Question

In which city was the construction of the steel plant achieved in three years?
 a) Magnitogorsk
b) Samara
c) Ivanovo
d) Saratov

Answer 1

Hint: This initiative was completed under the leadership of a very well known Russian communist leader. His entire political career is often termed as ‘Stalinism’.

Complete Step by Step answer: Before dealin with the factual part of the question, let us get on with some details about Industrialisation and Russia under Joseph Stalin.
Officially designed to accelerate development towards communism, the need for industrialization in the Soviet Union was emphasized because the Soviet Union had economically lagged behind when compared to Western countries, and that socialist society needed industry to face the challenges posed by internal and external enemies of communism.
Industrialization, which was extensive and rapid as well, was undoubtedly accompanied by mass collectivization of agriculture and by rapid urbanization too, the latter of which is considered responsible for converting multiple tiny villages into industrial cities, that too in a very short time span.

As far as the question is concerned, we know about Stalin’s famous first five year plan, under which the talked steel plant was built. This leader was desperate to have an industry in his nation which resembled the famous industrial American towns of Gary, Indiana and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The city of Magnitogorsk was chosen under Stalin’s five year plan of Industrial development for this magnanimous work as its iron ore rich land is unparalleled.
Hence option ‘a’ is the correct answer.

Note: Magnitogorsk, whose flag is a simple black triangle in a plain grey background, is located on the eastern side of the extreme southern extent of the Ural Mountains by the banks of the Ural River