Which of the following projects supplies electricity to the Rourkela Steel Plant?
(a) Damodar Valley Project
(b) Hirakud Dam Project
(c) Tungabhadra Project
(d) Nagarjuna Project
Solution: (b)
Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) is the first integrated steel plant in the public sector in India. The Hirakud Project supplies the bulk quantity of power to the Rourkela Steel Plant. The abundant availability of high quality iron ore, limestone, dolomite, manganese ore, 55 M.W, of electricity from Hirakud dam, and water supply from the River Brahmani led to the selection of Rourkela as the site for the steel plant.
Which of the following is largely used in textile industries in India?
(a) Cotton
(b) Wool
(c) Synthetic fibers
(d) Jute
Solution: (a)
Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective capsule, around the seeds of cotton plants of the genus Gossypium which is most often spun into yarn or thread and used to make a soft, breathable textile. In addition to the textile industry, cotton is used in fishing nets, coffee filters, tents, explosives manufacture, cotton paper, and in bookbinding.
Nepanagar in Madhya Pradesh has a
(a) sugar mill
(b) newsprint factory
(c) steel plant
(d) heavy engineering plant
Solution: (b)
Nepanagar is a industrial township in Burhanpur district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Nepanagar is famous for its newspaper paper mill, Nepa Mills Limited.
India leads the world in the export of
(a) coffee
(b) cotton
(c) manganese
(d) mica
Solution: (d)
India is one of the leading suppliers of mica to the world. India alone accounts for a major portion of the world`s export of block mica and mica splitting. India produces approximate 90 % of the world`s mica.
The iron and steel industries at Bhilai, Durgapur, and Rourkela were set up during the
(a) II Five-Year Plan
(b) I Five Year Plan
(c) III Five-Year Plan
(d) IV Five-Year Plan
Solution: (b)
The second five-year plan focused on industry, especially heavy industry. Unlike the First plan, which focused mainly on agriculture, domestic production of industrial products was encouraged in the Second plan, particularly in the development of the public sector. Hydroelectric power projects and five steel mills at Bhilai, Durgapur, and Rourkela were established.
