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Yellowcake smuggling item — UPSC Prelims PYQ 1995

Yellow cake’, an item of smuggling across borders is

crude heroin
crude cocaine
uranium oxide
unrefined gold

Explanation

Option (c) is correct

Yellowcake is a concentrated powder form of uranium oxide (U₃O₈), used in nuclear fuel production.

Answer: (c) Uranium Oxide

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