Mineral Resources

11. Which mineral of Chhattisgarh State has largest deposit in the country? [Chhattisgarh P.C.S. (Pre) 2019]

(a) Coal
(b) Iron Ore
(c) Tin Ore
(d) Limestone

Correct Answer: (c) Tin Ore

Solution:When question asked in exam option (c) was correct. According to Indian Minerals Year Book 2022, the entire resources of Tin are located in Haryana, Chhattisgarh and Odisha. About 64% of the total ore resources are located in Haryana and 36% in Chhattisgarh.

12. Approximately what percentage of country's iron ore deposit is available in Chhattisgarh ? [Chhattisgarh P.C.S (Pre) 2013]

Correct Answer: (e) 20 percent

Solution:Chhattisgarh is a mineral rich state of the country. When question was asked it was home to 20.5 percent of the total iron ore of the country. As per latest data state has about 19% of hematite resource of country. (Indian Minerals Year Book 2022).

13. Which mineral is possible to produce in Kabirdham district? [Chhattisgarh P.C.S (Pre) 2013]

Correct Answer: (d) Iron ore

Solution:Kabirdham district of Chhattisgarh is famous for the production of many minerals mainly limestone, bauxite, iron ore etc. Recently, the iron-ore reserve was discovered in Kabirdham, which has the potential of generating high quality hematite iron.

14. Hasdeo Valley in Chhattisgarh is famous for - [Chhattisgarh P.C.S. (Pre) 2011]

(a) Iron ore mines
(b) Coal mines
(c) Bauxite mines
(d) Dolomite mines

Correct Answer: (b) Coal mines

Solution:Hasdeo Coalfield is a large Coalfield located in the east of India in Chhattisgarh. It is one of the largest coal reserve in India having estimated reserve of 5.18 billion tonnes of coal.

15. Match the mineral deposits and areas found in Chhattisgarh : [Chhattisgarh P.C.S. (Pre) 2021]

Mineral	Location
a. Diamond	(i) Latapara
b. Limestone	(ii) Jangda
c. Manganese	(iii) Jhipan
d. Garnet	(iv) Parsoli

Code :

	a	b	c	d
(a)	iv	iii	ii	i
(b)	iii	iv	i	ii
(c)	ii	iii	iv	i
(d)	i	ii	iv	iii

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Correct Answer: (c)

Solution:The correct match is follows as-

Mineral Deposit	Area
Diamond	Jangda
Limestone	Jhipan
Manganese	Parsoli
Garnet	Latapura

16. In which of the following district of Chhattisgarh tin mines are located? [Chhattisgarh P.C.S (Pre) 2013]

Correct Answer: (d) Dantewada

Solution:Chhattisgarh is the leading tin producer of the country. Tin is largely produced in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh. Bastar district of Chhattisgarh is the largest producer of Corundum in the state. It is also found in Raipur district. Iron-ore in Chhattisgarh is abundantly found in Dantewada, Bastar, Kanker and Rajnadgaon districts. Bailadila iron ore mine of Dantewada is the largest iron-ore mine of Asia. Most of the coal reserves are found in Sarguja district. It is also found in Koraba and Raigarh areas.

17. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? [Chhattisgarh P.C.S. (Pre) 2015]

District	Minerals
(a) Koriya	Coal
(b) Raipur	Diamond
(c) Raigarh	Iron ore
(d) Sarguja	Gold

Correct Answer: (b)

Solution:The correct match is as follows -

District	Minerals
Koriya	Coal
Raipur	Diamond
Gariyababad	Iron Ore
Sarguja	Gold

18. In Chhattisgarh, what was the production price of secondary minerals in the year 2012-13? [Chhattisgarh P.C.S. (Pre) 2014]

Correct Answer: (b) Rs. 43,904 lakh

Solution:During the year 2012-13, Chhattisgarh produced secondary mineral of Rs. 43,904.30 lakh. Limestone (28,607.53 lakh rupees) had the maximum share in it.

19. In which of the following district limestone is produced more? [Chhattisgarh P.C.S. (Pre) 2014]

Correct Answer: (c) Raipur

Solution:Chhattisgarh has 5 percent of the total limestone reserve of the country. The state produced 20172 thousand tonnes limestone during the year 2012-13. Limestone is found in Raigarh, Raipur, Bastar, Bilaspur, Durg, Janjgir-Champa, Kawardha and Raj nandgaon districts of the state. Raipur produced maximum limestone (16520 thousand tonnes).

20. Match List-I (Mineral) with List-II (districts of C.G.) on the basis of code – [Chhattisgarh P.C.S. (Pre) 2008]

List-I	List-II
A. Tin	1. Dantewada
B. Corandom	2. Korba
C. Iron ore	3. Raipur
D. Coal	4. Bastar

Code :

	A	B	C	D
(a)	4	3	2	1
(b)	3	4	1	2
(c)	2	1	3	4
(d)	1	2	4	3

Correct Answer: (e) *

Solution:Chhattisgarh is the leading tin producer of the country. Tin is largely produced in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh. Bastar district of Chhattisgarh is the largest producer of Corundum in the state. It is also found in Raipur district. Iron-ore in Chhattisgarh is abundantly found in Dantewada, Bastar, Kanker and Rajnadgaon districts. Bailadila iron ore mine of Dantewada is the largest iron-ore mine of Asia. Most of the coal reserves are found in Sarguja district. It is also found in Koraba and Raigarh areas.