Question

Which State in India is the leading producer of Sulphur?
a: Uttar Pradesh
b: Tamil Nadu
c: Assam
d: Punjab

Answer 1

Hint: The complete utilization of natural sulfur in 2014-15 was around 2 million tons. The principal customer of sulfur was the manure industry which represented about 77%.

Complete Answer: The state of Haryana accounted for 41% of the total sulfur production and it was followed by Gujarat 23%, Maharashtra 13%, Uttar Pradesh 11%, West Bengal 10% and 2% production was contributed by Bihar and Assam. The homegrown creation of essential sulfur is restricted to side-effect recuperations from oil treatment facilities and fuel oil utilized as feedstock for producing manure. The sulfide minerals contain sulfur and during the creation of metal from sulfide metals, sulfur is delivered as SO2 which is utilized to create sulphuric corrosive. The sulphuric corrosive created in this way contains about 32.7% of sulfur and contributes to the enterprises which in any case would have utilized basic sulfur. One of the immediate uses of sulfur is in vulcanization of elastic. Sulfur is a segment of black powder. It responds straightforwardly with methane to give carbon disulfide, which is utilized to fabricate cellophane and rayon. Sulfur is utilized as a light-creating medium in the uncommon lighting apparatuses known as "sulfur lights". The sulfur light is a profoundly effective full-range electrodeless lighting framework whose light is created by sulfur plasma that has been energized by microwave radiation.

Option a is the correct answer because, among the given Options, the State of Uttar Pradesh is the leading producer of Sulphur.

Note: Exports of sulfur (barring sublimed, accelerated and colloidal) diminished strongly to 3,97,399 tons in 2014-15 from 5,77,695 tons in the earlier year. The exports were basically to China (91%) and Jordan (8%). Imports of sulfur (barring sublimed, accelerated and colloidal) expanded strongly to 16.26 lakh tons in 2014-15 from 12.99 lakh tons in the earlier year. Imports were mostly from Qatar (18%), Saudi Arabia (29%) and UAE.