Match the following places with their respective States and choose the correct code:
Place — State
1. Bailadila — a. Odisha
2. Kendujhar — b. Karnataka
3. Balaghat — c. Chhattisgarh
4. Kudremukh — d.

Question

Match the following places with their respective States and choose the correct code:
Place — State
1. Bailadila — a. Odisha
2. Kendujhar — b. Karnataka
3. Balaghat — c. Chhattisgarh
4. Kudremukh — d. Madhya Pradesh
Code:

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Correct — B, c a d b (1-c, 2-a, 3-d, 4-b). Bailadila lies in Chhattisgarh (the Dantewada district's iron-ore hills, mined by NMDC); Kendujhar (Keonjhar) lies in Odisha, part of its major iron-ore belt; Balaghat lies in Madhya Pradesh, known for manganese (and nearby copper) mining; and Kudremukh lies in Karnataka's Western Ghats iron-ore belt. Matching each place to its actual state gives the code c-a-d-b.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) This code (1-a, 2-b, 3-c, 4-d) gets every pairing wrong — it assigns Bailadila to Odisha, Kendujhar to Karnataka, Balaghat to Chhattisgarh and Kudremukh to Madhya Pradesh, none of which matches the actual place-state pairing.  (c) Correctly places Bailadila (c, Chhattisgarh) and Kendujhar (a, Odisha), but swaps Balaghat and Kudremukh — assigning Balaghat to Karnataka and Kudremukh to Madhya Pradesh, when it is the reverse (Balaghat is in Madhya Pradesh, Kudremukh in Karnataka).  (d) Correctly places Balaghat (d, Madhya Pradesh) and Kudremukh (b, Karnataka), but swaps Bailadila and Kendujhar — assigning Bailadila to Odisha and Kendujhar to Chhattisgarh, when it is the reverse (Bailadila is in Chhattisgarh, Kendujhar in Odisha).

Concept: India's major iron-ore and manganese mining belts are spread across several states, each with its own famous named mines/hills: Bailadila (Chhattisgarh) and Kendujhar/Keonjhar (Odisha) both sit in the eastern iron-ore belt; Kudremukh (Karnataka) is a Western Ghats iron-ore site; Balaghat (Madhya Pradesh) is better known for manganese (and nearby copper) than for iron ore.

State PCS 2023 Q53 — Geography PYQ with Answer

State PCS 2023 Q53 — Geography PYQ with Answer