Solution: (a)
Coimbatore is the second largest city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the 15th largest urban agglomeration in India with a metropolitan population of over 2 million. It is a major commercial centre and has often been referred to as the “Manchester of South India”. It is an important textile, Industrial, Commercial, Information technology, and manufacturing hub of Tamil Nadu.
Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
(a) Bhilai Steel Plant — Maharashtra
(b) Bokaro Steel Plant — Bihar
(c) Rourkela Steel Plant — Odisha
(d) Durgapur Steel Plant — West Bengal
Solution: (a)
Bhilai Steel Plant is located in Chhattisgarh. Bokaro Steel Plant is in Jharkhand.
Which of the following is correctly matched with regard to the thermal power project?
(a) Talcher – Andhra Pradesh
(b) Korba – Uttar Pradesh
(c) Kawas – Gujarat
(d) Ramagundam
Solution: (c)
NTPC Kawas is located at Aditya Nagar, in Surat district in Gujarat. The power plant is one of the gas based power plants of NTPC.
Where is the shore-based steel plant located?
(a) Tuticorin
(b) Salem
(c) Vishakhapatnam
(d) Mangalore
Solution: (c)
Visakhapatnam or Vizag Steel Plant is the only Indian shore-based steel plant. Started in 1971, it is the most advanced steel producer in India with the help of German and Soviet technology.
The first oil refinery in India was set up at
(a) Barauni
(b) Vishakhapatnam
(c) Digboi
(d) Mumbai
Solution: (c)
Digboi in Tinsukia district of Assam has the distinction of having the oldest oil refinery of India and Asia as well. It was here that the first commercially viable well in India, well No.1, was successfully drilled in September 1889 and first modern refinery in India was built and commissioned in December 1901 by Assam Oil Company Ltd.
