The first shore-based steel plant in India is:

A. Durgapur

B. Salem

C. Bhadravati

D. Vishakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP)

Answer: Option D

Solution(By Examveda Team)

Visakhapatnam Steel Plant was separated from SAIL and RINL was made the corporate entity of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant in April 1982. Vizag Steel Plant is the only Indian shore-based steel plant and is situated on 33,000 acres (13,000 ha), and is poised to expand to produce up to 20 MT in a single campus.