CBSE 2025 · Region 3 · Set 1 · Q35 · 4 marks

Read the given source and answer the questions that follow : Iron Ore Iron ore is the basic mineral and the backbone of industrial development. India is endowed with fairly abundant resources of iron ore. India is rich in good quality iron ores. Magnetite is the finest iron ore with a very high content of iron up to $\displaystyle 70$ per cent. It has excellent magnetic qualities, especially valuable in the electrical industry. Hematite ore is the most important industrial iron ore in terms of the quantity used, but has a slightly lower iron content than magnetite ($\displaystyle 50$-$\displaystyle 60$ per cent). In $\displaystyle 2018$-$\displaystyle 19$, almost the entire production of iron ore ($\displaystyle 97$%) accrued from Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka and Jharkhand. The remaining production ($\displaystyle 3$%) was from other states. ($\displaystyle 35.1$) In which iron ore is the maximum iron content found ? ($\displaystyle 35.2$) Which is the most important industrial iron ore ? ($\displaystyle 35.3$) "Iron ore is a basic mineral." Support the statement.

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