16. With reference to nuclear resources in India, Which of the following statements given is/are

correct?

1. Uranium deposits can be found in the Dharwar rocks of India .

2. Thorium deposits have been found in the Andhra Pradesh and Odisha.

Options:

a. 1 only

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b. 2 only

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c. Both 1 and 2

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d. Neither 1 nor 2

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Solution

The correct option is C
c. Both 1 and 2

c)
Uranium deposits occur in the Dharwar rocks. Geographically, uranium ores are known to occur in several locations along the Singbhum Copper belt. It is also found in Udaipur, Alwarand Jhunjhunu districts of Rajasthan, Durg district of Chhattisgarh, Bhandara district of Maharashtra andKullu district of Himachal Pradesh.

Thorium is mainly obtained from monazite in the beach sands along the coast of Kerala and Tamil Nadu. World‘s richest monazite deposits occur in Palakkad and Kollam districts of Kerala, near Vishakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh and Mahanadi river delta in Odisha

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