Question

Sindri is famous for ______.
a. Oil refining
b. Aluminium manufacture
c. Machine- tool industry
d. Fertilizer production

Answer 1

Hint: Fertilizers are materials of any natural or synthetic origin that can be applied to soil or plant tissues to provide one or more nutrients necessary for plant growth. There are many sources of fertilizer, including natural and industrial production.

Complete answer:
Sindri is an industrial semi-urban township located in the Dhanbad district of Dhanbad District, Jharkhand state. Sindri is known for a large fertilizer plant (Fertilizer Corporation of India Limited-FCI in India, closed in 2002) envisioned in the early industrialization of India.

History:
A separate organization of the project was established in 1945 by the Government of India under the direction of its Chief Technical Advisor Brig. Brig. M H Cox. To end the diarchy system and replace it with autonomy, a company called Sindri Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited was formed under the Companies Act, which was founded in December 1951 as the first public sector company. and managed by the Government of India.

Production of ammonium sulfate at the facility began on 31 October 1951 and the facility opened in March 1952. In his inaugural address, Indian Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru said that not only had he opened a fertilizer factory, but he had also opened a modern Indian temple. Sindri Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited merged with another fertilizer company in January 1961, Hindustan Chemical and Fertilizers Limited, which was transported by the Government of India into a larger company, Fertilizer Corporation of India Limited, in July 1959.

Hence, the correct answer is option D.

Note:
Fertilizer Corporation of India Limited is a public entity in India that is under the administrative control of the Fertilizer Division of the Department of Chemicals and Fertilizers. FCI has production units in five states: The Sindri complex (Jharkhand), the Gorakhpur complex (Uttar Pradesh), the Ramagundam complex (Telangana), the Talcher complex (Odisha) and the indigenous project in Korba (Chhattisgarh).