Which one of the following is not a major iron and steel industry region?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Mumbai-Ahmedabad
Option (1) Tokyo-Yokohama — A major iron and steel industry region. It is one of the important steel centres of Japan, along with Nagasaki.
Option (2) Kulti-Burnpur — A major iron and steel industry region. It is one of the steel centres of India, along with Jamshedpur, Durgapur, Rourkela and Bhilai.
Option (3) Great Lake region — A major iron and steel industry region. In the U.S.A., most of the steel comes from the north Appalachian region, the Great Lake region (Chicago-Gary, Erie, Cleveland and others) and the Atlantic Coast.
Option (4) Mumbai-Ahmedabad — Not a major iron and steel industry region. The steel centres of India are Jamshedpur, Kulti-Burnpur, Durgapur, Rourkela, Bhilai, Bokaro, Salem, Visakhapatnam and Bhadravati. Mumbai-Ahmedabad is not one of them.
Note: This question is taken from the pre-rationalised NCERT book. The latest edition (2026-27) does not have this part. An extract of the pre-rationalised NCERT book is given below for the benefit of students.
Pre-rationalised NCERT: “Distribution : The industry is one of the most complex and capital-intensive industries and is concentrated in the advanced countries of North America, Europe and Asia. In U.S.A, most of the production comes from the north Appalachian region (Pittsburgh), Great Lake region (Chicago-Gary, Erie, Cleveland, Lorain, Buffalo and Duluth) and the Atlantic Coast (Sparrows Point and Morisville). … In Asia, the important centres include Nagasaki and Tokyo-Yokohama in Japan; Shanghai, Tienstin and Wuhan in China; and Jamshedpur, Kulti-Burnpur, Durgapur, Rourkela, Bhilai, Bokaro, Salem, Visakhapatnam and Bhadravati in India.” |