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Mineral and Power Resources

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 16mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is not a characteristic of minerals?

a)

They are created by natural processes

b)

They have a definite chemical composition

c)

They are inexhaustible

d)

Their distribution is uneven

2.

Which one of these is a non-metallic mineral?

a)

Iron Ore

b)

Bauxite

c)

Limestone

d)

Manganese

3.

Deep bores dug to reach mineral deposits are called ________

a)

Drills

b)

Shafts

c)

Quarries

d)

Mines

4.

_____ has no known mineral deposit in it.

a)

Switzerland

b)

Australia

c)

Canada

d)

France

5.

All minerals are rocks but all rocks are not minerals.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Chile and Peru are leading producers of copper.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Name two naturally occurring radioactive elements.

a)

Uranium

b)

Thorium

c)

Copper

d)

Gold

8.

Which country is the largest producer of bauxite in the world?

(a)  

9.

Three methods by which metals can be extracted are

a)

Mining,drilling,ore

b)

Mining,drilling,quarrying

c)

drilling, digging, quarrying

d)

Extracting, mining, drilling

10.

Metallic minerals are generally associated with which types of rocks?

a)

Igneous

b)

Metamorphoric

c)

Sedimentary

d)

All of these

11.

Rocks from which minerals are mined are known as

a)

Ores

b)

Igneous rocks

c)

Ferrous

d)

Mineral rocks

12.

Example of conventional resource is

a)

Firewood

b)

solar energy

c)

hydel power

d)

nuclear Power

13.

What is the electricity from coal called?

a)

Thermal Power

b)

Buried sunshine

c)

Tidal energy

d)

Hydro power

14.

Why is petroleum called black gold?

a)

Because It is black in colour

b)

Because it shines like gold

c)

Because it is very valuable

d)

Because earlier villagers called it cursed or black

15.

Heat energy obtained from earth is called

a)

Nuclear Energy

b)

Geothermal Energy

c)

Solar Energy

d)

Biogas

16.

Where do we find natural gas in India?

a)

Bihar

b)

Uttar Pradesh

c)

Jammu and Kashmir

d)

Mumbai High

17.

Which of the following are the methods to conserve minerals? (choose all the options that are correct)

a)

Recycling of minerals

b)

Reduce waste in the process of mining

c)

Use of alternatives

d)

Stopping mining process

18.

Which is one of the deepest gold mine in the world located in India?

a)

Kolar

b)

Bikaner

c)

Raniganj

d)

Jharia

19.

Minerals that lie near the earth's surface are simply dug out by the process known as ...............

a)

quarrying

b)

drilling

c)

Shaft mining

d)

Open cast mining

20.

Solar, wind, tidal, geothermal, biogas, atomic energy, etc are the examples of ..................

a)

conventional source

b)

non conventional source

c)

ferrous

d)

Non ferrous

21.

.................. is found with petroleum deposits and is released when crude oil is brought to the surface.

a)

crude oil

b)

natural gas

c)

biogas

d)

Water

22.

Metallic minerals which contain iron is known as .................. minerals

a)

Precious

b)

Non ferrous

c)

Non metallic

d)

Ferrous

23.

Non-metallic minerals like Limestone, Sandstone, Marble, etc. are found in the ..................

a)

Metamorphic rocks

b)

sedimentary rocks

c)

igneous rocks

d)

All of these

24.

.................. is obtained from energy stored in the nuclei of atoms of naturally occurring radio active elements like Uranium and Thorium.

a)

nuclear power energy

b)

solar energy

c)

tidal energy

d)

geo-thermal

25.

The first tidal energy station was built in

a)

England

b)

USA

c)

France

d)

Italy

26.

Which of the following is NOT TRUE about biogas?

a)

Formed by decomposition of organic waste

b)

Is a mixture of methane and carbon dioxide

c)

It can be made easily available in urban areas

d)

It produces huge amount of organic manure every year

27.

World's first solar and wind powered bus shelter is located in

a)

Ireland

b)

Scotland

c)

England

d)

France

28.

Which of the following is an advantage of nuclear energy?

a)

Generates radio-active wastes

b)

Is expensive

c)

Non-polluting

d)

Emits large amount of energy

29.

Which of the following is NOT a disadvantage of wind energy?

a)

Causes noise pollution

b)

Harmful to birds

c)

Causes green house effect

d)

Disturbs radio-TV reception

30.

Why do we need to conserve minerals? Choose all the options that you think are correct.

a)

They are indispensable

b)

Important for economic development

c)

Are inexhaustible

d)

Are non renewable