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Correct Answer: Option (B) — 2 only
Concept & Option Breakdown
Standard Reference VerifiedPair 1 is incorrectly matched: Madhya Pradesh (Malanjkhand) and Rajasthan (Khetri) account for the vast majority of copper resources and production in India; Jharkhand accounts for only a small fraction.
Pair 2 is correctly matched: Odisha (Sukinda Valley in Jajpur district) holds more than 90% of India's nickel ore resources.
Pair 3 is incorrectly matched: Major tungsten resources in India are located in Karnataka (~41%), Rajasthan (Degana, ~27%), and Andhra Pradesh (~17%), not Kerala.
Odisha is famously the near-exclusive repository of nickel and chromite ores in India (Sukinda valley).
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