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Q. Consider the following pairs :

Country           Resource-rich in

I. Botswana        : Diamond

II. Chile               : Lithium

III. Indonesia      : Nickel

In how many of the above rows is the given information correctly matched?

(a) Only one

(b) Only two

(c) All the three

(d) None

Ans-c

Explanation 

Botswana is now the largest diamond exporter in the world by value, and the second largest by volume

Chile has the world’s largest lithium reserves (36%) and is the second-largest global producer (32%)

Indonesia leads the global nickel mining and smelting industry, producing nearly half of the world’s refined nickel and two-thirds of its mined nickel, primarily on the islands of Sulawesi and Maluku.

All three are correctly matched

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