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Mineral and Power Resources

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why has quarrying become a major environmental concern?

a)

Minerals are pollutants

b)

Due to dust raised from the quarrying activities

c)

It is done by displacing people

d)

All of the above

2.

Three methods by which metals can be extracted are

a)

Mining, drilling, ore

b)

Mining, drilling, quarrying

c)

drilling, digging, quarrying

d)

Quarrying, shafting, digging

3.

From the options given here, choose the one that is an example of shafts.

a)

Surface mining

b)

off shore drilling

c)

deep bore

d)

Pit mining

4.

Name the process in which deep wells have to be made to take the minerals out

a)

Drilling

b)

Quarrying

c)

Open cast mining

d)

shaft mining

5.

Generally in which form are the metallic minerals found?

a)

Igneous

b)

Metaphoric

c)

sedimentary

d)

All of these

6.

Rocks from which minerals are mined are known as:

a)

Ore

b)

Igneous rocks

c)

Ferrous

d)

Non-ferrous

7.

Which of the following is sn example of conventional source of energy?

a)

Firewood

b)

solar energy

c)

hydel power

d)

nuclear Power

8.

What is the electricity generated from coal known as?

a)

Thermal Power

b)

Buried sunshine

c)

Tidal energy

9.

Why petroleum is called black gold?

a)

As it is black in colour.

b)

As it shines like gold.

c)

As it is very valuable.

d)

As no one can afford it and earlier villages called it cursed or black.

10.

Heat energy obtained from earth is know as ______________.

a)

Nuclear Energy

b)

Geothermal Energy

c)

Solar Energy

d)

Biogas

11.

The mineral used to make pencil lead is __________________

a)

Lead

b)

Tin

c)

Graphite

d)

Carbon

12.

One-fourth of the world's electricity is produced from ____________ power.

a)

Thermal

b)

Hydel

c)

Nuclear

d)

Solar

13.

Identify this mineral and which countries are the largest producers?

a)

Corundum, India & USA

b)

Gold, South Africa & Australia

c)

Copper, Chile & Peru

d)

Tin, China & Ghana

14.

ALUMINIUM IS OBTAINED FROM..........

a)

BAUXITE

b)

IRON ORE

c)

QUARTZ

d)

ROCKS

15.

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

a)

IGNEOUS ROCKS

b)

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS

c)

METAMORPHIC ROCKS

16.

Which country has no known mineral deposit?

a)

America

b)

India

c)

Switzerland

d)

China

17.

What type of mineral is silicon?

a)

Metallic

b)

Non-metallic

c)

Ferrous metallic

d)

Neither metallic nor non-metallic

18.

Where do we find natural gas resources in India?

a)

Uttar Pradesh

b)

Kerala

c)

Mumbai High

d)

Tamil Nadu

19.

Where is thorium found in India?

a)

Rajasthan

b)

Kerala

c)

Tamil Nadu

d)

Karnataka

20.

Expand CNG.

a)

Compressed Natural Gas

b)

Contaminated Natural Gas

c)

Copying Nature's Gift

d)

Compressed Nature Glory

21.

______________ is an important mineral for the smelting of iron-ore.

a)

Manganese

b)

Nickle

c)

Zinc

d)

Aluminium

22.

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

a)

Portugal

b)

Russia

c)

Germany

d)

Hungary

23.

Where do you find the deepest gold mine in the world?

a)

India

b)

South Africa

c)

Australia

d)

Brazil

24.

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

25.

Which of the following statements is false

a)

Minerals are evenly distributed

b)

Minerals are concentrated in a particular area

c)

Some minerals are found in places that are not easily accessible

d)

Minerals are composed of one or two elements

26.

Which of the following is not a coal producing area in India?

a)

Raniganj

b)

Jhallian

c)

Dhanbad

d)

Bokaro

27.

The first country in the world to develop hydroelectricity.

a)

Sweden

b)

France

c)

Scotland

d)

Norway

28.

The site of the world’s first solar and wind-powered bus shelter

a)

Scotland.

b)

Netherland

c)

France

d)

Swedan

29.

Wind power is an energy source that causes very little pollution. Large modern wind turbines are turned by the wind to produce electricity. What type of resource is wind power?

a)

nonrenewable

b)

recyclable

c)

renewable

d)

reusable

30.

Minerals are identified and sorted by different characteristics. Luster is one way to sort minerals into different types. What is a mineral's luster?

a)

The way light reflects from its surface

b)

The mineral's elements and their arrangement.

c)

The colour it produces when rubbed on a tile.

d)

The way it breaks when you strike it with a wedge.