30-12-2017, 04:29 PM
*Father of Indian Industry
Ans : Jamshedji Nasarwanji Tata
*The largest steel plant in private sector
Ans : Tata Iron and steel company (TISCO)
*The steel plant situated on the banks of the river Suvamarekha
Ans : TISCO
*The steel plant located near sea- shore
Ans : Visakhapattanam Steel Plant
*Visveswaraya Iron and Steel Works is located on the banks of
Ans : Bhadravati river
*The authority controls all steel plants under public sector in India
Ans : Steel Authority of India ( SAIL)
*The steel plant constructed with the support of Germany
Ans : Rourkela Steel Plant (Odisha)
*The Steel Plants constructed with Russian Support
Ans : Bhilai, Visakhapattanam
*The Steel Plant Constructed with the support of Britain
Ans : Durgapur Steel Plant (W.B)
*The second largest metallurgical industry of India
Ans : Aluminium
*The largest aluminium plant of the country
Ans : NALCO plant at Koraput
Other inportant Industries
*India’s first ISO-9001 certified ship building yard
Ans : Hindustan shipyard Ltd (Visakhapatanam)
*India’s largest ship building yard
Ans : Cochin shipyard Ltd (Kochi)
*India’s modernised ship building yard
Ans : Cochin shipyard Ltd (Kochi)
*India ranks second in the world in ship building.
*Hindustan Shipyard Ltd (1948)
Ans : Vishakapatnam
*Cochin Shipyard Ltd (1972)
Ans : Kochi
*Garden Reach Workshop
Ans : Kolkatta
*Mazgaon Dock (Naval Ship)
Ans : Mumbai
*Hoogly Dock and port engineers Ltd
Ans : Kolkatta
*Goa Shipyard Ltd
Ans : Vascodagama
*Chittaranjan Locomotive works and Diesel Locomotive works are located at Chittaranjan in West Bengal
*Tata Engineering and Locomotive company was established at Jamshedpur in 1951.
*The Integral coach factory at Perambur Near Chennai was set up in 1955 with Switzerland’s collaboration.
*Rail coach factory at Kapoorthala was set up in 1988.
*Electric Locomotive for Indian Railway has been developed by
Ans : BHEL
*India’s first fertilizer plant Ranipet (Tamilnadu) was set up in 1906 (First super phosphate chemical plant)
*India is the third largest producer of nitrogenous fertilizers in the world
