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Purpose of smelting of an ore is

  1. (a) To oxidise it  
  2. To reduce it  
  3. (c) To remove vaporisable impurities  
  4. To obtain an alloy  

The correct answer is: To reduce it


    Smelting is a process of reducing metal oxide to metal by means of coke or C O.
    F e subscript 2 end subscript O subscript 3 end subscript plus 3 C rightwards arrow 2 F e plus 3 C O
    F e subscript 2 end subscript O subscript 3 end subscript plus 3 C O rightwards arrow 2 F e plus 3 C O subscript 2 end subscript

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