Solution: (d)
Started in 1952, the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) is located in Perambur, a suburb of Chennai, India. Its primary products are rail coaches. Most of the coaches manufactured are supplied to the Indian Railways, but it has also manufactured coaches for railway companies in other countries, including Thailand, Burma, Taiwan, Zambia, Philippines, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam, Nigeria, Mozambique and Bangladesh. Recently, ICF exported coaches to Angola.
Bhilai Steel Plant was built with the collaboration of
(a) Germany
(b) Soviet Union
(c) United Kingdom
(d) Japan
Solution: (b)
Bhilai Steel Plant, located in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, is India’s first and main producer of steel rails, as well as a major producer of wide steel plates and a variety of saleable steel products. The plant also pro duces and markets various chemical by-products from its Coke Ovens and Coal Chemical Plants. This steel plant was set up with the help of the USSR in 1955.
The Visvesvaraya Iron & Steel Ltd. is located at
(a) Bangalore
(b) Bhadravati
(c) Mangalore
(d) Mysore
Solution: (b)
Visvesvaraiya Iron and Steel Plant (VISL), A unit of Steel Authority of India Limited, is a company involved in the production of alloy steels and pig iron and located in the city of Bhadravathi, India. It was started as the Mysore Iron Works on January 18, 1923 by Sir M Visvesvaraiya. It is now a steel plant under the jurisdiction of the Steel Authority of India Limited.
India exports iron ore mainly to
(a) Japan
(b) Bhutan
(c) Indonesia
(d) Russia
Solution: (a)
India has one of the largest iron ore reserves in the world. According to the available information India’s iron ore reserves is around 22,000 million tonnes which will be sufficient for the next 150 years at the current rate of production of iron ore in the country. India is one of the world’s biggest exporters of iron ore, with much of its product bought by China, which has the world’s largest steel industry. Japan has also been a traditional importer of Indian iron ore. Recently, India’s exports of iron ore to Japan have been shrinking.
Which of the following industries are the major beneficiaries of the Mumbai port?
(a) Iron and Steel industry
(b) Sugar and Cotton textile industry
(c) Cotton textile and Petrochemical industry
(d) Engineering and Fertilizer industry
Solution: (c)
Mumbai Port, earlier known as Bombay Port, lies midway (Latitude 18° 56.3′ N, Longitude 72° 45.9′ E) on the West coast of India, on the natural deep-water harbour of Mumbai. The port is primarily used for bulk cargo, while most container traffic is directed to Nhava Sheva port across the harbour. The port has four jetties on Jawahar Dweep, an island in the harbour, for handling Crude and petroleum products. Mumbai Port is the largest port in India and handles bulk cargo traffic with its four jetties for handling Liquid chemicals, Crude and petroleum products.
