Chapter-5[Minerals and Energy Resources]
1. A homogenous, naturally occurring substance with a definable internal structure is called?
a) Rocks
b) Minerals
c) Energy
d) Food
Answer. b) Minerals
2. In igneous and metamorphic rocks minerals may occur in---------and -----------.
a) veins and lodes
b) beds and layers
c) ores and clay
d) None
Answer. a) veins and lodes
3. The smaller occurrences of minerals in Igneous and metamorphic rocks are called --------
a) veins
b) Lodes
c) Beds
d) Layers
Answer. a) veins
4. The larger occurrences of minerals in Igneous and metamorphic rocks are called --------
a) veins
b) Lodes
c) Beds
d) Layers
Answer. b) Lodes
5. -------------are obtained from veins and lodes.
a) Metallic minerals
b) un-metallic minerals
c) fossil fuels
d) Natural gas
Answer. a) Metallic minerals
6. In sedimentary rocks several minerals occur in --------------.
a) Veins
b) Lodes
c) Beds or Layers
d) Fault and joint
Answer. c) Beds or Layers
7. Gold, silver, tin, and platinum are found in?
a) Veins
b) Lodes
c) Beds
d) Placer deposits
Answer. d) Placer deposits
8. Certain minerals may occur as alluvial deposits in the sands of valley floors and the base of hills. These deposits are called?
a) Veins
b) Lodes
c) Beds
d) Placer deposits
Answer. d) Placer deposits
9. ------------- is the finest iron ore with a very high content of iron up to 70 percent.
a) Magnetite
b) Hematite
c) Anthracite
d) Lignite
Answer. b) Hematite
10. ------------- is iron ore with a content of iron up to 50-60 percent.
a) Magnetite
b) Hematite
c) Anthracite
d) Lignite
Answer. a) Magnetite
11. Manganese is mainly used in the manufacturing of -----------.
a) Aluminium
b) Steel
c) Gold
d) Copper
Answer. b) Steel
12. Which of the following is the largest producer state of Manganese?
a) Madhya Pradesh
b) Maharashtra
c) Odisha
d) Karnataka
Answer. a) Madhya Pradesh > Maharashtra > Odisha
13. Kudremukh in Karnataka is famous for?
a) Iron Ore
b) Bauxite
c) Coal
d) Copper
Answer. a) Iron Ore
14. India is critically deficient in the reserve and production of ------minerals.
a) Iron Ore
b) Bauxite
c) Coal
d) Copper
Answer. d) Copper
15. Which of the following states is the largest producer of Bauxite?
a) Odisha
b) Jharkhand
c) Gujarat
d) Chhatisgarh
Answer. a) Odisha(65 %) > Jharkhand(10)> Gujarat > Chhatisgarh
16. The Balaghat mines in Madhya Pradesh, the Khetri mines in Rajasthan, and the Singhbhum district of Jharkhand are leading producers of-------.
a) Iron Ore
b) Bauxite
c) Mica
d) Copper
Answer. d) Copper
17. Koderma, Gaya – Hazaribagh belt of Jharkhand is the leading producer of ---------.
a) Iron Ore
b) Bauxite
c) Mica
d) Copper
Answer. c) Mica
18. ---------------- is the basic raw material for the cement industry and essential for smelting iron ore in the blast furnace.
a) Limestone
b) Copper
c) Magness
d) Coal
Answer. a) Limestone
19. Which of the following states is the largest producer of Limestone in India?
a) Rajasthan
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Chhattisgarh
Answer. a) Rajasthan
20. Which of the following is the non-conventional source of energy?
a) Firewood
b) Coal
c) Petroleum
d) biogas
Answer. d) biogas
21. Which of the following is the conventional source of energy?
a) Hydel and thermal energy
b) Solar energy
c) Wind energy
d) biogas
Answer. a) Hydel and thermal energy
22. -------- is low-grade brown coal, which is soft with high moisture content.
a) Anthracite
b) Bituminous
c) Lignite
d) Hepatite
Answer. c) Lignite
23. Coal that has been buried deep and subjected to increased temperatures is ---------- coal.
a) Anthracite
b) Bituminous
c) Lignite
d) Hepatite
Answer. b) Bituminous
24. ----------is the highest quality hard coal.
a) Anthracite
b) Bituminous
c) Lignite
d) Hepatite
Answer. a) Anthracite
25. Gondwana coal is a little over ------- million years in age.
a) 55
b) 66
c) 200
d) 400
Answer. c) 200
26. Tertiary deposits of coal are a little over ------- million years in age.
a) 55
b) 66
c) 200
d) 400
Answer. a) 55
27. Tertiary coals occur in ---------.
a) Godavari basin
b) Chhotanagpur plateau
c) Jammu and Kashmir
d) the northeastern states
Answer. d) the northeastern states
28. Mumbai High, Gujarat, and Assam are major ------- production areas in India
a) petroleum
b) Coal
c) Limestone
d) Cotton
Answer. a) petroleum
29. Which of the following Nuclear power plants is located in Uttar Pradesh?
a) Kakrapara
b) Tarapur
c) Kaiga
d) Naraura
Answer. d) Naraura
30. Which of the following Nuclear power plants is located in Gujarat?
a) Kakrapara
b) Tarapur
c) Kaiga
d) Kalpakkam
Answer. a) Kakrapara
31. Which of the following Nuclear power plants is located in Maharashtra?
a) Kakrapara
b) Tarapur
c) Kaiga
d) Kalpakkam
Answer. b) Tarapur
32. Which of the following Nuclear power plants is located in Karnataka?
a) Kakrapara
b) Tarapur
c) Kaiga
d) Kalpakkam
Answer. c) Kaiga
33. Which of the following Nuclear power plants is located in Tamil Nadu?
a) Kakrapara
b) Tarapur
c) Kaiga
d) Kalpakkam
Answer. d) Kalpakkam
34. Parvati Valley near Manikarn in Himachal Pradesh and Puga Valley, and Ladakh are famous for?
a) Wind energy
b) Biogas plant
c) Hydel energy
d) Geothermal energy
Answer. d) Geothermal energy
35. Which one of the following minerals is formed by the decomposition of rocks, leaving a residual mass of weathered material?
a) coal
b) bauxite
c) gold
d) zinc
Answer. b) bauxite
36. Koderma, in Jharkhand is the leading producer of which one of the following minerals?
a) bauxite
b) mica
c) iron ore
d) copper
Answer. b) mica
37. Minerals are deposited and accumulated in the strata of which of the following rocks?
a) sedimentary rocks
b) metamorphic rocks
c) igneous rocks
d) none of the above
Answer. a) sedimentary rocks
38. Which one of the following minerals is contained in the Monazite sand?
a) oil
b) uranium
c) thorium
d) coal
Answer. c) thorium
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