Question

Rourkela Steel Plant of Orissa gets its iron ore from _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
A. Noamundi
B. Bonai
C. Barsua
D. All above

Answer 1

Hint:- The proximity of Rourkela Steel Plant and its iron ore providing companion is moderate. Which means the distance between them is not very large.
- This mine also provides iron ore to many other notable steel plants of India like Tata Iron and Steel Industries (TISCO) and Durga Steel Plant.

Complete answer:
A. Noamundi is a town in the state of Jharkhand at the border of Orissa. A major producer of the mine is iron ore. It is operated by Tata steels. Iron ore is extracted from a hill near a tribal village. It supplies iron ore to Rourkela steel plant and its only approx 119 km distance between both.

B. Bonai is also an iron ore rich area in the state of Orissa. It's about 82 km from the Rourkela Steel Plant and supplies iron ore to it. Steel plant and Bonai iron mines are in the same state and work interdependent on each other.

C. Bursua is situated in the state of Orissa. There is a huge iron mine here which is operated by Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL). It primarily delivers iron ore to Rourkela steel plant. Its production is about 17 million tonnes. It's about 62 to 84 km from the steel plant and major source of iron ore for it.

With the availability of rich iron ore in all the locations and because of the smaller distance between these mines and steel plant Rourkela Steel plant gets its iron ore from all three mines. Thus Option D is correct, meaning all of the options are correct.

Thus the correct answer is D.

Note:- Rourkela Steel Plant was established in 1954 with the help of German technology (Krupps Demag) 431 kilometres south of Kolkata on Kolkata-Bombay railway line.
- Bhilai Steel Plant which lies in Durg district of Chhattisgarh is the largest steel plant of India. It receives its iron ore from Dalli-Rajhara which is only 32 kilometres away from the plant.