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_________ is the method of obtaining a metal from rock or soil.

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Clenching

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Smelting

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Annealing

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None of these

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Solution

The correct option is B Smelting
Smelting is an extractive metallurgy. It is the process by which a metal is extracted from its basic ore or a rock.
Smelting makes use of heat and chemical reducing agents to decompose the ore.
Common reducing agents used is a carbon source like coke or charcoal.

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