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The actual name of eka-aluminium is

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scandium
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gallium
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germanium
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Solution

The correct option is B gallium
The properties of eka–aluminium predicted by Mendeléev and those of gallium, which was discovered later, are the same.
Hence, the correct answer is option (b).

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