Q80. Which major iron and steel plant is situated in Jharkhand?
[SSC MTS, 12 Nov 2024]
(A) Bhilai
(B) Durgapur
(C) Rourkela
(D) Bokaro
Answer: (D) Bokaro
Explanation: Bokaro Steel Plant is located in Jharkhand and was established with Soviet assistance. Its location near coalfields and within the eastern mineral belt helps explain the concentration of large iron and steel complexes in that region.
Q79. Identify the steel plant:
(1) It receives coal from Jharia and iron ore from Sundargarh and Kendujhar.
(2) Power comes from Hirakud.
(3) Water comes from the Koel and Sankh rivers.
[UPSC NDA I, 21 Apr 2024]
(A) Bhilai Steel Plant
(B) Durgapur Steel Plant
(C) Rourkela Steel Plant
(D) Bokaro Steel Plant
Answer: (C) Rourkela Steel Plant
Explanation: Rourkela is in Odisha, close to mineral-bearing areas and transport routes. Bhilai is in Chhattisgarh, Bokaro in Jharkhand and Durgapur in West Bengal. Distinguishing these sites is essential for identifying India’s integrated steel geography.
Q78. Serampore, Belgharia and Sodepur are important centres of which industry?
[WBCS Mains, 18 Aug 2024]
(A) Iron and steel
(B) Jute textiles
(C) Automobiles
(D) Aircraft engineering
Answer: (B) Jute textiles
Explanation: These towns are situated in the Kolkata–Hooghly industrial belt, historically associated with jute manufacturing. Availability of river water, labour, raw jute and port access made the region a major textile-processing cluster.
Q77. Which of the following was not a characteristic aim of the New Industrial Policy of 1991?
[SSC MTS, 15 Oct 2024]
(A) Liberalisation
(B) Greater competition
(C) Private participation
(D) Compulsory industrial concentration in cities
Answer: (D) Compulsory industrial concentration in cities
Explanation: The 1991 policy promoted delicensing, competition and private participation. It did not require factories to concentrate only in urban areas. The policy sought to reduce administrative barriers and let investment decisions respond more directly to markets.
Q76. Which fibre is commonly known as the golden fibre?
[FCI Assistant Grade III, 1 Jan 2023]
(A) Cotton
(B) Silk
(C) Jute
(D) Wool
Answer: (C) Jute
Explanation: Jute is called the golden fibre because of its golden-brown colour and commercial importance. It is grown mainly in the humid alluvial plains of eastern India and is processed into sacks, ropes, packaging and diversified textile products.
Q75. Which state is the largest producer of jute in India?
[Delhi Police Constable, 24 Nov 2023]
(A) Punjab
(B) Odisha
(C) Gujarat
(D) West Bengal
Answer: (D) West Bengal
Explanation: West Bengal leads jute production, drawing on the lower Ganga basin’s fertile alluvial soils and warm wet climate. The state also contains the traditional Hooghly jute industrial belt, which benefited from transport and Kolkata port facilities.
Q74. Rourkela Steel Plant was established with the collaboration of which country?
[Delhi Police Constable, 16 Nov 2023]
(A) Japan
(B) Britain
(C) Germany
(D) Russia
Answer: (C) Germany
Explanation: Rourkela in Odisha received West German technical collaboration during India’s early planned industrialisation. Comparisons among Rourkela, British-assisted Durgapur and Soviet-assisted Bhilai are important for understanding how foreign expertise supported steel infrastructure.
Q73. Gunny bags are mainly manufactured from which fibre?
[SSC GD Constable, 12 Jan 2023]
(A) Jute
(B) Nylon
(C) Silk
(D) Wool
Answer: (A) Jute
Explanation: Gunny bags are traditionally woven from jute fibres, which are relatively strong, breathable and biodegradable. Jute goods manufacturing became closely associated with the Hooghly region because of raw material availability and river-port access.
Q72. Which of the following is a kharif crop that also supplies a textile industry?
[KVS PRT, 28 Feb 2023]
(A) Wheat
(B) Gram
(C) Mustard
(D) Jute
Answer: (D) Jute
Explanation: Jute is typically grown during the warm, rainy kharif season in eastern Indian states. After harvesting and retting, fibres are processed by jute mills into packaging materials, carpets and other products, connecting agriculture with manufacturing.
Q71. What was India’s approximate world rank in sugar production around the time of this examination?
[MP Forest Guard, 28 May 2023]
(A) First
(B) Second
(C) Fifth
(D) Tenth
Answer: (B) Second
Explanation: India has long been among the world’s biggest sugar producers and was ranked second in the referenced examination context. Sugar mills are strongly linked to sugarcane-growing belts, especially in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka.
