Match List - I with List - II.
| List - I | List - II | ||
| (Steel Plants) | (Location) | ||
| (A) | Rourkela Steel Plant | (I) | West Bengal |
| (B) | Bhilai Steel Plant | (II) | Andhra Pradesh |
| (C) | Durgapur Steel Plant | (III) | Odisha |
| (D) | Vizag Steel Plant | (IV) | Chhattisgarh |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)
(A) Rourkela Steel Plant — this matches (III) Odisha. It was set up in 1959 in Sundargarh district of Odisha, with German collaboration.
(B) Bhilai Steel Plant — this matches (IV) Chhattisgarh. It was set up with Russian collaboration in Durg district of Chhattisgarh.
(C) Durgapur Steel Plant — this matches (I) West Bengal. It lies in the Raniganj and Jharia coal belt in West Bengal.
(D) Vizag Steel Plant — this matches (II) Andhra Pradesh. It is at Vishakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, the first port-based steel plant.
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: “After independence, during the Second Five Year Plan (1956-61), three new integrated steel plants were set up with foreign collaboration: Rourkela in Odisha, Bhilai in Chhattisgarh and Durgapur in West Bengal.” “Other Steel Plants … New steel plants which were set up in the Fourth Plan period are away from the main raw material sources. All three plants are located in South India. The Vizag Steel Plant, in Vishakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh is the first port-based plant which started operating in 1992.” |