Q161
Geography (incl. West Bengal)Minerals, Energy & Industry
Which town was planned during the Second Five Year plan?
- a.Gwalior
- b.Bokaro
- c.Bhopal
- d.Kanpur
Answer: (B) Bokaro
Bokaro Steel City in Jharkhand is a planned industrial township, built around the fourth public-sector integrated steel plant, which was planned in the late 1950s and built with Soviet help. Gwalior and Kanpur are old cities that grew long before planning began, Kanpur as a British cantonment and leather and textile centre. Bhopal is an old city too, though its BHEL township was a planned industrial settlement of the plan era. The steel towns of Bhilai, Rourkela and Durgapur were also set up in the plan period.