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UPSC CDS Indian Geography — practice questions — page 16

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Mumbai High was discovered in 1973. When did production begin?Read the answer and worked solution →Digboi is a field-based refinery. Which refinery is the example of a market-based one?Read the answer and worked solution →Before the Oil and Natural Gas Commission was set up in 1956, which was India's only oil producing region?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the ferrous oresRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the coal fieldsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the mineral leadersRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the fossil fuelsRead the answer and worked solution →Conventional or renewableRead the answer and worked solution →Which mineral beltRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Minerals bingoRead the answer and worked solution →A tiny workshop with one loom versus a giant car plant. On what basis are industries classed as large, medium, small and cottage?Read the answer and worked solution →Why are sugar mills built inside sugarcane growing areas?Read the answer and worked solution →Bokaro and Durgapur steel plants sit near coalfields. Bhadravati, Bhilai and Rourkela sit near what?Read the answer and worked solution →Aluminium smelters are often built next to power stations. Why?Read the answer and worked solution →Cotton textile mills sit in big cities like Mumbai and Surat rather than in cotton fields. Why?Read the answer and worked solution →Bhilai and Rourkela steel plants were set up in tribal areas. What was the reason?Read the answer and worked solution →The Tata steel plant gets water from which two rivers?Read the answer and worked solution →The Visvesvaraiya Iron and Steel Works at Bhadravati has no coal nearby. What power does it use?Read the answer and worked solution →Rourkela, Bhilai and Durgapur were set up during which Five Year Plan?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year was the Steel Authority of India Limited created to manage the public sector plants?Read the answer and worked solution →Rourkela steel plant in Odisha was built in 1959 with which country's collaboration?Read the answer and worked solution →Bhilai steel plant in Chhattisgarh was built with help from which country?Read the answer and worked solution →Durgapur steel plant started production in 1962 with collaboration from which country?Read the answer and worked solution →Bokaro steel plant was set up in 1964 on a transport-cost principle by pairing it with which plant?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is India's first port-based steel plant, operating since 1992?Read the answer and worked solution →Ancient India was famous for a very fine cotton cloth. What was it called?Read the answer and worked solution →The first modern cotton mill in India was set up in 1854 in which city?Read the answer and worked solution →After Partition, India kept 409 mills but only what share of its cotton growing area?Read the answer and worked solution →Which State has the largest number of cotton mills, most of them spinning yarn?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Mumbai High was discovered in 1973. When did production begin?

  1. 1991
  2. 1976
  3. 1956
  4. 1984
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Correct answer: B. 1976

1. Mumbai High lies 160 km off Mumbai. 2. It was discovered in 1973. 3. Production commenced in 1976. _Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 7, Mineral and Energy Resources._

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Digboi is a field-based refinery. Which refinery is the example of a market-based one?

  1. Kochi city
  2. Mathura
  3. Barauni
  4. Jamnagar
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Correct answer: C. Barauni

1. Crude oil must be refined. 2. Digboi is field-based. 3. Barauni is market-based. _Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 7, Mineral and Energy Resources._

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Before the Oil and Natural Gas Commission was set up in 1956, which was India's only oil producing region?

  1. Ankaleshwar in Gujarat
  2. Mumbai High offshore
  3. Kalol in Gujarat
  4. Digboi in Assam
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Correct answer: D. Digboi in Assam

1. ONGC was set up in 1956. 2. Till then Digboi in Assam was the only oil region. 3. Gujarat fields came later. _Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 7, Mineral and Energy Resources._

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