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#25-ii
Mention one important requirement of the Electronics industry.
Ans : Research and development.

Qstn #26
Which are the leading centres of software Industry.
Ans : They are Bangalore and Hyderabad.

Short Questions

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Section : B

Qstn #1
Name the section into which an Iron and Steel plant can be divided.
Ans :
An Iron and Steel plant can be divided into the four sections:

Raw materials processing area.
Blast furnaces.
Steel melting furnaces.
Rolling mills.

Qstn #2
What are the resources necessary for the development of Iron and Steel industry?
Ans : The resources necessary for the development of Iron and Steel industry are iron ore; fuel—coal, thermal power; ferrous alloys—tungsten, cobalt, manganese; scrap—waste material; flux— limestone, dolomite or gypsum.

Qstn #3
Mention any two advantages of Mini Steel Plants.
Ans :
The main advantages of Mini Steel Plants are:

Their location at convenient points help to meet steel requirements of far flung areas and thus help in promoting a balanced regional growth.
They are specially useful in promoting production of alloy and Steel in electric furnaces.

Qstn #4
Briefly write about ‘Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Works’?
Ans : Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Works is a new name of Mysore Iron and Steel Works. It was started in the year 1923 at Bhadravati. It was formerly a private sector concern. Since 1962, it is in the public sector and is owned by the Central Government and State Government of Karnataka and has been renamed Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Ltd.

#5

#5-i
What is the ‘speciality’ of Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Plant?
Ans : It produces special Steel and alloy.

#5-ii
Name the Power Stations that supply electricity to this plant.
Ans : Mahatma Gandhi HEP station and Sharavati HEP station supply electricity to this plant on a large scale.

Qstn #6
Describe any three facilities at the Durgapur Steel Plant.
Ans :
High quality coking coal is obtained from Raniganj and Jharia.
Manganese ore from Sundargarh district.
Limestone from Birmitrapur (Madhya Pradesh).

Qstn #7
Mention three advantages that a mini steel plant has over an integrated steel plant.
Ans :
The advantages are:

Mini Steel Plants use electric furnaces thus conserving coking coal.
They require less capital investments.
Since they are located in industrial towns so transport cost is reduced.
It is ecofriendly does not require large capital investment.

#8

#8-i
Where is the Bhilai Steel plant located?
Ans : It is located at Durg District of Chhattisgarh.

#8-ii
Where does the Bhilai Iron and Steel Industry gets it supply of:
- (a) Iron ore
(b) Coal
(c) Limestone
(d) Manganese.
Ans : - (a) Dalli-Rajhara
(b) Korba and Jharia
(c) Nandini quarries
(d) Balaghat of Madhya Pradesh.