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The first iron ore mine of Bangladesh has recently discovered in ____
A
Bandarban
B
Dinajpur
C
Nilphamari
D
Thakurgaon
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Geological Survey of Bangladesh (GSB) today announced that they discovered the country’s first magnetic mine or iron ore at Dinajpur’s Hakimpur upazila.

Detailed explanation-2: -Iron ore was discovered on the Marquette Range on September 19, 1844 by William A. Burt, United States Deputy Surveyor, and party who were surveying in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Detailed explanation-3: -About 20 km from Rairangpur lies Gorumahisani, India’s first iron ore mine, and widely dubbed as ‘mother mine’ for empire of Tata Steel that has grown to a global steel behemoth having crude steel capacity of 34 million tonnes per annum.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Kudremukh mines lie in the Western Ghats of Karnataka. It is located in the Ballari-Chitradurga-Chikkamagaluru-Tumakuru belt. These mines are known for its large deposits of iron ore and it is one of the largest in the world.

Detailed explanation-5: -The major iron ore belts in India are listed below: Odisha-Jharkhand belt. Durg-Bastar-Chandrapur belt in Chattisgarh. Ballari-Chitradurga-Chikkamagaluru-Tumakuru belt in Karnataka.

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