Pig iron is the name given to

A Raw material for blast furnace
B Product of blast furnace made by reduction of iron ore
C Iron containing huge quantities of carbon
D Iron in molten form in the ladles

Correct Answer: Product of blast furnace made by reduction of iron ore

Pig iron is the intermediate product extracted from iron ore in a blast furnace.
Pig iron is used as raw material in steel making.
Pig iron gets its name from the old fashioned method of casting the iron into moulds arranged in sand beds so that they could be fed from a common runner
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Wrought iron is manufactured from pig iron by
A Refining
B Pudding
C Shingling
D All the above
The variety of pig iron used for manufacture of wrought iron, is
A Bessemer pig
B Grey or foundry pig
C White forge pig
D Mottled pig
__________ iron is produced, when molten pig iron is allowed to cool gradually.
A White cast
B Grey cast
C Wrought
D None of these
__________ iron is produced, when molten pig iron is chilled suddenly.
A White cast
B Grey cast
C Wrought
D None of these
The fuel mostly used in blast furnace for extracting pig iron from iron ores is
A Hard coke
B Soft coke
C Pulverized coal
D Bituminous coal
Pig iron is produced by blast furnaces in India using mostly the iron ore named
A Hematite
B Magnetite
C Siderite
D Chalcopyrite
The impure iron (pig iron) that is tapped out from blast furnace contains about __________ percent carbon.
A 0.2
B 2
C 4
D 8
A special lottery is to be held to select the student who will live in the only deluxe room in a dormitory . There are 100 seniors, 150 juniors and 200 sophomres who applied. Each senior's junior's name , 2 times; and each sophomres who applied. Each senior's name is placed in the lottery 3 times; each junior's name ,2 times name, 2 times ; and each sphomore's name , 1 time . What is the probability that a senior's name will be chosen?
A 18
B 38
C 48 
D 28
Volume of blast furnace slag is about __________ times the volume of hot metal (pig iron) of the same weight
A 1.5
B 3
C 5
D 7
Dephosphorisation of molten pig iron is favoured by
A oxidising and basic slag
B reducing and basic slag
C high activity co-efficient of phosphorous in metal
D oxidising and neutral slag

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