Match list-I with list-II and choose the correct answer from the code given below - List–I (District) (A) Udaipur (B) Nagaur (C) Bhilwara (D) Kota List–II (Main Industry) (i) White cement (ii) Chemical (iii) Textile (iv) Lead and Zinc Code -

Correct — option (4), A-(iv), B-(i), C-(iii), D-(ii).

A-(iv), Udaipur – Lead and Zinc. The Indian Bureau of Mines' Rajasthan review in the Indian Minerals Yearbook 2018 lists Hindustan Zinc's zinc smelter at Debari, Udaipur district. The Udaipur District Gazetteer describes the Zawar lead-zinc deposit, worked by Hindustan Zinc.

B-(i), Nagaur – White cement. The same IBM review lists J.K. White Cement Works at Gotan, Nagaur district, among the State's principal mineral-based industries.

C-(iii), Bhilwara – Textile. The Bhilwara District Gazetteer records Mewar Textile Mills set up at Bhilwara in 1938, and the Rajasthan Spinning and Weaving Mills starting production there on 21 November 1962.

D-(ii), Kota – Chemical. IBM lists DCM Shriram Industries, Kota, under chemicals. It also lists Shriram Fertilizers & Chemicals at Shriramnagar, Kota district, with capacity for urea, caustic soda, bleaching powder, hydrochloric acid and chlorine.

A-(iv) and B-(i) occur together only in option (4), A-(iv), B-(i), C-(iii), D-(ii).

Why the others are wrong

• (1)
  A-(iii), B-(i), C-(ii), D-(iv) — Only B-(i), Nagaur – White cement, is right. The code gives Udaipur textiles, Bhilwara chemicals and Kota lead and zinc.

  IBM's list of lead and zinc smelters names Debari (Udaipur), Chanderiya (Chittorgarh) and Dariba (Rajsamand), not Kota. Kota's entries in IBM's table include chemical, fertiliser and cement works.

• (2)
  A-(iv), B-(ii), C-(i), D-(iii) — Only A-(iv), Udaipur – Lead and Zinc, is right. The code gives Nagaur chemicals, Bhilwara white cement and Kota textiles.

  IBM places white cement at Gotan in Nagaur and chemical works at Kota. Bhilwara's textile mills, recorded in its gazetteer from 1938, belong to C, not to Kota.

• (3)
  A-(i), B-(ii), C-(iv), D-(iii) — Every pair here is wrong: Udaipur – White cement, Nagaur – Chemical, Bhilwara – Lead and Zinc, Kota – Textile.

  C-(iv) can look plausible because Rajasthan's Department of Mines and Geology names lead-zinc deposits at Rampura-Agucha and Pur-Banera in Bhilwara. But the zinc smelter in this set of districts is at Debari, Udaipur, and Bhilwara's industry here is textiles.

Industries in Rajasthan cluster around resources and history. Hindustan Zinc's Debari smelter is in the same district as the Zawar lead-zinc deposit, and the Nagaur District Gazetteer (1975) records best-grade limestone at Gotan, where J.K. White Cement Works stands.

Textiles have a long record in Bhilwara. Its gazetteer records Mewar Textile Mills at Bhilwara from 1938, and later spinning mills there and at Gulabpura.

A district can hold several industries. IBM's 2018 list also names cement works at Udaipur and phosphate fertiliser units at Umra, Udaipur, besides the Debari smelter.

Key facts

• IBM, Indian Minerals Yearbook 2018 (Rajasthan): Hindustan Zinc's smelters are listed at Debari (Udaipur), Chanderiya (Chittorgarh) and Dariba (Rajsamand).
• The Udaipur District Gazetteer describes the Zawar lead-zinc deposit, extending 20 km from Hameta Magri to Parsad, worked by Hindustan Zinc Ltd.
• IBM (2018) lists J.K. White Cement Works at Gotan, Nagaur, and UltraTech's Birla White Cement division at Kharia Khangar, Jodhpur.
• Bhilwara District Gazetteer: Mewar Textile Mills was established at Bhilwara in 1938; Rajasthan Spinning and Weaving Mills began production on 21 November 1962.
• IBM (2018) lists Shriram Fertilizers & Chemicals, Shriramnagar, Kota, and Chambal Fertilizers & Chemicals, Gadepan, Kota.

Common traps

• Matching a district to its mineral instead of its industry. Bhilwara holds lead-zinc deposits at Rampura-Agucha, yet its industry in this list is textiles.
• Treating white cement as a Nagaur-only industry. IBM also lists a white cement division at Kharia Khangar, Jodhpur.
• Expecting one industry per district. Udaipur also has cement and phosphate fertiliser works; the code has to be read against the four industries on offer.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Hindustan Zinc's zinc smelter at Debari is located in which district of Rajasthan?

  • (a)Chittorgarh
  • (b)Udaipur
  • (c)Rajsamand
  • (d)Bhilwara
  Answer(2) — IBM's 2018 Rajasthan review lists the Debari zinc smelter in Udaipur district. Option (1), Chittorgarh, has the Chanderiya smelter; option (3), Rajsamand, the Dariba complex; option (4), Bhilwara, has lead-zinc deposits but no smelter on IBM's list.
• practice — not a real PYQ

  J.K. White Cement Works is located at –

  • (a)Kharia Khangar
  • (b)Gotan
  • (c)Nimbahera
  • (d)Lakheri
  Answer(2) — IBM lists J.K. White Cement Works at Gotan, Nagaur. Option (1), Kharia Khangar, has UltraTech's Birla White division; option (3), Nimbahera, has J.K. Cement's works; option (4), Lakheri, has ACC's plant.