Solution: (c)
Tamil Nadu has the largest number of textile mills (215) and accounts for about 5 per cent of the looms and 25 per cent of the spindles of the country. The state is the largest producer of mill made cotton yarns (44.46%) in the country. Besides it is the third largest producer of mill-made cotton cloths (6.69%) in India.
The first shore-based, modern, integrated steel plant in India is in
(a) Salem
(b) Haldia
(c) Mangalore
(d) Vishakhapatnam
Solution: (c)
Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited – Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (RINL-VSP) a Government of Indian Undertaking “Navratna” company popularly known as “Vizag Steel”, a leading Central PSU under the Ministry of Steel, Govt. of India is the first shore based integrated steel plant in the country with modern technology. RINL-VSP is known for adoption of new technology and was the first plant in the country to have 100% Continuous Casting technology, Biggest Blast Furnaces of 3200 cu.m, Tall Coke Ovens with Coke Dry Quenching facility, Rolling Mills equipped with world best “Stelmor & Tempcore” Processes, highest captive power generation from Waste heat 40 MW for current 3 Mt and would go up to 90 MW after expansion.
Which among the following city of India used the first electricity commercially?
(a) Kolkata
(b) Chennai
(c) Mumbai
(d) Darjeeling
Solution: (d)
November 10, 1897 was an epoch-making day in the power sector in India. A century back, on this day, the first hydel power station in India, and reportedly in Asia too, was commissioned at Sidrapong near Darjeeling town, the first power utility run on commercial basis for use of general public, heralding the electrical-energy-era in the Indian sub-continent, and ushering in a revolutionary change in the sociocultural and economic life of Indian society. Quite appropriately, the Government. of India declared Sidrapong Hydel Power Station as a ‘HERITAGE POWER STATION’ of India on the eve of its centenary.
The cost of producing iron in India is considerably lower than in other countries because of
(a) the low wage of miners
(b) the large supply of iron ore
(c) the large supply of coal
(d) coal and iron ore are found in the same area
Solution: (d)
Brazil, India, South Africa and China are highly competitive steel production locations. Brazil has vast reserves of high quality iron ore, but needs to import coal and has higher labour costs than some emerging markets. India has cheap iron and labour. But, India needs to import considerable volumes of low ash coal to blend with its domestically available high ash material. Still most of the iron and steel plants are located in vicinity of coal mines. It is for this reason that the Chhota Nagpur plateau bordering West Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, and Madhya Pradesh, has been the natural nerve-centre of this industry.
Where is the Integral Coach Factory situated?
(a) Perambur
(b) Chittaranjan
(c) Mumbai
(d) Kolkata
Solution: (a)
Started in 1952; the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) is located in Perambur, a suburb of Chennai. 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.
