Question

The first iron and steel plant was set up in India at.
(A) Bhilai
(B) Kolkata
(C) Chennai
(D) Jamshedpur

Answer 1

Hint:
Iron and steel industry is the basic industry of India. The rapid industrialization of the country needs the rapid growth of iron and steel industries. The development of the steel industry in India has been spectacular since its independence.


Complete solution:
The 1st iron and steel plant was set up in India at Jamshedpur in 1907. The name of the first iron and steel plant company was Tata Iron and Steel Company (TISCO) at Sakchi in Bihar. This dream was seen by the late Jamshedji Tata, people also knew him as the father of the Indian steel industry, whose career was a big inspiration of industrial romance. Tata Iron and Steel Company is the very oldest company in India. It creates another instance in history when setting up an Indian Iron and Steel Company Ltd. In the year 1918 at Burnpur in West Bengal. In 1937, Steel Corporation of Bengal Limited has put up integration with Indian Iron and Steel Company for the production of steel. The State Government of Mysore put up an ironworks in 1932, at Bhadrabati called as Mysore Iron and Steel Works, thereafter renamed it as Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Ltd. Hereby, Iron and Steel Industry before independence in India, consisted of 4 units named the Tata Iron and Steel Company, the Indian Iron and Steel Company, the Steel Corporation of Bengal, and the Mysore Iron and Steel Works.


Hence, the correct answer is option D.

Note:
In 1875, the first successful attempt by Barakar to establish an iron and steelwork was made by the “Bengal Iron Company”. It was the 1st attempt to manufacture pig iron in India in a modern way. In 2019, India has become the 2nd largest producer of steel after China in the world.