Chemistry PYQ 134 of 152 · Everyday Chemistry

Bauxite is the ore of:

  1. AIron
  2. BAluminum
  3. CCopper
  4. DGold

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Correct answer: (b) Aluminum

Explanation

Bauxite is the chief ore of aluminium (Al), containing minerals like gibbsite, boehmite and diaspore.

Aluminium is the most abundant metal in Earth's crust (about 8 percent by weight).

Iron comes from haematite/magnetite, copper from copper pyrites, not bauxite.

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