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A deposit is called an ore only if its mineral content makes extraction:
AExtremely slow work
BCommercially viable
CPhysically impossible
DLegally forbidden
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Commercially viable
1. An ore is a mineral mixed with other elements.
2. The concentration must be worth mining.
3. It must be commercially viable.
_Source: NCERT Class 10 Geography, Contemporary India II, Chapter 5, Minerals and Energy Resources._
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