This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Geography > Resources > Mineral And Energy Resources – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Mineral And Energy Resources Quiz 2 (41 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Critical criteria for the location of an aluminium plant in India are the availability of bauxite and: [CDS 1999] A) Labour. B) Ready market. C) Electricity. D) Coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Electricity. 2. Diesel locomotives are manufactured at: A) Jamshedpur. B) Kapurthala. C) Perambur. D) Varanasi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Varanasi. 3. Rana Pratap Sagar Plant (Rajasthan) is associated with: [CDS 1999] A) Hydroelectricity. B) Solar energy. C) Irrigation. D) Nuclear power. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hydroelectricity. 4. Among the following States, which one has the highest amount of Nickel Ore resources? [Asstt Comm 2008] A) Chhattisgarh. B) Jharkhand. C) Karnataka. D) Orissa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Orissa. 5. In which one of the following places electricity generated from hydel power? [CPO SI 2010] A) Ennore. B) Neyveli. C) Mettur. D) Tuticorin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mettur. 6. In which one of the following districts, have large reserves of diamond-bearing kimberlite been discovered in the recent past? [IAS 2007] A) Sambalpur. B) Hoshangabad. C) Raipur. D) Warangal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Raipur. 7. The largest coal reserves of India are found in: [UP PCS 2002] A) Chhattisgarh. B) Jharkhand. C) Madhya Pradesh. D) Orissa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jharkhand. 8. Where are Tapovan and Vishnugarh Hydroelectric Projects located? [IAS 2008] A) Madhya Pradesh. B) Uttar Pradesh. C) Uttarakhand. D) Rajasthan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Uttarakhand. 9. Mahatma Gandhi Hydroelectric Project is on which river? [NDA 2008] A) Krishna. B) Godavari. C) Cauvery. D) Sharavati. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sharavati. 10. Which one of the following barrages supplies water to the Indira Gandhi Canal? [CDS 2002] A) Bhakra. B) Harika. C) Narora. D) Pandoh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harika. 11. Which one of the following oil fields of India is the oldest and still producing oil? [CDS 2009] A) Naharkatiya. B) Ankleshwar. C) Bombay High. D) Digboi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Digboi. 12. Which of the following is the oldest atomic power station? A) Narora. B) Kota. C) Kalpakkam. D) Tarapur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tarapur. 13. The reservoir Gobind Sagar is on which river in Punjab? [CDS 2002] A) Sutlej. B) Son. C) Rihand. D) Narmada. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sutlej. 14. The first oil well in India was dug at: A) Naharkatiya. B) Moran. C) Bombay High. D) Digboi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Digboi. 15. The primary purpose of constructing the Farakka barrage is to: [CDS 1999] A) Preserve and maintain navigation. B) Supply drinking water. C) Meet the chronic power shortage. D) Bring additional areas into irrigation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Preserve and maintain navigation. 16. In the realm of coal production in the world, India ranks: [NDA 2002] A) Fourth. B) First. C) Second. D) Third. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fourth. 17. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? [NDA 2005] Important Location (Industry / Mining) State A) Himgir:Uttar Pradesh. B) Koraput:Orissa. C) Palana:Rajasthan. D) Nellore:Andhra Pradesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Himgir:Uttar Pradesh. 18. Apart from Tamil Nadu, lignite is found in: [IAS 2003] A) U.P. B) Orissa. C) West Bengal. D) Gujarat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gujarat. 19. Singhbhum is famous for: [SSC Graduate 2003] A) Coal. B) Iron. C) Copper. D) Both (b) and (c). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both (b) and (c). 20. Which State of India has the largest reserves of monazite, with a high thorium content? [CPO SI 2002] A) Karnataka. B) Gujarat. C) Maharashtra. D) Kerala. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kerala. 21. Which one of the following states is a Ieading producer of woollen textiles? [CDS 1999] A) Jammu and Kashmir. B) Punjab. C) Rajasthan. D) Himachal Pradesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Punjab. 22. Which one of the following does not have a unit of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL)? A) Kolkata. B) Bangalore. C) Koraput. D) Nasik. