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Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

General Knowledge

Question:

With reference to metals and their ores, which of the following pairs is INCORRECT?

Options:

Gold (Au) – Calaverite

Mercury (Hg) – Greenockite

Aluminium (Al) – Cryolite

Cobalt (Co) – Smelite

Correct Answer:

Mercury (Hg) – Greenockite

Explanation:

The correct answer is option 2. Mercury (Hg) – Greenockite.

The pair that is incorrect is option Mercury (Hg) – Greenockite.

Greenockite is actually the ore of cadmium (Cd), not mercury (Hg). Mercury primarily occurs in its elemental form or as cinnabar (mercury sulfide), not greenockite.

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