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SSC CGL Geography – Industries – Level 2 · Exam Level · Tier I Sprint – 20 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.  
Match the followingMatch the plant with its foreign partner:
P. Rourkela Q. Bhilai R. Durgapur
1. United Kingdom 2. Germany 3. USSR

Correct Answer: B [P-2, Q-3, R-1]

Explanation:

Rhine, two Russian Bs, Dover.

2.  
Rourkela steel plant is located in:

Correct Answer: A [Odisha]

Explanation:

Sundargarh district.

3.  
Bhilai steel plant is located in:

Correct Answer: A [Chhattisgarh]

Explanation:

Durg district.

4.  
The Salem steel plant of SAIL is known mainly for:

Correct Answer: D [special and stainless steel]

Explanation:

Salem (Tamil Nadu) is SAIL's special and stainless steel plant.

5.  
With raw materials in the ratio 4 : 2 : 1, a 1,400-tonne charge contains how much iron ore?

Correct Answer: B [800 t]

Explanation:

4/7 × 1,400 = 800.

6.  
Which hydro-electric project gave early power to the Bengaluru–Tamil Nadu industrial region?

Correct Answer: C [Pykara]

Explanation:

NCERT Class 12: the Pykara hydro-electric plant helped industry spread in the Bengaluru–Tamil Nadu region.

7.  
Odd one outWhich is the odd one out (not mineral-based)?

Correct Answer: C [Jute textiles]

Explanation:

Jute is agro-based.

8.  
Machilipatnam port is part of which industrial region?

Correct Answer: D [Visakhapatnam–Guntur region]

Explanation:

Ports of the Visakhapatnam–Guntur region: Visakhapatnam and Machilipatnam.

9.  
Spinning in the cotton textile industry is centralised in:

Correct Answer: A [Maharashtra, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu]

Explanation:

Weaving is decentralised.

10.  
Which is the first port-based integrated steel plant of India?

Correct Answer: B [Visakhapatnam]

Explanation:

Coastal Andhra Pradesh.

11.  
The Vijayanagar steel plant near Hospet–Ballari (Karnataka) belongs to the:

Correct Answer: B [private sector (JSW Steel)]

Explanation:

Vijayanagar is JSW Steel's private plant; Salem is SAIL's.

12.  
Assertion–Reason
A: Sugar mills are ideally suited to the cooperative sector.
R: The sugar industry is seasonal in nature.

Correct Answer: D [Both A and R are true and R explains A]

Explanation:

NCERT links the two directly.

13.  
According to NCERT, which pair is correctly matched?

Correct Answer: A [Oil India Ltd – joint sector]

Explanation:

NCERT ownership examples.

14.  
Plants making cement in Gujarat have an advantage of access to markets in:

Correct Answer: C [the Gulf countries]

Explanation:

NCERT Class 10.

15.  
Which industrial region is known for light and market-oriented industries, far from mineral and power resources?

Correct Answer: D [Gurugram–Delhi–Meerut]

Explanation:

Market age.

16.  
Mini steel plants use:

Correct Answer: A [electric furnaces with steel scrap and sponge iron]

Explanation:

Mini plants use electric furnaces with scrap and sponge iron (NCERT Class 10).

17.  
Which of these is a basic (key) industry according to NCERT?

Correct Answer: C [Copper smelting]

Explanation:

Others are consumer goods.

18.  
According to NCERT, about half of India's fertiliser production comes from:

Correct Answer: B [Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Keralam]

Explanation:

NCERT Class 10: these five states contribute about half of fertiliser production.

19.  
YearThe National Jute Policy was formulated in:

Correct Answer: D [2005]

Explanation:

To raise productivity and farmer prices.

20.  
Arrange in orderChronological order of setting up:
1. First cement plant (Chennai)
2. First jute mill (Rishra)
3. TISCO
4. First cotton mill (Mumbai)

Correct Answer: B [4, 2, 1, 3]

Explanation:

1854, 1859, 1904, 1907.

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