Question : The steel plant at Bokaro was set up in collaboration with the ______.
Option 1: Germany
Option 2: Soviet Union
Option 3: France
Option 4: United Kingdom
Correct Answer: Soviet Union
Solution : The correct option is the Soviet Union .
Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL) is the name that was established in cooperation with the Soviet Union (now Russia). The Government of India and the Soviet Union signed an agreement in 1965 to develop the Bokaro Steel Plant, and work on the project started in the early 1970s. Since it started operating in the early 1970s, the facility has played a major role in the Indian steel industry. Both financial support and technological transfer were part of the partnership with the Soviet Union.
