Question

The first cement factory was built in India at ________
Ranchi
Hazaribagh
Chennai
Gujarat

Answer 1

Hint: The cement industry entered in the golden era in 1914 when the Indian Cement Company Ltd started manufacturing cement in Porbandar. Today there are as many as 129 plants in the country owned by 54 major companies.

Complete Step by Step answer: India’s cement factory is the second largest in the world after China. The First Cement factory was set up in Porbandar, Gujarat in 1904 but the production of the cement began in 1904 in Madras in a factory setup by a company called South India Industrial Ltd. The cement industry of India holds almost 8% share in the world production. It produces approximately 217.80 million tonnes of cement. The cement industry provides employment to as many as 1 million people in the country. Andhra Pradesh is the largest cement producer in the country. The Wadi cement plant of the ACC limited in the state of Karnataka is the world’s largest cement plant. Satna in Madhya Pradesh is known as the cement city of India. Today this industry has expanded widely.

Looking at the options given:
Option a- Ranchi is the capital of Jharkhand. It is an industrial site but is not the place where the first cement factory was built.
Option b- Hazaribagh is not the correct answer.
Option c- Chennai is the capital of Tamil Nadu. It is not the correct answer.
Option d- Gujarat is the place where the first cement factory was built in India. This is the correct answer.

Option “d” is the correct answer.

Note: India exports cement to countries like Bangladesh, Iraq, Bhutan, Maldives, Madagascar, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal etc. It is hence a very important industry for raising a country's income.