Question

The first paper mill of India was located on the banks of______river.
A) Hooghly.
B) Rapti.
C) Tapti.
D) None of these.

Answer 1

Hint: We know that India's most seasoned and second-biggest Industrial zone is the Hooghly Industrial Belt and it is located along the banks of the Hooghly waterway in the north toward the south of Triveni-Kalyani, Uluberia-Biralapura 100 km long and \[15-10km\] wide zone to the modern improvement of the Kolkata region and some piece of North 24 Parganas, South \[24\] Parganas, Nadia, Hooghly region and Howrah locale. It is the modern center point of the city of Kolkata and Howrah.

Complete answer:
The paper industry is perhaps the most established industry in India: the main paper plant was set up as ahead of schedule as \[1832\] at Serampore in Hooghly locale of West Bengal. Yet, as far as the creation limit, the business stays minuscule. The plants have a total limit of 3.8 million tons for each annum (tpa). However, the viable limit is just \[2.6\] million tpa, on the grounds that a large number of these plants are wiped out. In the newsprint portion, the all-out limit is around \[0.45\] million tpa, of which \[73\] percent is overwhelmed by four significant public area plants, while the rest is shared by \[14\] little players. By global norms, India is an exceptionally low maker and customer of paper. The nation's per capita utilization of paper in \[1995\] remained at a pitiful \[3\] kilograms (kg) as against the worldwide normal of \[45kg\], with us, western Europe and Japan representing \[30\% \],$20\% $ and\[\;12\] percent separately of the all-out interest. Contrasted with its populace of more than \[900\] million, India's complete paper and a paperboard prerequisite frame a minimal \[1.25\] percent share in the worldwide market.
So, the correct answer is Option A.

Note: NEPA spearheaded assembling of newsprint in the nation. It was established in \[1948\] and started its initial creation from April, \[1956\] with an introduced limit of \[30,000\] TPA.
The fundamental crude materials were Salai wood and Bamboo which were accessible in wealth in the backwoods around Nepanagar.
The plant set out upon significant extension programs in \[1967\] and hence in \[1978\] and \[1989\] to build its introduced ability to \[88,000\] TPA.
As of now, the Company has changed to Waste paper as fundamental crude material from unique timberland based and has consequently had the option to lessen the cost of creation.
The in-house changes/modifications to the pulping plants have likewise helped in handling different nature of waste paper to fabricate Newsprint.
Plants are meeting its \[100\% \] necessity from the Captive Power age.