RAS question
Rajasthan's main industrial areas developed by RIICO include:
Correct answer: (A) Sitapura, Neemrana, Boranada, Bhiwadi, Chopanki.
Rajasthan's main RIICO-developed industrial areas include Sitapura, Neemrana, Boranada, Bhiwadi and Chopanki.
Explanation
RIICO is associated with a wide network of industrial areas across Rajasthan, so Rajasthan's RIICO geography cannot be reduced to a single city. The official RIICO industrial-areas list places Sitapura under the Jaipur EPIP office, Bhiwadi under Bhiwadi Unit-I, Chopanki under Bhiwadi Unit-II, Boranada under the Boranada office at Jodhpur, and Neemrana under the Neemrana office in Alwar district. Sitapura, Neemrana, Boranada, Bhiwadi and Chopanki form the correct group. RIICO has developed 300+ industrial areas, with Sitapura in Jaipur, the Neemrana-Bhiwadi belt in Alwar, and Boranada in Jodhpur as major examples.
Why the other options are wrong
- (B) Only Jaipur is too narrow because RIICO-developed industrial areas also include Neemrana and Bhiwadi/Chopanki in Alwar district and Boranada at Jodhpur.
- (C) Only Jodhpur is incomplete because Boranada is one RIICO industrial area, while Sitapura, Neemrana, Bhiwadi and Chopanki are also major RIICO-developed industrial areas.
- (D) Only Kota is wrong because major RIICO-developed industrial areas span Jaipur, Alwar and Jodhpur examples rather than Kota alone.
Concept
Rajasthan economy includes industrial infrastructure and RIICO's role in developing industrial areas. Location-based industrial geography recurs in RAS because it measures applied knowledge of state economic development.