Which of the following states is sole producer of agate, chalk, and perlite in India?
Q. Which of the following states is sole producer of agate, chalk, and perlite in India?
Answer: Gujarat
Notes: Gujarat is the sole producer of agate, chalk, and perlite and is leading producer of fluorite (concentrate), fireclay, silica sand, lignite, laterite, petroleum and natural gas and bauxite in the country. State is the sole holder of country’s resources of perlite, 66% of fluorite, 28% of diatomite, 18% of bentonite and 12% of wollastonite. [Ministry of Mines]

 

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