{"id":1065,"date":"2023-06-20T12:17:13","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T06:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=1065"},"modified":"2024-04-03T07:09:54","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:39:54","slug":"q-in-india-the-steel-production-industry-requires-the-import-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-in-india-the-steel-production-industry-requires-the-import-of","title":{"rendered":"Q. In India, the steel production industry requires the import of"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"mcq wp-block-list\">\n<li>Saltpetre<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rock phosphate<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coking coal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All of the above<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer: (c) Coking coal<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Notes:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Saltpetre (Potassium nitrate)<\/strong><strong>is not used<\/strong>\u00a0in the production of Steel.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It is&nbsp;<strong>used in the production of fertilizers, tree stump removal, rocket propellants and fireworks.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is one of the major constituents of gunpowder (black powder) and has been used since the Middle Ages as a food preservative.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rock phosphate<\/strong>&nbsp;is used in the&nbsp;<strong>production of fertilizer<\/strong>&nbsp;and not for the production of Steel.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>India imports coking coal.<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The production of steel requires 0.8 tonnes of coking coal to produce one tonne of Steel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_3d9145-33 .kt-block-spacer{height:40px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_3d9145-33 .kt-divider{border-top-width:2px;border-top-color:#eee;width:100%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-_3d9145-33\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Answer: (c) Coking coal 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