Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Geography

Chapter

India-People and Economy: Manufacturing Industries

Question:

Arrange the given Iron and Steel plants in the chronological order of starting their production.

A. Salem
B. Bhilai
C. Vishakhapatnam
D. Durgapur

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

D, B, C, A

D, B, A, C

B, D, C, A

B, D, A, C

Correct Answer:

B, D, C, A

Explanation:
  1. The Bhilai Steel Plant was established with Russian collaboration in Durg district of Chhattisgarh and started production in 1959.

  2. Durgapur Steel Plant in West Bengal was set up in collaboration with the government of the United Kingdom and started production in 1962.
  3. The Vizag Steel Plant, in Vishakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh is the first port-based plant which started operating in 1992.
  4.  The Salem Steel Plant in Tamil Nadu was commissioned in 1982.