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Mendeleev’s Periodic Table

The actual na...

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The actual name of eka-aluminium is

A

scandium

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B

gallium

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C

germanium

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D

silicon

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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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