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Question
(i) Which is the first fertilizer plant that was set up in India after independence?
(ii) Why are the fertilizer industries located near the oil refineries?
Solution
(i)
The Fertilizer Corporation of India was the first fertilizer plant set up in India after Independence.
(ii)
About 70% of the plants producing nitrogenous fertilizer use naphtha of the oil refineries as their basic raw material. This is why fertilizer plants are located near the oil refineries.
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