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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2023 — General Studies · Question 124 of 200

Q124
Geography (incl. West Bengal)Minerals, Energy & Industry
The two main industries in Haldia Industrial Region—
  1. a.Production of batteries and ship repairing
  2. b.Petroleum refinery and production of Batteries
  3. c.Petroleum refinery and ship repairing
  4. d.Petroleum refinery and Chemical Fertilizers production

Answer: (D) Petroleum refinery and Chemical Fertilizers production

Haldia, at the meeting point of the Haldi and Hooghly rivers in Purba Medinipur, grew up around the Indian Oil refinery (commissioned 1975) and the associated petrochemical and chemical-fertiliser industries, so "petroleum refinery and chemical fertilizers production" is the answer. Batteries are also made there, but that is not one of the two principal industries, and ship repairing is associated with Kolkata (Garden Reach), not Haldia. Related facts: Haldia Dock Complex (1977) is part of the Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata, and National Waterway 1 runs from Prayagraj to Haldia.

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