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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 →Why must sugarcane be crushed within 24 hours of harvest?Read the answer and worked solution →Which State produces more than one-third of India's sugar?Read the answer and worked solution →Modern sugar industry in India dates to 1903, when a mill started in which State?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the steel plantsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the cotton centresRead the answer and worked solution →Run the collaboratorsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the agro industriesRead the answer and worked solution →Near ore or near coalRead the answer and worked solution →What decides locationRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Industry bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Raw cotton in the boll is worth little, but spun into yarn it is worth more. What do secondary activities do?Read the answer and worked solution →Each worker repeats one task to make large quantities of standard parts. What is this method called?Read the answer and worked solution →A factory where machines think and run without human aid during manufacturing shows which advanced stage?Read the answer and worked solution →Major centres of modern manufacturing cover what share of the world's land area?Read the answer and worked solution →What is described as the most important factor in locating an industry?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Bhilai and Rourkela steel plants were set up in tribal areas. What was the reason?

  1. Cheap sea transport there
  2. Nearness to New Delhi
  3. Pressure from abroad
  4. To develop backward regions
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Correct answer: D. To develop backward regions

1. India seeks balanced regional growth. 2. Bhilai and Rourkela were placed in backward tribal areas. 3. The government gives incentives for such locations. _Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 8, Manufacturing Industries._

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The Tata steel plant gets water from which two rivers?

  1. Subarnarekha and Kharkai
  2. Ganga and Yamuna
  3. Damodar and Barakar
  4. Mahanadi and Brahmani
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Correct answer: A. Subarnarekha and Kharkai

1. TISCO lies 240 km from Kolkata port. 2. The Subarnarekha and Kharkai supply its water. 3. Ore comes from Noamundi and Badam Pahar. _Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 8, Manufacturing Industries._

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The Visvesvaraiya Iron and Steel Works at Bhadravati has no coal nearby. What power does it use?

  1. Coking coal from Jharia
  2. Hydel power from Jog Falls
  3. Thermal power from Korba
  4. Nuclear power from Kaiga
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Correct answer: B. Hydel power from Jog Falls

1. The plant burnt charcoal till 1951. 2. Then electric furnaces came. 3. They run on Jog Falls hydroelectricity. _Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 8, Manufacturing Industries._

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