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GK QUESTION#3222

Consider the following statements.

1. Diaspore is an aluminium-bearing mineral that occurs in bauxite.

2. Cinnabar is the chief ore of iron found in volcanic regions.

Which statements are correct?

  1. AOnly 1Correct answer
  2. BOnly 2
  3. CBoth 1 and 2
  4. DNeither 1 nor 2
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Answer

A. Only 1

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Diaspore, AlO(OH), is one of the aluminium-bearing minerals found in bauxite. Cinnabar is mercury sulfide, HgS, and is an ore of mercury rather than iron. Only statement 1 is correct.

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