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UPSC PYQPrelims 2023

Civil Services Examination · Question 7

About three-fourths of world's cobalt, a metal required for the manufacture of batteries for electric motor vehicles, is produced by

  1. Argentina
  2. Botswana
  3. the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  4. Kazakhstan
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Answer: (C) the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Explanation

The DRC produces roughly 70–75% of the world's cobalt.