Question

Which of the following industries were established by the Walchand Group of companies prior to Independence?

a. Hindustan Aircraft

b. Scindia Steam Navigation

c. Premier Automobiles

d. Hindustan Motors 

1. b, c and d
2. a, b and c
3. a, b and d
4. a, c and d

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : a, b and c

The correct answer is a, b and c.

• Walchand founded Walchandnagar Industries in 1908, which was started as a large-scale sugar farming firm but was later diversified into also making sugar refined spirits, sugar machinery, plastic goods, cement plant, paper, and pulp plant, water tubes, Hindustan aircraft, Scindia steam navigation, and premier automobiles.
• Hence option 2 is correct.

• Hindustan Motors was established just before Indian independence, in 1942 by B. M. Birla of the industrialist Birla family in collaboration with Lord Nuffield of Morris Motors.