Q20. Jute is normally classified as which seasonal crop?
[West Bengal Police Mains, 30 Jun 2019]
(A) Rabi
(B) Zaid only
(C) Winter fruit
(D) Kharif
Answer: (D) Kharif
Explanation: Jute is grown primarily during the rainy kharif season, when warm temperatures and abundant moisture support plant growth. The harvested stems undergo retting to separate fibres used by India’s jute textile industry.
Q19. Which Karnataka town is an important iron and steel manufacturing centre?
[RPF Sub-Inspector, 6 Jan 2019]
(A) Alappuzha
(B) Ajmer
(C) Bhadravati
(D) Darjeeling
Answer: (C) Bhadravati
Explanation: Bhadravati in Karnataka is home to the historic Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Plant. The location is associated with the Bhadra River and southern India’s mineral and power resources, contrasting with eastern India’s larger steel belt.
Q18. Which region has a high concentration of iron and steel factories in India?
[RPF Sub-Inspector, 11 Jan 2019]
(A) Western Ghats coastal strip
(B) Chhota Nagpur Plateau
(C) Thar Desert
(D) Andaman Islands
Answer: (B) Chhota Nagpur Plateau
Explanation: The Chhota Nagpur Plateau and adjoining eastern mineral belt have concentrations of iron ore, coal, water and transport facilities. These features encouraged integrated steel production at places including Jamshedpur, Bokaro and Rourkela.
Q17. Which among the following was established as a private-sector steel plant?
[RPF Constable, 16 Feb 2019]
(A) Tata Iron and Steel Company
(B) Bhilai Steel Plant
(C) Durgapur Steel Plant
(D) Rourkela Steel Plant
Answer: (A) Tata Iron and Steel Company
Explanation: Tata Iron and Steel Company developed Jamshedpur as an important private industrial enterprise. Bhilai, Durgapur and Rourkela were established as major government-sector projects in the decades after independence, giving India a mixed ownership pattern in steelmaking.
Q16. Bhilai Steel Plant was established with the assistance of which country?
[HTET TGT, 2018]
(A) Germany
(B) United Kingdom
(C) Soviet Union
(D) Japan
Answer: (C) Soviet Union
Explanation: Bhilai Steel Plant in Chhattisgarh received Soviet assistance. The project was part of the early public-sector heavy industrial programme and supported the development of rail products and other steels for national infrastructure.
Q15. Which industry uses bauxite as its principal raw material?
[CGPSC Civil Service, 2018]
(A) Aluminium
(B) Cement
(C) Fertiliser
(D) Ferromanganese
Answer: (A) Aluminium
Explanation: Bauxite is the main ore from which aluminium is extracted. Its processing requires substantial electricity, and aluminium production therefore depends on ore access, energy supplies, water, investment and transport facilities.
Q14. Durgapur Steel Plant was established with the collaboration of which country?
[REET, 2017]
(A) Germany
(B) United Kingdom
(C) Soviet Union
(D) Japan
Answer: (B) United Kingdom
Explanation: Durgapur Steel Plant in West Bengal was established with British technical collaboration. The site was part of India’s post-independence integrated steel programme and benefits from the industrial transport and coal resources of the Damodar Valley.
Q13. Bokaro Steel Plant was established with the collaboration of which country?
[JPSC Civil Services, 2016]
(A) France
(B) United Kingdom
(C) Germany
(D) Soviet Union
Answer: (D) Soviet Union
Explanation: Bokaro Steel Plant in Jharkhand was developed with Soviet assistance to expand India’s integrated steelmaking capacity. Its location within the coal-rich eastern industrial belt illustrates the connection between mineral resources and heavy-industry investment.
Q12. Tata Iron and Steel Company is situated in which city?
[UP Police Computer Operator, 19 May 2016]
(A) Durgapur
(B) Jamshedpur
(C) Bhilai
(D) Rourkela
Answer: (B) Jamshedpur
Explanation: Tata Steel operates its historic integrated steelworks at Jamshedpur in Jharkhand. The industrial city developed near coalfields and iron ore supplies and remains a major illustration of resource-oriented heavy manufacturing in India.
Q11. Which is not one of the three early Hindustan Steel Limited plants at Bhilai, Rourkela and Durgapur?
[Rajasthan Police Sub-Inspector, 2016]
(A) Bhilai
(B) Rourkela
(C) Kulti
(D) Durgapur
Answer: (C) Kulti
Explanation: Kulti was an older iron and steel centre associated with pre-independence industrial development. Bhilai, Rourkela and Durgapur were developed as major post-independence integrated plants under the public-sector steel expansion programme.
