Mineral and Power Resource

This is an MCQ-based quiz on Mineral and Power Resources.

This includes Drilling, Mining, Extraction, and Ores.

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What is the process in which minerals lying near the surface are dug?

Drilling Off-shore drilling Quarrying Extraction

Give an example of shafts.

Surface mining Deep bores Qff-shore drilling None of these

Why has quarrying become a major environmental concern?

Because minerals are pollutants Due to dust raised from the quarrying activities Because it is done by displacing people None of these

The process of taking out minerals from rocks buried under the surface of the earth is named as

Mining Pumping Extracting None of these

Which continent is the largest producer of iron?

Asia Europe North America Australia

Which one of the following countries in Europe has the largest deposits of iron?

Portugal Russia Germany Hungary

From which mineral is silicon obtained?

Coal Bauxite Thorium Quartz

Gold is an example of minerals.

Ferrous

Non-ferrous

Both (a) and (b)

None of these

A naturally occuring substance that has a definite chemical composition is a

Ore Rock Mineral Copper

Which among the following is the leading producer of iron-ore in the world?

Europe Asia Antarctica North America

Rock from which mineral are mined are known as

Metallic mineral Limestone Mineral Ore

What are the ways to conserve minerals is?

Recycling of minerals Reducing waste in the process of mining Both a and b None of these

Which of the following gas is present in large quantities of biogas?

Carbon monoxide Carbon dioxide Methane Oxygen

The National Metallurgical Laboratory of India located at____________.

Jamshedpur Dhanbad Roorkee Ranchi

Minerals can be identified on the basis of their physical properties. Which one among the following is not a physical property with respect to the minerals?

Colour Presence of Sulphides Hardness Density

Name the process in which deep wells are bored to take out petroleum and natural gas.

Quarrying

Drilling

Shaft mining

Open cast mining

Which is the rarest diamond on this earth?

Black diamond

Blue diamond

Red diamond

Green diamond

Which is one of the deepest gold mine of the world?

Mponeng

Jharia

Raniganj

Bikaner

Quiz/Test Summary
Title: Mineral and Power Resource
Questions: 18
Contributed by:
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