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UPSC CSE 2025 · PYQ · Economic Geography / Mineral Resources · medium

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?

  1. A.Only one
  2. B.Only two
  3. C.All the three✓ Correct
  4. D.None

Explanation

All three pairs are correctly matched. Botswana is one of the world's largest producers of diamonds by value, with the Jwaneng and Orapa mines being among the richest diamond mines globally. Chile, along with Australia and Argentina, is among the top producers of lithium, possessing the world's largest lithium reserves in the Salar de Atacama region (the 'Lithium Triangle'). Indonesia holds the world's largest nickel reserves and is the largest nickel producer globally, with Sulawesi being a major nickel mining region.
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