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Question. Which one of the following places is very ideal for generating tidal energy for power plant?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Gulf of Kuchchh
(d) Gulf of Cambey
Answer
C
Question. In which one of the following states of India oldest gold mine is located?
(a) Panna in Madhya Pradesh
(b) Jharia in West Bengal
(c) Kolar in Karnataka
(d) Shinghbhum in Jharkhand
Answer
C
Question. Which one of the following is the correct set of natural gas producing sites ?
(a) Bombay, High, Digoi, Godawari, Basin, Ankaleshwar
(b) Ankaleshwar, Bombay High, Digboi, Godavari basin
(c) Bombay High, Ankaleshwar , Godavari basin, Cauvery basin
(d) Bombay High, Godavari basin, Digboi, Ankaleshwar
Answer
C
Question. Which of the following is not a nuclear power station :
(a) Kaiga
(b) Narora
(c) Korba
(d) Kakrapara
Answer
C
Question. In which of the following iron ore belt Kudremukh mines are located ?
(a) Orissa-Jharkhand belt
(b) Maharashtra-Goa belt
(c) Durg-Baster-Chandrapur belt
(d) Bellary-Chitradiga-Chikmaglur-Tumkur belt
Answer
D
Question. Which of the following is the oldest oil producing state of India ?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Assam
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Andaman Nicobar island
Answer
B
Question. Which one of the following is interested in the formation of the minerals and their composition only?
(a) Environmentalists
(b) Forest dwellers
(c) Geographers
(d) Geologist
Answer
D
Question. In which of the following region of India Rat-hole mining is practiced.
(a) Assam
(b) Manipur
(c) Imphal
(d) Meghalaya
Answer
D
Question. Kudre in kannada means
(a) horse.
(b) dog.
(c) goat.
(d) cow.
Answer
A
Question. India is critically deficient in which of the following minerals reserves ?
(a) Mica
(b) Copper
(c) Bauxite
(d) Manganese
Answer
B
Question. Mica is extensively used in
(a) steel industry.
(b) electrical industry.
(c) rubber plantation.
(d) fertilizer industry.
Answer
B
Question. The largest bauxite producing state in India with 34.97 per cent of the country’s total production in 2009-10 is
(a) Orissa.
(b) Uttar Pardesh.
(c) Punjab.
(d) Karnataka.
Answer
A
Question. In which one of the following states the largest wind farm cluster is located ?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Kerala
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Tamil Nadu
Answer
D
Question. Which of the following is non-metallic mineral?
(a) Iron ore
(b) Copper
(c) Bauxite
(d) Lime stone
Answer
D
Question. Which one of the following minerals is contained in the monazite sands ?
(a) Oil
(b) Uranium
(c) Thorium
(d) Coal
Answer
C
Question. Minerals are deposited and accumulated in the stratas of
(a) sedimentary rocks.
(b) igneous rocks.
(c) metamophic rocks.
(d) granite rocks.
Answer
A
Question. In which state of India are the Khetri Copper mines situated ?
(a) Punjab
(b) Jharkhand
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Madhya Pradesh
Answer
C
Question. Which one of the following minerals is largely derived from ‘placer deposits’ ?
(a) Magnesium
(b) Gold
(c) Iron ore
(d) Bromine
Answer
B
Question. Which one of the following is the basic raw material for the cement industry ?
(a) Magnesium
(b) Limestone
(c) Mica
(d) Copper
Answer
B
Question. Where is the lignite coal found ?
(a) Narayan Sarovar
(b) Panandhro
(c) Bhuj
(d) Lakhpat
Answer
D
Question. Jharia, Bokaro, Giridh and Karanpur are important coal fields of which one of the following states ?
(a) Jharkhand
(b) Bihar
(c) Odisha
(d) Chattisgharh
Answer
A
Question. Which one of the following minerals is formed through residual mass of weathered material?
(a) Iron
(b) Zinc
(c) Bauxite
(d) Coal
Answer
C
Question. Which one of the following statement is not true?
(a) Mica can be clear, black, green, red, yellow or brown
(b) Limestone is found associated with composed of calcium carbonates or calcium and magnesium carbonates.
(c) Aluminium has good conductivity and great malleability
(d) Generally minerals are not found in ‘ore’
Answer
D
Question. Important deposits of which mineral are found in Koraput in Odisha ?
(a) Iron ore
(b) Coal
(c) Copper
(d) Bauxite.
Answer
D
Question. Read the following statement and choose the best possible choice. “Energy saved is energy produced”
(a) It’s about industrial energy planning
(b) It’s about consumption of energy
(c) It’s about sustainable energy
(d) It’s about conservation of energy resources
Answer
D
Question. Koderma mines located in Jharkhand is rich in which minerals?
(a) Bauxite
(b) Mica
(c) Iron ore
(d) Copper
Answer
B
Question. Which of the following states is not connected with Hajira-Vijaypur-Jagdishpur pipeline ?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Gujarat
(d) Uttar Pradesh
Answer
B
Question. The following is located in the Parvati valley near Manikarn in Himachal Pradesh and in the Puga Valley, Ladakh
(a) Tidal energy plant
(b) Solar enrgy plant
(c) Geothermal energy plant
(d) Atomic energy plant
Answer
C
Question. Under which of the following type of resource can tidal energy be put?
