With which mineral production is Malaj Khand associated?
- (a)Lignite
- (b)Copper
- (c)Diamond
- (d)Iron ore
Correct — B, Copper. Malajkhand (Malaj Khand), in the Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh, holds India's single largest copper-ore deposit and is worked by Hindustan Copper Ltd as the Malanjkhand Copper Project. The chief ore mineral is chalcopyrite (a copper-iron sulphide).
- (a)Lignite — Lignite (brown coal) is mined mainly at Neyveli (Tamil Nadu) and in Rajasthan and Gujarat — not at Malajkhand.
- (c)Diamond — Madhya Pradesh's diamonds come from the Panna belt, not from Malajkhand.
- (d)Iron ore — India's major iron-ore fields lie in Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Karnataka; Malajkhand is a copper deposit, not an iron-ore centre.
India's copper reserves are concentrated in a few belts: the Khetri belt (Rajasthan, with the largest reserves), the Singhbhum belt (Jharkhand) and the Malanjkhand belt (Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh). Malanjkhand is the country's largest single copper deposit by contained metal and is worked as a large open-pit mine by Hindustan Copper Ltd. Its chief ore mineral is chalcopyrite.
The exam pairs a place name with a mineral and tests whether you can place India's mineral belts. Fix Malajkhand/Malanjkhand ↔ copper ↔ Balaghat (MP), and the lignite, diamond and iron-ore distractors fall away.
- Malajkhand (Malanjkhand) is in Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh.
- It is India's largest single copper-ore deposit, mined by Hindustan Copper Ltd.
- The principal ore is chalcopyrite (a copper-iron sulphide).
- Other Indian copper belts: Khetri (Rajasthan) and Singhbhum (Jharkhand); MP's diamonds are from Panna.
- Confusing Malanjkhand (copper) with Panna (diamond)
- Assuming Rajasthan's Khetri is the only copper source — Malanjkhand is the largest single deposit
Asked as 'place ↔ mineral' matching or 'which mineral is X associated with.' Lock Malajkhand ↔ copper ↔ Balaghat, MP.
Match List I (Minerals) with List II (Location) and select the correct answer: (A) Coal (B) Copper (C) Manganese (D) Lignite; 1. Giridih 2. Jayankondam 3. Alwar 4. Dharwar.
- (a) A-1 B-4 C-3 D-2
- (b) A-2 B-3 C-4 D-1
- (c) A-1 B-3 C-4 D-2
- (d) A-2 B-4 C-3 D-1
Answer(c) A-1, B-3, C-4, D-2 — copper with Alwar (Khetri belt), coal with Giridih, manganese with Dharwar, lignite with Jayankondam.
Same skill — associating a mineral with its Indian source area (here copper with the Khetri belt).
Hindustan Copper Ltd.’s copper project is in which town of Madhya Pradesh, which is also known as the ‘Copper City’?
- (a) Jagandheri
- (b) Chakharia
- (c) Imaliya
- (d) Malanjkhand
Answer(d) Malanjkhand
The direct match — Malanjkhand as Madhya Pradesh's copper town.
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists : List-I (Minerals): (i) Copper (ii) Diamond (iii) Slate (iv) Bauxite; List-II (Main area): 1. Mandsaur 2. Shahdol 3. Baihar 4. Hinota Codes :
- (a) (i)-2, (ii)-1, (iii)-4, (iv)-3
- (b) (i)-3, (ii)-4, (iii)-1, (iv)-2
- (c) (i)-4, (ii)-3, (iii)-2, (iv)-1
- (d) (i)-2, (ii)-4, (iii)-1, (iv)-3
Answer(b) (i)-3, (ii)-4, (iii)-1, (iv)-2
Places copper at Baihar (the Malajkhand/Balaghat belt) alongside MP's other minerals.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The Malanjkhand copper deposit is located in which district of Madhya Pradesh?
- (a)Balaghat
- (b)Panna
- (c)Chhindwara
- (d)Katni
Answer(a) Balaghat.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Which company operates the Malanjkhand Copper Project?
- (a)Coal India Ltd
- (b)Hindustan Copper Ltd
- (c)NMDC
- (d)Hindustan Zinc Ltd
Answer(b) Hindustan Copper Ltd.