Damodar Valley region

Select the correct answer from the following codes -

Correct Answer: (b) ii only
Solution:According to the Ministry of Textiles, Raw Jute is produced mainly in the state of West Bengal, Bihar, Assam, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Tripura, Meghalaya etc. Maximum production of jute in the Bihar comes from Purnea, Saharsa, Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur, East Champaran, Munger, and Bhagalpur districts. Jute industry is a raw material driven industry. Since this industry requires clean water and abundant cheap labour, these areas have most of this industry. The reason behind is availability of require component. In the map of Bihar, these industries are in north-east Bihar plains. Darbhanga and Samastipur are in north-east Bihar plains. Darbhanga and Samastipur are in north central Bihar plains. Thus, the closest answer is option (b).
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