The second largest producer of cotton textiles in India is
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Gujarat
Solution: (d)
Mumbai-Maharashtra is the most important cotton manufacturing centre in India. Gujarat is the second largest producer of cotton textile in India and Ahmedabad is the largest centre. The other important cotton textile centres of Gujarat are Vadodara, Surat and Porbandar, etc.
The main competitor for the Indian jute industry is
(a) China
(b) Nepal
(c) Bangladesh
(d) Japan
Solution: (c)
India, China, and Bangladesh are the three major producers in the cultivation or production of jute fiber. India has taken advantage of recent improvements in the cultivation of jute to become the largest producer or cultivator of jute in the world. Using advanced production techniques, India also has dominance over the worldwide jute products market. In terms of world export of jute fiber, Bangladesh’s share is more than 70%, which makes Bangladesh the largest exporter of jute fiber in the world.
Which one of the following is presently the largest oil refinery in India?
(a) Vadodara (IOC)
(b) Mathura (IOC)
(c) Vishakhapatnam (HPCL)
(d) Mumbai (BPCL)
Solution: (a)
The Gujarat Refinery is an oil refinery located at Koyali (near Vadodara) in Gujarat, Western India. It is the largest refinery owned by Indian Oil Corporation.
Which of the following Steel Plants was not built during Second Five Year Plan?
(a) Bokaro
(b) Bhilai
(c) Durgapur
(d) Rourkela
Solution: (a)
Bokaro Steel Plant is the fourth integrated public sector steel plant in India built with Soviet help. It was incorporated as a limited company in 1964 during the 3rd Five Year Plan period (1961-1966).
Which port in India has a free trade zone?
(a) Kochi
(b) Paradip
(c) Kandla
(d) Tuticorin
Solution: (c)
Kandla Special Economic Zone (KASEZ) earlier known, as the Kandla Free Trade Zone is located at the port town Gandhidham in the state of Gujarat. One of the most significant features of this special economic zone at Kandla is that it is strictly a union government zone amidst others with more of private participation. The Kandla Special Economic Zone (KASEZ) is the first in Asia and largest multi-product Special Economic Zone in India.
