Which of the following are NOT correctly matched ? (Mineral) — (Mining City) 1. Copper – Chitradurga 2. Iron ore – Ballari 3. Manganese – Bhilwara 4. Bauxite – Katni Select the correct answer from the codes given below. Codes :
- (a)1 and 2
- (b)2 and 3
- (c)1 and 3
- (d)2 and 4
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).
- (a)1 and 2 — 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)2 and 3 — Includes pair 2 (Iron ore-Ballari), which is correct; only pair 3 (Manganese-Bhilwara) is wrong here.
- (d)2 and 4 — Both pair 2 (Iron ore-Ballari) and pair 4 (Bauxite-Katni) are correctly matched, so neither belongs in the 'NOT correctly matched' set.
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.
For a 'NOT correctly matched' question, lock in the pairs you know are RIGHT and eliminate. Ballari = iron ore and Katni = bauxite are standard, so 2 and 4 are correct — which already forces the answer to the pair '1 and 3'. Confirm: Chitradurga (Karnataka) is not a copper city, and Bhilwara (Rajasthan) is zinc-lead/textiles, not manganese.
- Copper (correctly): Khetri (Rajasthan), Malanjkhand (MP), Singhbhum (Jharkhand) — NOT Chitradurga
- Manganese (correctly): Balaghat, Nagpur-Bhandara, Keonjhar, Sandur — NOT Bhilwara (which is zinc-lead + textiles)
- Iron ore – Ballari (Bellary), Karnataka — correctly matched
- Bauxite – Katni, Madhya Pradesh — correctly matched
- Assuming any south-Indian mining town equals copper — Karnataka is not a copper-producing state
- Linking Bhilwara to manganese; it is a zinc-lead and textile centre
UPPSC/UPSC pose mineral-place pairs as 'correctly / not correctly matched' — memorise the leading mining centre for each key metal and the odd-one-out (here, copper and manganese are mis-placed).
Match List I (Ores) with List II (States where they are mined): I. Manganese II. Nickel III. Lead-zinc IV. Asbestos; A. Madhya Pradesh B. Orissa C. Rajasthan D. Andhra Pradesh.
- (a) I-A, II-C, III-B, IV-D
- (b) I-D, II-C, III-B, IV-A
- (c) I-A, II-B, III-C, IV-D
- (d) I-D, II-B, III-C, IV-A
Answer(c) I-A, II-B, III-C, IV-D
Same concept — mineral/ore matched to its producing region. Note lead-zinc → Rajasthan (Zawar/Rampura Agucha), which explains why manganese-Bhilwara (Rajasthan) is wrong in the UPPSC item.
Match List I (Minerals) with List II (Typical areas of occurrence): I. Coal II. Gold III. Mica IV. Manganese; A. Bhandara B. Karanpura C. Hutti D. Nellore.
- (a) I-A, II-C, III-B, IV-D
- (b) I-B, II-C, III-D, IV-A
- (c) I-C, II-D, III-B, IV-A
- (d) I-B, II-A, III-D, IV-C
Answer(b) I-B, II-C, III-D, IV-A
Same concept — mineral matched to its mining locality; note manganese → Bhandara (Maharashtra), one of the real manganese belts (not Bhilwara).
- practice — not a real PYQ
The Malanjkhand belt, one of India's largest copper deposits, is located in which state?
- (a)Rajasthan
- (b)Madhya Pradesh
- (c)Karnataka
- (d)Jharkhand
Answer(b) Madhya Pradesh — Malanjkhand (Balaghat district) hosts India's largest copper mine.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Ballari (Bellary) in Karnataka is best known for the mining of which mineral?
- (a)Copper
- (b)Bauxite
- (c)Iron ore
- (d)Manganese
Answer(c) Iron ore — the Ballari-Hospet-Sandur belt is a major source of India's iron ore.