{"id":956,"date":"2023-06-18T13:39:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-18T08:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=956"},"modified":"2024-04-03T07:16:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:46:31","slug":"q-consider-the-following-minerals-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-consider-the-following-minerals-2","title":{"rendered":"Q. Consider the following minerals:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bentonite<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chromite<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kyanite<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sillimanite<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In India, which of the above is\/are officially designated as major minerals?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"mcq wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 and 2 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 and 3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2, 3 and 4 only<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer: d) 2, 3 and 4 only<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Notes:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>As per&nbsp;<strong>Govt. of India Notification S.O. 423(E) dated 10th February 2015 Bentonite has been declared as \u2018Minor Mineral\u2019<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Central Government has declared the following minerals as minor minerals:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Boulder, shingle, chalcedony pebble<\/strong>s used for ball mill purposes only,&nbsp;<strong>lime shell, kankar.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And limestone used in kilns for the manufacture of lime used as a building material.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Murrum, brick-earth, fuller\u2019s earth,&nbsp;bentonite, road metal, reh-matti.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Slate and shale when used for building material, marble, stone used for making household utensils.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Quartzite and sandstone when used for purposes of building or for making road metal and household utensils, saltpeter, and ordinary earth<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Used or filling or leveling purposes in construction or embankments, roads, railways, building.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bentonite<\/strong>&nbsp;is essentially a&nbsp;<strong>highly plastic clay containing not less than 85% clay mineral,<\/strong>&nbsp;montmorillonite.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Chromite<\/strong>&nbsp;(Cr) is the&nbsp;<strong>single commercially viable ore of chromium<\/strong>&nbsp;which is chemically known as iron chromium oxide (Fe.Cr<sub>2<\/sub>O<sub>4<\/sub>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Kyanite,&nbsp;Sillimanite, and alusite are anhydrous aluminosilicate minerals<\/strong>&nbsp;that have the same chemical formula Al<sub>2<\/sub>O<sub>3<\/sub>&nbsp;but differ in the crystal structure and physical properties.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_8b0d27-26 .kt-block-spacer{height:40px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_8b0d27-26 .kt-divider{border-top-width:2px;border-top-color:#eee;width:100%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-_8b0d27-26\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In India, which of the above is\/are officially designated as major minerals? 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