2016 · Q19
Consider the following statements relating to salt production in India:
- 1India is the second largest producer of iodised salt in the world next only to China.
- 2Salt mining is carried out in Himachal Pradesh.
- 3Gujarat is the leading producer of salt in India.
- 4Ground water is the important source of salt in Rajasthan.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
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- A1 and 2 only
- B3 and 4 only
- C1, 2 and 3
- D2, 3 and 4
Explanation
Statement 1 is not correct: India is the world's third-largest salt producer (after China and the USA), not the second. Statement 2 is correct: rock-salt mining is carried out in the Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh. Statement 3 is correct: Gujarat contributes roughly three-fourths of India's salt. Statement 4 is correct: besides Sambhar lake brine, Rajasthan produces salt from sub-soil brine (groundwater) at Nawa, Phalodi, and Kuchhaman. Hence statements 2, 3, and 4 are correct. Note: one published key gives (C), but that requires statement 1 to be true and statement 4 false, contrary to the evidence.