Which of the following are NOT correctly matched ?
(Mineral) — (Mining City)
1. Copper – Chitradurga
2. Iron ore – Ballari
3. Manganese – Bhilwara
4. Bauxite – Katni
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Which of the following are NOT correctly matched ?
(Mineral) — (Mining City)
1. Copper – Chitradurga
2. Iron ore – Ballari
3. Manganese – Bhilwara
4. Bauxite – Katni
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Correct — C, 1 and 3. Pairs 2 and 4 are correct: Ballari (Bellary), Karnataka is the heart of a major iron-ore belt, and Katni in Madhya Pradesh is a well-known bauxite (and limestone) mining area. Pairs 1 and 3 are wrong: India's copper ore is produced essentially only in Rajasthan (Khetri), Madhya Pradesh (Malanjkhand) and Jharkhand (Singhbhum) — not at Chitradurga in Karnataka; and Bhilwara (Rajasthan) is a zinc-lead (Rampura Agucha) and textile centre, not a manganese city. So the incorrectly matched pairs are 1 (Copper-Chitradurga) and 3 (Manganese-Bhilwara) → (c).

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Pair 2 (Iron ore-Ballari) is correctly matched — Ballari/Bellary is India's iron-ore hub — so it cannot be among the wrongly matched pairs.  (b) Includes pair 2 (Iron ore-Ballari), which is correct; only pair 3 (Manganese-Bhilwara) is wrong here.  (d) Both pair 2 (Iron ore-Ballari) and pair 4 (Bauxite-Katni) are correctly matched, so neither belongs in the 'NOT correctly matched' set.

Concept: This tests the mineral geography of India — which town/district is known for which mineral. India's copper is mined chiefly at Khetri (Rajasthan), Malanjkhand (MP) and the Singhbhum belt (Jharkhand); manganese comes mainly from Balaghat (MP), Nagpur-Bhandara (Maharashtra), Keonjhar-Sundargarh (Odisha) and Sandur (Karnataka); iron ore from the Ballari-Hospet-Sandur belt (Karnataka), Bailadila (Chhattisgarh) and Keonjhar (Odisha); and bauxite from Katni-Amarkantak (MP), Koraput (Odisha) and Kolhapur.

State PCS 2020 Q64 — Geography PYQ with Answer

State PCS 2020 Q64 — Geography PYQ with Answer