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India's first iron and steel factory, the Tata Iron and Steel Company (TISCO), was set up in 1907 at:
AMumbai
BRourkela
CBhilai
DJamshedpur
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Jamshedpur
1. NCERT covers TISCO's founding.
2. Jamshedpur Jamshedji Tata's company set up the first integrated steel plant at Sakchi (renamed Jamshedpur) in 1907.
3. Bhilai and Rourkela are post-Independence public-sector steel plants.
_Source: NCERT Class 10 History India and the Contemporary World - II, Ch 4 "The Age of Industrialisation", §Indian Industry ¶3_
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