BPSC – Combined Competitive Examination · ప్రశ్న 94
The metallurgical process in which the metal is obtained in a molten (fused) state is called:
సమాధానం చూపించు & వివరణ
సమాధానం: (D) Smelting
వివరణ
In smelting (e.g. iron in a blast furnace), the metal is reduced and collected in molten form.
- (A) తప్పు
Wrong: heating ore in air below melting point.
- (B) తప్పు
Wrong: heating in limited/no air to remove volatiles.
- (C) తప్పు
Wrong: a concentration method for sulphide ores.
- (D) సరైనది
Correct: smelting reduces the ore at high temperature, giving molten metal.
- (E) తప్పు
Wrong: only one of the options A–D is correct.