Arrange the statements in the order of industrial development from early years of Independence to 20th century India.
A. Stand Up India Scheme
B. Setting up of Bhilai Steel Plant
C. Formation of All India Trade Union Congress
D. IKEA setting up of a store in Hyderabad
E. Growth of BPO in Gurgaon
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → C, B, E, A, D
C. Formation of All India Trade Union Congress — the AITUC was formed in Bombay in 1920.
B. Setting up of Bhilai Steel Plant — set up in the 1950s, in the years after Independence, when the state promoted heavy industry; Bhilai is one of the new industrial towns that grew around such plants.
E. Growth of BPO in Gurgaon — business process outsourcing grew after the liberalisation of the 1990s, as a way India got connected to the global economy.
A. Stand Up India Scheme — launched in 2016.
D. IKEA setting up of a store in Hyderabad — IKEA opened its first Indian store in Hyderabad in 2018.
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