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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

5. Ans: d

Explanation:

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.

Ilmenite and rutile along with other heavy minerals are important constituents of beach sand deposits found right from Moti Daman-Umbrat coast (Gujarat) in the west to Odisha coast in the east.

Tamil Nadu is the leading producer of ilmenite contributing 66% of the total production followed by Odisha 25% and Kerala 9 per cent. 

Odisha is the leading producer of rutile accounting for 43% of the total production followed by Tamil Nadu 38% and Kerala 19 per cent.

Hence, option d is correct.

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