(a) Replenishable
(b) Human made
(c) Abiotic
(d) Non – recyclable
Answer
A
Question. Which of the following mineral found in monazite sands?
(a) Mineral oil
(b) Uranium
(c) Thorium
(d) Coal
Answer
C
Question. The conventional source of energy is
(a) petroleum.
(b) solar energy.
(c) wind power.
(d) biogas.
Answer
A
Question. Which type of resource is solar energy ?
(a) Replenishable
(b) Human-made
(c) Biotic
(d) Non-recyclable
Answer
A
Question. Which of the folloiwng is a non-renewable as well as non-recyclable resource ?
(a) Iron
(b) Coal
(c) Water
(d) Forests
Answer
B
Question. Off-shore drilling is
(a) drilling in the shallow sea.
(b) drilling in the deep sea.
(c) drilling in the land area.
(d) drilling in the mountain region.
Answer
A
Question. _________ is the oldest oil producing state of India.
(a) Gujarat
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Assam
(d) Mizoram
Answer
C
Question. Hydro-Electric Power provided in Shivana Samudra was first of its kind in the whole of Aisa. The Diwan of Mysore responsible for this is
(a) Dewan Rangacharlu
(b) Sir M. Visweswaraiah
(c) Dewan Sheshadrilyer
(d) Sir Mirza Ismail
Answer
C
Question. What is used to melt the metals ?
(a) Flourspar
(b) Bauxite
(c) Lignite
(d) Graphite
Answer
D
Question. The best quality of iron ore is :
(a) Magnetite
(b) Pyrite
(c) Hematite
(d) Siderite
Answer
A
Question. Largest and oldest industry of the. country is:
(a) Cement industry
(b) Paper Industry
(c) Jute Industry
(d) Cotton Industry
Answer
D
Question. The mines in India that produce 52% of India’s Copper is
(a) Singhbum in Jharkhand.
(b) Khetri mines in Rajasthan.
(c) Balaghat mines in Madhya Pradesh.
(d) Gaya mines in Bihar.
Answer
B
Question. Nagercoil of Tamil Nadu is famous for
(a) Solar Energy
(b) Wind Power
(c) Thermal Power
(d) Tidal Energy
Answer
B
Question. Which is not a variety of coal ?
(a) Anthracite
(b) Bituminous
(c) Lemonite
(d) Lignite
Answer
C
Question. Which one of the following states has highest production of manganese?
(a) Orissa
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Karnataka
(d) Rajasthan
Answer
A
Question. Minerals are deposited and accumulated in the horizontal strata of which of the following rocks ?
(a) Sedimentary rocks
(b) Igneous rocks
(c) Metamorphic rocks
(d) None of the above
Answer
A
Question. Which one of the following states, is the largest producer of copper in India ?
(a) Orissa
(b) Karnataka
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Gujarat
Answer
C
Question. Which mine is found in Khetri ?
(a) Copper Mines
(b) Lignite Mines
(c) Bauxite Mines
(d) Iron Ore Mines
Answer
A
Question. Which of the following minerals is a non-metallic mineral ?
(a) Bauxite
(b) Manganese
(c) Iron Ore
(d) Mica
Answer
D
Question. Which one of the following places is not on the Hajira- Bijaipur- Jagdishpur natural gas pipeline.
(a) Hajira
(b) Shahajanpur
(c) Bokaro
(d) Delhi
Answer
C
Question. It is a non-metallic mineral
(a) Copper
(b) Lead
(c) Mica
(d) Nickel
Answer
C
Question. Tata Iron and Steel Company (TISCO) IS LOCATED in………….
(a) Jamshedpur
(b) Rourkela
(c) Bhilai
(d) Bhopal
Answer
A
Question. Which of the following is an example of non-metallic mineral –
(a) Gold
(b) Bauxite
(c) Graphite
(d) Tin
Answer
C
Question. In which state Kalpakkam Nuclear Power Plant is situated ?
(a) Kerala
(b) Karnataka
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Tamil Nadu
Answer
D
FILL IN THE BLANKS
Question. _________ is found in placier deposits.
Answer
Gold
Question. Rocks are combinations of homogemous substances called _________.
Answer
minerals
Question. Rat hole mining is found in _________.
Answer
Meghalaya
Question. The earth’s ________ is made up of different minerals embedded in the rocks.
Answer
crust
Question. Minerals are found in _________.
Answer
ores
TRUE / FALSE
Question. About 63 percent of India’s petroleum production is from Digboi.
Answer
False
Question. Over 2000 minerals have been identified till now.
Answer
True
Question. Khetri in rajasthan is famous for copper.
Answer
True
Question. Coal is the second most important source of energy.
Answer
False
Question. Koderma in Jharkhand is the leading producer of mica
Answer
True
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