Question

The following list of towns where steel plants are located in India.
A. Bhilai
B. Jamshedpur
C. Durgapur
D. Bhadravati
E. Rourkela
F. Bokaro
G. Salem
H. Vijay Nagar
Which of the following towns are located within South India ?
1. C,D and F
2. A,D and H
3. D,G and H
4. E,G and F

Answer 1

Hint: The Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana, as well as the territories of the Lakhadweep and Pondicherry Union, which occupy 19.31 percent of the territory of India, are covered by South India.
These 3 steel plants are owned by SAIL. These 3 steep plants were started during the fourth five year plan.

Complete answer:
Visweswaraya Iron and Steel Ltd is situated in Bhadravati on the banks of the Bhadravati River in the Karnataka district of Shimoga.
The Steel Plant in Salem was set up in Salem, in the Tamil Nadu district of Salem.
Steel Plant of Vijayanagar was set up at Tomagal, near Hospet in Karnataka's Bellary district.
Lets see options :-
1. C, D and F :- durgapur , bhadravati and bokaro are located in west bengal , karnataka and jharkhand respectively , only one town is located in south thus this option is wrong
2. A, D and H :- Bhilai , bhadravati and vijaynagar are located in chhattisgarh , karnataka and karnataka respectively and only one town is located in the south thus this option is wrong.
3. D, G and H :- bhadravati , salem and vijaynagar are located in karnataka and tamil nadu which belongs to south india thus this option is right .
4. E, G and F :- rourkela , salem and bokaro are not located in south india except for salem thus this option is wrong.

Kerala which is Option 3 is the correct answer.

Note: India became the world's second largest steel producer after China in 2019.[1] and the world's largest steel iron maker.
82,68 million tonnes of total finished steel and 9,7 million tonnes of raw iron were produced by the industry. Most iron and steel is made from iron ore in India.
India's steel per capita consumption rose from 46 kgs in FY08 to 74.10 kgs in FY19 at a CAGR of 4.43 percent.