Industry Part-II

Total Questions: 45

1. Where was the first fertilizer plant of India set up? [39th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1994]

Correct Answer: (e) Ranipet
Note:

The first fertilizer production unit was established in 1906 in Ranipet in Tamil Nadu

2. Which one among the following is not correctly matched? [U.P.S.C. (GIC) 2010]

Place	Industry
(a) Aonla	Fertilizer
(b) Nepanagar	Paper
(c) Sindri	Copper
(d) Narora	Atomic power

Correct Answer: (c)
Note:

The first fertilizer plant of India was established in Sindri (then Bihar now Jharkhand).

3. The biggest fertilizer factory of India in the cooperative sector is situated at [U.P.U.D.A./L.D.A. (Spl) (Pre) 2010]

(a) Phulpur (U.P.)
(b) Hazira (Gujarat)
(c) Haldia (West Bengal)
(d) Siwan (Bihar)

Correct Answer: (a) Phulpur (U.P.)
Note:

The biggest fertilizer factory of India in the cooperative sector is situated at Phulpur (Prayagraj, U.P.).

4. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: [U.P. Lower Sub. (Spl) (Pre) 2008]

List-I (Units)	List-II (Industry)
A. Brajraj Nagar	1. Cement
B. Kaimur	2. Fertilizer
C. Haldia	3. Petrochemical
D. Phulpur	4. Paper

Code:

	A	B	C	D
(a)	1	2	3	4
(b)	3	4	1	2
(c)	4	1	3	2
(d)	4	3	2	1

Correct Answer: (c)
Note:

The correct match of units with related Industries are as follows-

Units	Industry
Brajraj Nagar (Odisha)	Paper
Kaimur	Cement
Haldia (West Bengal)	Petrochemical
Phulpur (Uttar Pradesh)	Fertilizers

5. India's largest petrochemical factory is situated in the state of: [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2016]

(a) Gujarat
(b) West Bengal
(c) Assam
(d) Tamil Nadu

Correct Answer: (a) Gujarat
Note:

The largest petrochemical factory is located in the state of Gujarat in India.

6. Where is located the largest centre of petrochemical production? [U.P.U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2013]

(a) Jamnagar
(b) Ankleshwar
(c) Nunmati
(d) Trombay

Correct Answer: (a) Jamnagar
Note:

The largest petrochemical factory is located in Jamnagar in Gujarat.

7. Steel Authority of India was established in the year: [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2006]

Correct Answer: (e) 1973
Note:

During the second five-year plan, three new integrated steel plants were established with foreign collaboration. These were Rourkela (Odisha), Bhilai (Chhattisgarh) and Durgapur (West Bengal). These public sector undertakings were under the control of Hindustan Steel Limited. Steel Authority of India Limited was established in 1973 for the management of these plants.

8. Steel Authority of India was established in the year: [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2009]

Place	State
(a) Amlai	Chhattisgarh
(b) Ballarpur	Maharashtra
(c) Brajrajnagar	Odisha
(d) Rajahmundry	Andhra Pradesh

Correct Answer: (a)
Note:

The correct match of paper industry centres and their states are as follows:

Place	State
Amlai	Madhya Pradesh
Ballarpur	Maharashtra
Brajrajnagar	Odisha
Rajahmundry	Andhra Pradesh

9. The state having the maximum number of paper mills is [UP.P.C.S. (Spl) (Mains) 2008]

(a) Karnataka
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) West Bengal

Correct Answer: (c) Uttar Pradesh
Note:

In the given options, Uttar Pradesh has the maximum number of paper mills. While Gujarat has the maximum number of paper mills in India.

10. At which of the following places the newsprint paper industry is located? [67th B.P.S.C. (Pre) (Re. Exam) 2022]

Correct Answer: (c) Nepanagar
Note:

Nepanagar is an industrial town located in Burhanpur district of Madhya Pradesh state, which is famous for newsprint industry.

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