UPSC Prelims 2023 – Question 6

Q6. Ilmenite and rutile, abundantly available in certain coastal tracts of India, are rich sources of which one of the following?

(a) Aluminium
(b) Copper
(c) Iron
(d) Titanium

Correct Answer: Option (d)

• India is endowed with large resources of heavy minerals which occur mainly along coastal stretches of the country and also in inland placers.
• Heavy mineral sands comprise a group of seven minerals, viz, ilmenite, leucoxene (brown ilmenite), rutile, zircon, sillimanite, garnet and monazite. Ilmenite (FeO. TiO2) and rutile (TiO2) are the two chief minerals of titanium. Hence, option (d) is correct.

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