Which one among the following industries is the maximum consumer of water in India?
(a) paper and Pulp
(b) Thermal Power
(c) Engineering
(d) Textile
Solution: (b)
Indian Thermal Power Plants are one of the highest consumers of water as compared to their global counterparts. On an average, for every 1000 Kwh power, Indian TPPs consume as much as 80 cubic meters of water. It consumes 87.87% of industrial water use in India.
‘‘Mumbai High’’ is associated with
(a) Steel
(b) Petroleum
(c) Mausoleum
(d) Jute
Solution: (b)
Bombay High, also known as Mumbai High, is an offshore oilfield 162 kilometres off the coast of Mumbai about 75 m of water. The oil operations are run by India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC).
Which is the leading state in India in the “Ship Breaking” industry?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Gujarat
(d) West Bengal
Solution: (c)
Gujarat is the leading state in ship breaking industry because of its long coastline and a well developed infrastructure for the industry-specific works. Alang in Gujarat, considered to be the world’s largest, is a famous ship breaking centre.
Recently foundation stone of a new rail coach factory has laid at
(a) Amritsar
(b) Saharsa
(c) Chennai
(d) Rae Bareli
Solution: (d)
The chairperson of the United Progressive Alliance Sonia Gandhi has laid the foundation stone of a new rail Coach factory at Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh.
For which type of fertilizer, India is fully dependent on imports
(a) Nitrogen Fertilizer
(b) Phosphatic Fertilizer
(c) Potash Fertilizer
(d) None of these
Solution: (c)
Potash fertilizer is not manufactured in India.
