Nepanagar is related to which of the following industries?

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Correct — B, Newsprint paper. Nepanagar, a town in Madhya Pradesh (Burhanpur district), grew up around the National Newsprint and Paper Mills (NEPA) — India's pioneer newsprint factory, set up in the years after Independence to make the cheap paper used for printing newspapers. The town was itself built as a planned township for that mill.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Nepanagar is not a fertilizer centre; the commission's key ties it to newsprint, not chemical fertilizers.  (c) Sugar mills sit in cane-growing belts; Nepanagar's identity is the newsprint mill, not sugar.  (d) Woollen textiles are associated with places like Ludhiana or Kanpur, not with Nepanagar.

Concept: Newsprint is the low-cost paper on which newspapers are printed. India long depended on imported newsprint, so a domestic mill was established at Nepanagar to reduce that dependence — making it a landmark in the country's paper industry. It is a classic 'place → industry' association in Madhya Pradesh geography.

State PCS 2018 Q35 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer

State PCS 2018 Q35 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer