Tuesday 12 January 2021

MCQ of Mineral & Energy Resources

 Q.1. Study about which of the characteristics of minerals is not a concern of geographers?

(a)  Minerals as part of the earth’s crust for better understanding of landforms.

(b)  Distribution of minerals

(c)  Economic  activities  associated  with minerals

(d)  Formation,  age  and  physical  and chemical composition of minerals

Ans. (d)

Q.2. Which of the following rocks consists of a single mineral?

(a)  Granite                    (b) Basalt          (c)  Limestone                (d) Sandstone

Ans. (c)

Q.3. Metals like  gold, silver and platinum are known as which of the following? 

(a)  Ferrous minerals       (b)  Non-ferrous minerals 

(c)  Non-metallic minerals (d)  Precious minerals

Ans. (d)

Q.4. Minerals formed from solidification of molten matter in the crack, crevices, faults or joints are found in which types of rocks?

(a)  Stratified rocks

(b)  Igneous and metamorphic rocks

(c)  Sedimentary rocks

(d)  None of the above

Ans. (b)

Q.5. Which of the following is a major metallic mineral obtained from veins and lodes?

(a)  Tin                (b) Iron           (c)  Manganese              (d) Gold

Ans. (a)

Q.6. Minerals are deposited and accumulated in strata of which of the following rocks?

(a)  Sedimentary rocks             (b)  Metamorphic rocks

(c)  Igneous rocks                     (d)  None of the above

Ans. (a)

Q.7. Which  of  the  following  sedimentary minerals is formed as a result of evaporation, especially in arid regions? 

(a)  Coal                         (b) Potash salt           (c)  Iron ore                   (d) Sulphur

Ans. (b)

Q.8. Which of the following regions of India contain most of the reserves of coal, metallic minerals, mica and many other non-metallic minerals?

(a)  The Himalayas

(b)  Alluvial plains of North India

(c)  Rock system of peninsula in Rajasthan

(d)  Peninsular plateau region

Ans. (d)

Q.9. Which of the following regions of India is almost devoid of economic minerals? 

(a)  The Himalayan belt

(b)  The alluvial plains of North India

(c)  The Thar desert

(d)  The Peninsular plateau

Ans. (b)

Q.10. Which  of  the  following  is  the  finest quality of iron ore with magnetic qualities ?

(a)  Magnetite                (b) Haematite       (c)  Siderite                    (d) Limonite

Ans. (a)

Q.11. Which one of the following mineral ores is formed by decomposition of rocks, leaving a residual mass of weathered material?

(a)  Coal                         (b) Bauxite         (c)  Gold                        (d) Zinc

Ans. (b)

Q.12. Due to which of the following reasons is the Bailadila range in the Bastar district of Chhattisgarh   famous?

(a)  It is the highest range in Central India

(b)  Very high grade haematite variety of iron ore is found here

(c)  Very  high  grade  coal  deposits  are found here

(d)  It is the largest iron ore deposit in the world

Ans. (b)

Q.13. Which of the following minerals is an important raw material in the iron and steel industry apart from iron ?

(a)  Mica                        (b) Aluminium      (c)  Gypsum                   (d) Manganese

Ans. (d)

Q.14. India’s  reserves  and  production  of which of the following types of minerals is not very satisfactory?

(a)  Ferrous Minerals                          (b)  Non-Ferrous Minerals

(c)  Energy Minerals                           (d)  None of the above

Ans. (b)

Q.15. India  is  critically  deficient  in  the reserve and production of which of the following minerals?

(a)  Iron ore                   (b) Manganese        (c)  Copper                     (d) Coal

Ans. (c)

Q.16. Koderma in Jharkhand is the leading producer of which one of the following minerals?

(a)  Bauxite                    (b) Mica               (c)  Iron ore                   (d) Copper

Ans. (b)

Q.17. Which  of  the  following  minerals  is indispensable for electric and electronic industries?

(a)  Iron                          (b) Nickel             (c)  Manganese              (d) Mica

Ans. (d)

Q.18. To which of the following categories of resources, do minerals belong ?

(a)  Renewable and replenishable               (b)  Flow

(c)  Non-renewable and finite                     (d)  None of the above

Ans. (c)

Q.19. Which  of  the  following  is  a  non- commercial source of energy widely used in rural areas?

(a)  Coal                         (b) Firewood

(c)  Natural gas              (d) Electricity

Ans. (b)

Q.20. Which of the following energy sources are not the conventional sources of energy?

(a)  Firewood, cattle dung cake

(b)  Atomic energy, biogas, solar energy

(c)  Coal, petroleum, natural gas

(d)  Hydel and thermal electricity

Ans. (b)

Q.21. Which  of  the  following  is  a  fuel mineral?

(a)  Hydro-electricity     (b) Solar power

(c)  Thorium                  (d) Biogas

Ans. (c)

Q.22. Which  of  the  following  is  the  most abundantly available fossil fuel in India?

(a)  Petroleum                (b) Coal

(c)  Firewood                 (d) Biogas

Ans. (b)

Q.23. Which of the following is the geological age  of  coal found  in  north-eastern India?

(a)  Jurassic               (b) Gondwana

(c)  Tertiary               (d) Pre-Cambrian

Ans. (c)

Q.24. Which of the following energy sources is also termed as mineral oil or crude oil?

(a)  Coal                         (b) Petroleum

(c)  Biogas                     (d) Natural gas

Q.25. Which  of  the  following  industries  are the key users of natural gas?

(a)  Cotton and jute textiles

(b)  The power and fertiliser industries

(c)  Iron and steel industry

(d)  All the above

Ans. (b)

Q.26. Petroleum was first drilled in which of the following oilfields of India ? 

(a)  Ankaleshwar           (b) Digboi (c)  Mumbai High         (d) Kalol

Ans. (b)

Q.27. Per Capita consumption of which of the following is considered as an index of the development?

(a)  Electricity           (b) Coal

(c)  Petroleum           (d) Atomic minerals

Ans. (a)

Q.28. Which  of  the  following  uses  non- renewable fossil fuels for generation of electricity?

(a) Hydro-electricity projects          (b)  Thermal power stations

(c)  Geothermal energy stations       (d)  Nuclear power plants

Ans. (b)

Q.29. Which of the following is considered to be an environment friendly fuel?

(a) Peat        (b) coal        (c) petroleum        (d) natural gas

Ans. (d)      

Q.30. Which of the following includes non-ferrous metals?

(a)  Iron and manganese

(b)  Steel and iron ore

(c)  Haematite and magnetite

(d)  Copper and bauxite

Ans. (d)

Q.31. Which  one  of  the  following  is  an essential feature of Mica?    

(a)  It is a metallic mineral made up of a series of plates

(b)  It  can  be  clear,  black,  green,  red, yellow or brown.

(c)  It is not used in electric and electronic industry.

(d)  It  cannot  be  easily  split  into  thin sheets

Ans. (b)

Q.32. Where is an experimental geo-thermal energy project located in India ?

(a)  Gulf of Kuchch - Gujarat

(b)  Puga valley - Ladakh

(c)  Ganga valley - Himachal Pradesh

(d)  Nagarcoil - Tamil Nadu

Ans. (b)

Q.33. Which  one  of  the  following  does  not influence the location of industries ?

(a)  Availability  of  raw  material  and electricity.

(b)  Availability of markets and capital. 

(c)  Availability  of  raw  material  and labour.

(d)  Availability  of  educational  and medical services.

Ans. (d)

Q.34. Which one of the following is not true regarding wind power in India?

(a)  The  largest  wind  farm  cluster  is located in Tamil Nadu.

(b)  Jaisalmer is well known for effective use of wind energy in our country.

(c)  Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka have important wind farms.

(d)  Andaman  Nicobar  islands  have important wind farms.

Ans. (d)

Q.35. Which one of the following is not true regarding the importance of manufacturing industries ?  (a)  They generate jobs in the secondary and tertiary sectors.

(b)  Export of manufactured goods brings in forgein exchange.

(c) Manufacturing industries encourage trade and commerce.

(d)  The economic strength of a country is measured in terms of the raw material it possesses.

Ans. (d)

Q.36. Which one of the following minerals is NOT obtained from the veins and lodes?

 (a)  Tin                           (b) Zinc

(c)  Lead                        (d) Gypsum

Ans. (d)

Q.37. Which  one  of  the  following  non- conventional sources of energy is harnessed in the Parvati Valley near Manikaran in Himachal Pradesh

(a)  Tidal Energy          (b)  Geothermal Energy

(c)  Wind Energy         (d)  Solar Energy

Ans. (b)

Q.38. Which  one  of  the  following  factors  is responsible for the sugar mills to shift and concentrate in the southern and western states of India ?    

(a)  Sugarcane is bulky raw material.

(b) The sucrose content reduces with distance.

(c)  The cane produced has higher sucrose content.

(d)  The cooperative are not successful.

Ans. (c)

Q.39. The larger occurrences of minerals of igneous and metamorphic rocks are called :                          (a)  Veins                       (b) Lodes        (c)  Beds                        (d) Layers

Ans. (b)

Q.40. The  largest  solar  plant  of  India  is located at :                             

(a)  Madhapur                (b) Nagarcoil    (c)  Madurai                   (d) Manikaran

Ans. (a)

Q.41. Which mineral belongs to the category of non-ferrous minerals?      

(a)  Iron ore                   (b) Manganese

(c)  Cobalt                      (d) Copper

Ans. (d)

Q.42. Which form of coal has a low carbon and high moisture contents and low heating capacity ?          (a)  Peat                          (b) Lignite

(c)  Anthracite                (d) Bituminous

Ans. (a)

Q.43. The largest manganese producing state of India is -                         

(a)  Orissa                (b)   Madhya Pradesh (c)  Karnataka         (d)   Kerala

Ans. (a)

Q.44. Which  one  of  the  following  minerals belongs to a category which is different from others ?      (a)  Mica                        (b) Gold                     (c)  Copper                     (d) Iron

Ans. (b)

Q.45. The highest quality of hard coal is : 

(a)  Lignite                     (b) Bituminous        (c)  Peat                          (d) Anthracite

Ans. (d)

Q.46. Which  one  of  the  following  is  largely derived from ocean water?  

(a)  Bauxite                    (b) Magnesium (c)  Gold                        (d) Mica

Ans. (b)

Q.47. Which  one  of  the  following  minerals belongs to the category of ferrous minerals ?                    (a)  Mica                        (b) Silver         (c)  Bauxite                    (d) Manganese

Ans. (d)

Q.48. The best quality of iron ore is : 

(a)  Magnetite                (b) Pyrite       (c)  Hematite                  (d) Siderite

Ans. (a)

Q.49. 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

Ans. (a)

Q.50. Which one of the following minerals is largely derived from Ocean Waters ?

(a)  Bromine                  (b) Silver    (c)  Platinum                  (d) Bauxite

Ans. (a)

Q.51. In which state of India are the Khetri Copper mines situated ?      

(a)  Punjab                (b) Jharkhand

(c)  Rajasthan            (d) Madhya Pradesh

Ans. (c)

Q.52. Which one of the following minerals is largely derived from ‘placer deposits’ ? 

(a)  Magnesium              (b) Gold    (c)  Iron ore                   (d) Bromine

Ans. (b)

Q.53. In  which  state  of  India  the  Balaghat Copper Mines are situated?  

(a)  Punjab                     (b) Kerala

(c)  Madhya Pradesh     (d) West Bengal

Ans. (c)

Q.54. Which one of the following states, is the largest producer of copper in India ?

(a)  Orissa                      (b) Karnataka       (c)  Madhya Pradesh     (d) Gujarat

Ans. (c)

Q.55. In which one of the following states the largest wind farm cluster is located ?

(a)  Gujarat                    (b) Kerala     (c)  Rajasthan                 (d) Tamil Nadu

Ans. (d)

Q.56. Which of the following is non-metallic mineral? 

(a)  Iron ore                   (b) Copper

(c)  Bauxite                    (d) Lime stone

Ans. (d)

Q.57. Which of the following is the oldest oil producing state of India ?

(a)  Gujarat       (b)  Madhya Pradesh     (c)  Assam     (d)  Andaman Nicobar island

Ans. (c)

Q.58. Which one of the following minerals is contained in the monazite sands ?

(a)  Oil                           (b) Uranium        (c)  Thorium                  (d) Coal

Ans. (c)

Q.59. Which one of the following minerals is formed by decomposition of rocks, leaving  a  residual  mass  of  weathered material ?  

(a)Coal        (b) Gold (c) Bauxite   (d) Zinc    

Ans. (c)                     

Q.60. 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

Ans. (d)

Q.61. Electricity generated by burning fossil- fuels is called :                   

 (a)  Hydro-electricity

(b)  Tidal electricity

(c)  Thermal electricity

(d)  Nuclear energy

Ans. (c)

Q.62. Koderma - Gaya - Hazaribagh belt is the  leading  producer of  which  one  of the following minerals ?     

(a)  Bauxite                    (b) Mica

(c)  Iron Ore                  (d) Copper

Ans. (b)

Q.63. Which one of the following types of coal is the most popular for commercial use? 

(a)  Bituminous      (b) Anthracite

(c)  Lignite             (d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

Q.64. Which  one  of  the  following  non- conventional sources of energy is harnessed near Manikarn in Himachal Pradesh ? 

(a) Solar energy        (b) Wind energy        (c) Tidal energy        (d) Geo thermal energy

Ans. (d)                          

Q.65. India is critically deficient in which of the following minerals reserves ?

(a)  Mica                        (b) Copper

(c)  Bauxite                    (d) Manganese

Ans. (b)

Q.66. Which one of the following states is the largest producer of bauxite? 

(a)  Rajasthan       (b)  Madhya Pradesh

(c)  Orissa            (d)  Gujarat

Ans. (c)


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