UPSC Prelims 2009 · General Studies

Question 30: Geography

Which among the following has the world's largest reserves of Uranium ?

aAustralia

bCanada

cRussian Federation

dUSA

AnswerThe answer is (a).

Australia holds the largest share of the world's known recoverable uranium, roughly a quarter to a third of it, with Olympic Dam in South Australia the biggest single deposit. Canada is the other big name because its ores are very rich, and Kazakhstan leads in annual production. Russia and the USA have much smaller reserves.

Why each option is right or wrong

(a) Right: Australia has the largest uranium reserves.
(b) Canada has very high-grade ore and large output, but smaller reserves than Australia.
(c) Russia has smaller reserves.
(d) The USA has far smaller reserves.

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Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2009, General Studies. UPSC's own paper isn't online; the words are from a published compilation. The paper on upsc.gov.in.