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SSC CGL Geography – Industries – Level 1 · Warm-up · Tier I Level – 14 questions, subject: Geography – India & World. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.

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1.  
The first successful cotton textile mill in India was set up in 1854 at:

Correct Answer: D [Mumbai]

Explanation:

Mumbai 1854; Rishra jute 1859.

2.  
The Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel plant at Bhadravati is in:

Correct Answer: B [Karnataka]

Explanation:

Bhadravati – in the iron-ore area of Karnataka.

3.  
The IISCO steel works of SAIL at Burnpur and Kulti are in:

Correct Answer: C [West Bengal]

Explanation:

Near the Damodar valley coal fields.

4.  
TISCO was set up in 1907 at:

Correct Answer: A [Jamshedpur]

Explanation:

Private-sector steel, Jharkhand.

5.  
Iron and steel is called a basic industry because:

Correct Answer: B [all other industries depend on it for their machinery]

Explanation:

Basic = feeds other industries.

6.  
Which is an agro-based industry?

Correct Answer: C [Sugar]

Explanation:

Cane is a farm product.

7.  
Fill in the blankBauxite is the raw material of the ______ industry.

Correct Answer: A [aluminium smelting]

Explanation:

Bauxite → alumina → aluminium.

8.  
The Visakhapatnam steel plant is run by:

Correct Answer: D [Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL)]

Explanation:

Visakhapatnam – RINL, a public-sector company; the first port-based integrated plant.

9.  
Jute mills of India are concentrated along the banks of the:

Correct Answer: A [Hugli]

Explanation:

98 km × 3 km belt.

10.  
SAIL and BHEL are examples of the:

Correct Answer: C [public sector]

Explanation:

Owned and operated by government agencies.

11.  
TISCO, the private steel company of Jamshedpur, is now called:

Correct Answer: D [Tata Steel]

Explanation:

Tata Iron and Steel Company (1907) was renamed Tata Steel in 2005.

12.  
Which fertiliser raw material is entirely imported into India?

Correct Answer: B [Potash]

Explanation:

No commercially usable reserves.

13.  
Hot water from factories drained into rivers before cooling causes:

Correct Answer: D [thermal pollution]

Explanation:

One of NCERT's four types.

14.  
True/False drillHow many are true?
I. Sugar is a seasonal industry.
II. According to NCERT, Oil India Ltd is in the joint sector.
III. TISCO is a public-sector company.

Correct Answer: C [Only two]

Explanation:

TISCO is private.

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