Consider the following statements regarding the production of bauxite in India. 1. In India, the largest deposits of bauxite occur in the Dharwar rock systems. 2. Jharkhand is the largest producer of bauxite in India. 3. Most of the bauxite is found in the laterite rocks on the plateau or hill ranges of the peninsula. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are INCORRECT?
Both 1 and 2
Bauxite in India is mainly found in laterite rocks on the plateaus and hill ranges of the peninsula, not the Dharwar rock systems, so statement 1 is incorrect. Odisha, not Jharkhand, is the largest producer of bauxite in India, making statement 2 incorrect as well. Statement 3 correctly describes the laterite-based occurrence of bauxite.
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