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J.N. Tata set up the first iron and steel works in India at:
AJamshedpur
BJabalpur
CJalandhar
DJunagadh
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Jamshedpur
1. Iron and steel came much later than textiles in India.
2. In 1912 J.N. Tata set up the first iron and steel works at Jamshedpur.
3. Machinery and locomotives were otherwise mostly imported.
_Source: NCERT Class 10 Social Science, 'India and the Contemporary World II', Ch 4 'The Age of Industrialisation'_
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