General Awareness - Indian Geography - Geography of India - Geography Quiz for All Competitive Exams - Part II
- Green Revolution is related with the use of
HYVS.
- HYVS - High Yielding Variety Seeds.
- Green Revolution takes place during 1960.
- White revolution is related with a sharp
increase in milk production.
- White revolution takes place during the year of
1964-65.
- 'Operation Flood' is a programme in white
Revolution.
- India stands first in the world in milk
production.
- Dr. Varghese Kurien is the pioneer of operation
flood in India.
- The first paper mill was opened at Serampore in
West Bengal in 1840 but it failed. A successful mill was established at Bally
in 1867.
- The first woollen mill was opened in 1855 in
Kanpur,
- The units of Hindustan Machine Tools function at
Bangalore, Pinjore (Haryana), Kalamesari (Kerala) and Hyderabad.
- The first cotton mill was opened in 1818 in fort
Glocester in Calcutta. The first modern mill was opened in Bombay in 1854.
- The first cement factory was established at Madras
in 1904.
- The first jute mill was opened in 1855, Rishra at Calcutta.
- The first silk industry was opened in 1832 at
Calcutta.
- The first Rayon mill was opened in Rayanpuram at Kerala
in 1950.
- The Heavy Engineering Corporation was set up at
Ranchi in 1958.
- The first fertilizer factory was started in 1938
at Belagula
- The first iron and steel works was opened in Kulti
in 1870. The first modern plant was set up in Sakchi in Jamshcdpur in 1907.
- The first rubber factory was established in 1920.
Mineral Production in India
- Apatite: West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh
- Asbestos: Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh
- Barytes: , Himachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan
- Chromite: Orissa, Maharashtra and Karnataka
- Coal: Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Orissa
- Bauxite: Gujarat, Orissa and Jharkhand
- Lignite: Rajasthan , Tamil Nadu and Gujarat
- Copper: Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Madhya
Pradesh and Sikkim
- Gold: Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh
- Diamond: Madhya Pradesh
- Dolomite: Chhattisgarh, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh
- Feldspar: Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka
- Graphite: Jharkhand , Orissa and Tamil Nadu
- Iron Ore: Chhattisgarh, Goa, Karnataka and Jharkhand
- Gypsum: Rajasthan, Gujarat and Jammu Kashmir
- Magnasite: Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Uttaranchal
- Manganese: Orissa, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Madhya
Pradesh
- Mica: Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand
- Petroleum: Maharashtra, Gujarat and Assam
- Natural Gas: Maharashtra, Gujarat and Assam
- Silver: Gujarat and Jharkhand
- Sulphur: Haryana and Gujarat
- Tin: Chhattisgarh
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Very informative
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