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UPSC Prelims 1984 · Indian Geography · Industries, Ports and Transport
Match the following: A. HAL · B. BHEL · C. SAIL · D. CIL — (i) Coal · (ii) Aeronautical goods · (iii) Electrical goods · (iv) Steel
- (a) A - (ii), B - (iii), C - (iv), D - (i)
- (b) A - (iii), B - (ii), C - (i), D - (iv)
- (c) A - (i), B - (ii), C - (iii), D - (iv)
- (d) A - (iv), B - (iii), C - (ii), D - (i)
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Answer: (a) A - (ii), B - (iii), C - (iv), D - (i)
HAL – aeronautics · BHEL – electricals · SAIL – steel · CIL – coal.
The idea
A public sector undertaking is a business controlled by government ownership. Its name may identify its product, but public ownership does not make different companies interchangeable. Separate makers of machinery from suppliers of fuels and from producers of basic metals.
Why the others are wrong
(b) Swaps HAL and BHEL.
(c) Gives HAL coal.
(d) Gives HAL steel.
Elimination technique
HAL’s aeronautical role fixes A–(ii), which appears only in (a). BHEL–electricals, SAIL–steel and CIL–coal then confirm the full matching.
Also know
HAL means Hindustan Aeronautics Limited; BHEL means Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited; SAIL means Steel Authority of India Limited. Coal India supplies a mining input, while BHEL makes equipment used by power stations. Bengaluru is an aerospace anchor, Haridwar a heavy-electricals anchor, and Bhilai and Bokaro steel anchors.
🔒 HAL (Bengaluru), BHEL, SAIL, Coal India.
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