UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — NMDC Scripts history with its highest ever 53 MT production output
Q1. With respect to India's mineral and metal sector, NMDC Limited is most accurately described as which one of the following?
- A. India's largest iron ore producer
- B. India's largest coal producer
- C. India's largest crude steel producer
- D. India's largest aluminium producer
Q2. In which year was NMDC Limited conferred Navratna status by the Government of India?
- A. 1998
- B. 2005
- C. 2008
- D. 2011
Q3. In which financial year did NMDC cross the 40 Million Tonnes (MT) annual iron ore production mark for the first time?
- A. FY18 (2017-18)
- B. FY20 (2019-20)
- C. FY22 (2021-22)
- D. FY24 (2023-24)
Q4. Between its output of about 10 MT in 1978 and its record output in FY26, NMDC's annual iron ore production grew by approximately what factor?
- A. About 3 times
- B. About 5 times
- C. About 8 times
- D. About 12 times
Q5. With reference to NMDC's FY26 performance compared with its earlier years, consider the following statements:
1. NMDC's iron ore production in FY26 exceeded its iron ore sales in the same year.
2. In FY26, production grew at a higher year-on-year rate than sales.
3. The 50 MT annual production mark was first crossed by NMDC in FY22.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- NMDC's iron ore production in FY26 exceeded its iron ore sales in the same year.
- In FY26, production grew at a higher year-on-year rate than sales.
- The 50 MT annual production mark was first crossed by NMDC in FY22.
- A. 1 and 2 only
- B. 2 and 3 only
- C. 1 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2 and 3
Q6. NMDC Limited, which posted the record FY26 iron ore output, functions under the administrative control of which Union Ministry?
- A. Ministry of Mines
- B. Ministry of Steel
- C. Ministry of Coal
- D. Ministry of Heavy Industries
Q7. With reference to NMDC's flagship iron ore mining complexes, consider the following statements:
1. The Kirandul and Bacheli complexes both lie in the Bailadila sector of Chhattisgarh.
2. The Donimalai iron ore complex is located in Karnataka.
3. The Kumaraswamy iron ore mine is located in Chhattisgarh.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- The Kirandul and Bacheli complexes both lie in the Bailadila sector of Chhattisgarh.
- The Donimalai iron ore complex is located in Karnataka.
- The Kumaraswamy iron ore mine is located in Chhattisgarh.
- A. 1 and 2 only
- B. 2 and 3 only
- C. 1 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2 and 3
Q8. NMDC produces iron ore from its mechanised mines organised into how many production complexes across Chhattisgarh and Karnataka?
- A. Two
- B. Three
- C. Four
- D. Five
Q9. Which of the following are correctly identified as targets set for 2030-31 under the National Steel Policy, 2017?
1. Crude steel capacity of 300 MT
2. Crude steel production of 255 MT
3. Per capita finished steel consumption of 160 kg
4. Crude steel capacity of 122 MT
Which of the above is/are correctly identified?
- Crude steel capacity of 300 MT
- Crude steel production of 255 MT
- Per capita finished steel consumption of 160 kg
- Crude steel capacity of 122 MT
- A. 1, 2 and 3
- B. 2 and 4 only
- C. 1 and 4 only
- D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
Q10. The classification of central public sector enterprises such as NMDC as Maharatna, Navratna or Miniratna is granted by which of the following?
- A. NITI Aayog
- B. Ministry of Corporate Affairs
- C. Department of Public Enterprises
- D. Comptroller and Auditor General of India
Q11. In NMDC's stated vision of achieving '100+ MT by 2030', the figure of 100 MT refers to which one of the following?
- A. Annual iron ore production capacity
- B. Annual crude steel production
- C. Cumulative iron ore reserves in its leases
- D. Annual iron ore export target
Q12. The Nagarnar Steel Plant, demerged from NMDC into NMDC Steel Limited, is an integrated steel plant with a designed capacity of how many million tonnes per annum (MTPA)?
- A. 1 MTPA
- B. 3 MTPA
- C. 5 MTPA
- D. 7 MTPA