Geography PYQ 495 of 587 · The Minerals · Uranium

Radium is extracted from the mines of –

  1. ALimestone
  2. BPitchblende
  3. CRutile
  4. DHematite

39th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1994

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Correct answer: (b) Pitchblende

Explanation

Radium is a radioactive chemical element with the symbol Ra. It was obtained from the uranium ore pitchblende.

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