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History GK · Q834

Modern Indian History

Competitive Exams · History GK · question 834

Q834

The Tata Iron and Steel Works was completed with the aid of

A.
Japanese experts
B.
Russian experts
C.
American experts
Answer
D.
French experts

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
The founder of the Tata Iron & Steel Company - now called Tata Steel - never lived to see it incorporated. TISCO was born in 1907 - three years after Jamsedji Nusserwanji Tata died. Tata had been pursuing the dream of setting up a steel plant in India since at least 1882. In 1902, he even travelled to Pittsburgh to seek the help of American geologist and metallurgist Charles Page Perin.