In the metallurgical extraction of zinc from $ZnO$,the reducing agent used is:

  • A
    Carbon monoxide
  • B
    Sulphur dioxide
  • C
    Carbon dioxide
  • D
    Nitric oxide

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During the smelting of roasted copper ore,silica is added to remove:

Consider the following metallurgical processes:
$(i)$ Heating impure metal with $CO$ and distilling the resulting volatile carbonyl (boiling point $43\,^{\circ}C$) and finally decomposing at $150\,^{\circ}C$ to $200\,^{\circ}C$ to get the pure metal.
$(ii)$ Heating the sulphide ore in air until a part is converted to oxide and then further heating in the absence of air to let the oxide react with unchanged sulphide.
$(iii)$ Electrolysing the molten electrolyte containing approximately equal amounts of the metal chloride and $CaCl_2$ to obtain the metal.
The processes used for obtaining sodium,nickel and copper are,respectively,

The addition of silica during the extraction of copper from its sulphide ore:

Match the extraction processes listed in Column $I$ with metals listed in Column $II$:
Column $I$ Column $II$
$A$. Self reduction $P$. Lead
$B$. Carbon reduction $Q$. Silver
$C$. Complex formation and displacement by metal $R$. Copper
$D$. Decomposition of iodide $S$. Boron

Extraction of metal from the ore cassiterite involves

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