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Correct Answer: Option (A) — Rourkela Steel Plant, the first integrated steel plant in the Public Sector of India was set up with the Soviet Union collaboration.
Concept & Option Breakdown
Standard Reference VerifiedOption (a) is incorrect: Rourkela Steel Plant in Odisha was set up with German collaboration (Krupp and Demag), commissioned in 1959. Bhilai Steel Plant in Chhattisgarh was the one set up with Soviet collaboration.
Options (b), (c), and (d) are factual and correct descriptions of their respective public sector steel entities.
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