Q100. Jalgaon is an important centre of which Indian industry?
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(A) Jute mills
(B) Shipbuilding
(C) Cotton textile industry
(D) Petrochemicals
Answer: (C) Cotton textile industry
Explanation: Jalgaon lies in Maharashtra’s cotton-growing zone and is associated with cotton-related trade and processing. Proximity to agricultural raw materials can encourage ginning, spinning and textile enterprises, illustrating the relationship between farming regions and manufacturing locations.
Q99. Which two industries were especially prominent in India under colonial rule?
[IB ACIO, 18 Jan 2024]
(A) Aircraft and electronics
(B) Heavy machinery and automobiles
(C) Oil refining and biotechnology
(D) Cotton and jute textiles
Answer: (D) Cotton and jute textiles
Explanation: Colonial industrial development was concentrated in a limited number of sectors, notably cotton textiles in western India and jute along the Hooghly. Heavy industrial diversification proceeded more slowly, and independence-era planning later aimed to broaden the manufacturing base.
Q98. Which is the largest agro-based industry in India?
[SSC MTS, 22 Oct 2024]
(A) Jute manufacture
(B) Cotton textiles
(C) Shipbuilding
(D) Iron and steel
Answer: (B) Cotton textiles
Explanation: Cotton textiles have traditionally been described as India’s largest agro-based industry because they depend on agricultural cotton and employ many workers. The sector includes mills, powerlooms, handlooms and garment production across several major industrial regions.
Q97. In which year was the first successful cotton textile mill established in India?
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(A) 1818
(B) 1855
(C) 1854
(D) 1907
Answer: (C) 1854
Explanation: The first successful modern cotton textile mill was established in Bombay in 1854. An earlier attempt at Fort Gloster in 1818 did not develop into a lasting enterprise. Bombay’s port, trade capital and access to cotton aided mill growth.
Q96. Rourkela Steel Plant was established with the assistance of which country?
[WBCS Mains, 18 Aug 2024]
(A) USSR
(B) United Kingdom
(C) West Germany
(D) United States
Answer: (C) West Germany
Explanation: Rourkela Steel Plant in Odisha was established with West German collaboration. The project belongs to the early public-sector steel programme and is often contrasted with Soviet-assisted Bhilai and British-assisted Durgapur steel plants.
Q95. Which Indian city is widely known as the Steel City of India?
[SSC CPO, 29 Jun 2024]
(A) Pune
(B) Surat
(C) Patna
(D) Jamshedpur
Answer: (D) Jamshedpur
Explanation: Jamshedpur is known as India’s Steel City because Tata Iron and Steel Company developed a major integrated steelworks there. The city’s industrial location was influenced by nearby iron ore, coal, water and rail connectivity.
Q94. Which is the oldest major integrated steel company in India?
[SSC CGL, 12 Sep 2024]
(A) TISCO
(B) SAIL
(C) JSW Steel
(D) RINL
Answer: (A) TISCO
Explanation: Tata Iron and Steel Company began in 1907 and developed an integrated plant at Jamshedpur. Its origins predate many post-independence public-sector steelworks and demonstrate the role of private entrepreneurship in India’s early modern heavy industry.
Q93. The Hooghly industrial region is located primarily in which state?
[SSC MTS, 14 Nov 2024]
(A) Punjab
(B) Tamil Nadu
(C) Maharashtra
(D) West Bengal
Answer: (D) West Bengal
Explanation: The Hooghly industrial region stretches along the Hooghly River near Kolkata in West Bengal. Port facilities, river transport, labour and access to raw jute fostered a concentration of jute mills, engineering works and related factories.
Q92. Where was the first jute mill set up in India?
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(A) Guwahati
(B) Rishra
(C) Jabalpur
(D) Coimbatore
Answer: (B) Rishra
Explanation: The first jute mill was established at Rishra near Kolkata in 1855. The Hooghly belt offered raw jute from eastern Bengal’s river plains, sufficient water, a workforce, transportation and ready access to export markets.
Q91. Steel Authority of India Limited belongs to which sector?
[SSC MTS, 1 Oct 2024]
(A) Public sector
(B) Cooperative sector
(C) Unorganised sector
(D) Household sector
Answer: (A) Public sector
Explanation: Steel Authority of India Limited is a public-sector enterprise that operates several major integrated steel plants. The company reflects the state’s historical leadership in capital-intensive steelmaking under post-independence industrial policies.
