Arrange the following on the basis of establishment/set up year (old to new):
(A) Atomic Energy Commission
(B) Gas Authority of India Limited
(C) Oil and Natural Gas Commission
(D) Steel Authority of India Limited
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A), (C), (D), (B)
(A) Atomic Energy Commission — first, established in 1948.
(C) Oil and Natural Gas Commission — second, set up in 1956.
(D) Steel Authority of India Limited — third, created in 1973.
(B) Gas Authority of India Limited — fourth, set up in 1984.
Note: Item (D) 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.
NCERT (2026-27): “Atomic Energy Commission was established in 1948, progress could be made only after the establishment of the Atomic Energy Institute at Trombay in 1954 which was renamed as the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in 1967.” “Crude petroleum occurs in sedimentary rocks of the tertiary period. Oil exploration and production was systematically taken up after the Oil and Natural Gas Commission was set up in 1956.” “Oil and Gas Pipelines … GAIL (India) Ltd. was set up in 1984 as a public sector undertaking to transport, process and market natural gas for its economic use.”
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. These were public sector plants under Hindustan Steel Limited (HSL). In 1973, the Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) was created to manage these plants.” |