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Eka - silicon is a :

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metal
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non-metal
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metalloid
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none of the above
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Solution

The correct option is D metalloid
Eka-silicon means germanium. It occurred because of silicon where as eka-aluminium occurred because of aluminium and later named it as gallium. Germanium is a metalloid.

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