Which region has the maximum concentration of iron and steel industries in India?
- A.Deccan Plateau
- B.Malwa Plateau
- C.Chota Nagpur plateau
- D.Chhattisgarh Plateau
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, the Chota Nagpur plateau. Coal, iron ore, manganese, limestone and water lie close together there, so the country's iron and steel plants crowded into it: Jamshedpur, Bokaro, Burnpur and Durgapur on its edges and Rourkela just beyond. For a Bihar candidate the point is historical as well: this plateau was part of Bihar until 15 November 2000, which is why the state once held the largest steel industry in India and holds none today.
Option A, the Deccan plateau, has the Bhadravati plant but nothing like the same concentration. Option B, the Malwa plateau of Madhya Pradesh, has no iron and steel industry worth the name. Option D, the Chhattisgarh plateau, does carry the Bhilai steel plant and large iron ore reserves at Bailadila and Dalli Rajhara, which makes it the best of the wrong answers, but the cluster of plants is still on the Chota Nagpur plateau.
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Practice Questions
View allThe Tata Iron and Steel company (TISCO) was established by Dorabji Tata in:
- A.1911
- B.1919
- C.1913
- D.1907
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The company was registered in that year at Sakchi, the village on the Subarnarekha that grew into Jamshedpur, and the site was chosen for the iron ore, coal and water around it.
Read the full explanation →On which date was Jharkhand separated from Bihar?
- A.1 November 2000
- B.15 November 2000
- C.9 November 2000
- D.22 March 2000
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Jharkhand was carved out of the southern districts of Bihar on that day, which is also the birth anniversary of Birsa Munda, and the date is observed as the foundation day of the new state.
Read the full explanation →The Barauni oil refinery is located in which district of Bihar?
- A.Begusarai
- B.Munger
- C.Patna
- D.Katihar
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The refinery of the Indian Oil Corporation at Barauni was built with Soviet assistance in the nineteen sixties and became the nucleus of the only heavy industrial cluster in the state, with a thermal power station, a fertiliser plant and a large dairy around it.
Read the full explanation →Amjhor in Bihar is famous for the deposit of which mineral?
- A.Mica
- B.Bauxite
- C.Pyrite
- D.Copper
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Amjhor lies in Rohtas district in the Kaimur hills and holds the best known pyrite deposit of India.
Read the full explanation →Which city of Bihar is known as the silk city for its tussar weaving?
- A.Bhagalpur
- B.Darbhanga
- C.Gaya
- D.Chhapra
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The weavers of Bhagalpur have worked tussar silk for generations and the cloth is sold across the country as Bhagalpuri silk, which is why the city is called the silk city of Bihar.
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