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Steel Plants 📌
NCERT-aligned UPSC Core Geography topic from NCERT Class 11/12 + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar). Every item is anchored to a real location on India's map — built for boards (CBSE, ICSE, state) and UPSC aspirants.
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Class UPSC Geography — NCERT Class 11/12 + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar) — Chapter: Industries — Mineral Based.
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Key locations covered (14)
- Bhilai Steel Plant — Chhattisgarh · USSR collab
- Rourkela Steel Plant — Odisha · West German collab
- Durgapur Steel Plant — West Bengal · UK collab
- Bokaro Steel Plant — Jharkhand · USSR collab
- IISCO Burnpur Steel Plant — West Bengal
- Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (RINL) — Andhra Pradesh
- Salem Steel Plant — Tamil Nadu
- Visvesvaraya Iron & Steel Plant (Bhadravati) — Karnataka
- Tata Steel Jamshedpur — Jharkhand · TISCO/Tata
- JSW Vijayanagar Steel Plant — Karnataka · JSW
- Jindal Steel & Power Raigarh — Chhattisgarh · JSPL
- AM/NS India Hazira Plant (formerly Essar) — Gujarat
- Tata Steel Kalinganagar — Odisha
- JSW Dolvi Steel Plant — Maharashtra
Sample questions (12 of 100)
Year Bhilai Steel Plant was commissioned?
1959, with Soviet (USSR) collaboration under second Five-Year Plan
Capacity of Bhilai Steel Plant?
~7 MTPA hot metal; modernized to 7.5+ MTPA crude steel
Bhilai is owned by which PSU?
Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)
Which iron ore mines feed Bhilai?
Dalli-Rajhara and Rowghat (Chhattisgarh)
Bhilai is the sole supplier of which specialty product?
Long steel rails (incl. 260 m rails) to Indian Railways
How many Prime Minister's Trophies has Bhilai won?
11 PM Trophies for best integrated steel plant — record
Coking coal source for Bhilai?
Jharia and Korba coalfields (plus imported coking coal)
Which river supplies water to Bhilai?
Tandula reservoir on Tandula and Sukha Nallah, tributaries feeding Mahanadi basin
Year Rourkela Steel Plant was commissioned?
1959, with West German collaboration (Krupp-Demag)
Rourkela was the first public sector plant to use which process?
LD (Linz-Donawitz) basic oxygen process in India
Capacity of Rourkela Steel Plant?
~4.5 MTPA crude steel after modernization
Iron ore source for Rourkela?
Bonai (Barsua, Kalta, Taldih) mines in Odisha
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About this topic
This topic is part of the NCERT UPSC Core Geography syllabus, specifically the textbook NCERT Class 11/12 + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar), drawn from the chapter Industries — Mineral Based. Content is cross-referenced against the latest NCERT textbook editions + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar, Satish Chandra for history; G.C. Leong, Savindra Singh for geography; the UPSC Civil Services prelims + mains syllabus).
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