Iron and steel industry is considered to be a ____________ industry.
A
Small-scale
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B
Basic
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C
Knowledge
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D
Agro-based
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Solution
The correct option is B Basic
Iron and steel industry is called the basic industry due to
following reasons:
All industries whether heavy, medium or light depend on it
for the machinery. Thus, it provides base to the other industries.
Steel is required for manufacturing variety of engineering,
construction and defense goods. Various ship building industries, aircrafts,
transport equipments etc require steel which is a finished product of the iron and
steel industry.
Day to day consumer goods like containers, safety pins etc.
are made up of steel.