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Prelims 2023 · Q6
Ilmenite and rutile, abundantly available in certain coastal tracts of India, are rich sources of which one of the following?
UPSC's answer: (d)
NCERT answers it: Class 10 Contemporary India – II, Ch 5 (Minerals and Energy Resources).
Contemporary India – II (ch 5): titanium oxide comes from the minerals rutile, ilmenite and anatase. So (d).
Hindi version: UPSC's official question paper (2023), question 6 ↗
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