Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Geography

Chapter

India-People and Economy: Manufacturing Industries

Question:

Which of the following iron and steel plants were not set up during the second five year plan?

Options:

Rourkela in Odisha

Bhilai in Chhattisgarh

Visvesvaraiya Iron and Steel Works Ltd. (VISL)

Durgapur in West Bengal

Correct Answer:

Visvesvaraiya Iron and Steel Works Ltd. (VISL)

Explanation:

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.