Match List-I with List-II
| List-I (Mineral) | List-II (Major producing area) | ||
| (A) | Manganese belt | (I) | Balaghat-Chindwara |
| (B) | Bauxite | (II) | Kalahandi |
| (C) | Copper | (III) | Korba |
| (D) | Coal | (IV) | Agnigundala |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A) - (I), (B) - (II), (C) - (IV), (D) - (III)
(A) Manganese belt — this matches (I) Balaghat-Chindwara.
(B) Bauxite — this matches (II) Kalahandi.
(C) Copper — this matches (IV) Agnigundala, in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, a minor producer of copper.
(D) Coal — this matches (III) Korba.
NCERT (2025-26): “Manganese … The manganese belt of Madhya Pradesh extends in a belt in Balaghat-Chhindwara-Nimar-Mandla and Jhabua districts.… Bauxite … Odisha happens to be the largest producer of Bauxite. Kalahandi and Sambalpur are the leading producers.… Copper … Minor producers of Copper are Agnigundala in Guntur District (Andhra Pradesh), Chitradurg and Hasan districts (Karnataka) and South Arcot district (Tamil Nadu).… Coal … The most important coal mining centres are Singrauli in Madhya Pradesh (part of Singrauli coal field lies in Uttar Pradesh), Korba in Chhattisgarh, Talcher and Rampur in Odisha, Chanda–Wardha, Kamptee and Bander in Maharashtra and Singareni in Telangana and Pandur in Andhra Pradesh.…” |