Q72
The first cement factory was built in India in 1904 at
A.
Ranchi
B.
Hazaribagh
C.
Chennai
AnswerD.
Hyderabad
Answer: Option C
Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
The first cement factory was built in India in 1904 at Chennai. India entered into the Cement Era in 1914, when the Indian Cement Company Ltd. started manufacturing Cement in Porbundar in Gujarat. However, even before that a small cement factory was established in Madras in 1904 by a company named South India Industrial Ltd.