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kolkata. 23. Coal mines in Jharkhand are located at [BPSC 2011] A) Ranchi. B) Lohardaga. C) Jharia. D) Jamshedpur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jharia. 24. The Himalayan region is poor in mineral resources because: [IAS 2004] A) It is made of crystalline rocks. B) The displacement of rock strata has disturbed the arrangement of rock and made it complex. C) The climatic conditions are not suitable for exploitation of minerals. D) The terrain makes exploitation of minerals difficult and very costly due to transport difficulties. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The displacement of rock strata has disturbed the arrangement of rock and made it complex. 25. Which one among the following statements regarding India's coal is not correct? [CDS 2012] A) 98 percent of reserves of coal in India belongs to Gondwana period. B) Unknown amount of coal lies buried under the Ganga alluvium and the Deccan Trap. C) Bituminous coal is found in both lower Gondwana rocks and in Tertiary rocks. D) Gondwana coal is mainly found in the river valleys of Damodar, Mahanadi and Godavari. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bituminous coal is found in both lower Gondwana rocks and in Tertiary rocks. 26. Which one among the following is a correct sequence of production of coal in the Indian States in descending order? [NDA 2011] A) Jharkhand-Madhya Pradesh-West Bengal-Meghalaya. B) West Bengal-Madhya Pradesh-Jharkhand-Meghalaya. C) Jharkhand-West Bengal-Meghalaya-Madhya Pradesh. D) Madhya Pradesh-Jharkhand-West Bengal - Meghalaya. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jharkhand-Madhya Pradesh-West Bengal-Meghalaya. 27. The Vindhyan system of rocks is important for the production of [CDS 2011] A) Precious stones and building materials. B) Iron ore and manganese. C) Bauxite and mica. D) Copper and uranium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Precious stones and building materials. 28. With which one of the following rivers is the Omkareshwar Project associated? [IAS 2008] A) Tapi. B) Chambal. C) Narmada. D) Bhima. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Narmada. 29. Ankaleshwar in India is known for the production of: [NDA 2002] A) Bauxite. B) Iron ore. C) Petroleum. D) Coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Petroleum. 30. In which of the following products has Bangladesh emerged as the main competitor of India in the world market? [IAS 1991] A) Pharmaceuticals. B) Jute. C) Cement. D) Cotton garments. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jute. 31. Which one of the following States of India is the largest producer of lignite coal? [CDS 2009] A) Tamil Nadu. B) Madhya Pradesh. C) Maharashtra. D) Gujarat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tamil Nadu. 32. Which of the following was India's first mobile offshore drillng platform? A) Sagar Kanya. B) Sagar Mata. C) Sagar Samrat. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 33. Which one of the following sequences of the oil refineries of India as they occur from south to north is correct? [CDS 2009] A) Kochi-Mangalore-Mumbai-Koyali. B) Kochi-Mumbai-Mangalore-Koyali. C) Mangalore-Kochi-Mumbai - Koyali. D) Koyali-Mumbai-Mangalore-Kochi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kochi-Mangalore-Mumbai-Koyali. 34. Which State has the largest number of sugar mills? A) Uttar Pradesh. B) Haryana. C) Tamil Nadu. D) Punjab. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Uttar Pradesh. 35. Ankaleshwar and Navagaon are two oil fields in: A) West Bengal. B) Gujarat. C) Assam. D) Bihar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gujarat. 36. In which one of the following States are Namchik-Namphuk Coalfields located? [IAS 2008] A) Manipur. B) Meghalaya. C) Mizoram. D) Arunachal Pradesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arunachal Pradesh. 37. Which one of the following States enjoys ideal conditions for the development of petrochemical industries? A) Tamil Nadu. B) Uttar Pradesh. C) Gujarat. D) Maharashtra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gujarat. 38. Chhota Nagpur plateau is called the heart of industrial India because it is: A) Near to major iron and steel centres. B) A big link of roads and railways. C) Rich in minerals and power fuels. D) Very fertile for industrial crops. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rich in minerals and power fuels. 39. Which one of the following lists four type of coal, arranged in the increasing order of their carbon content? A) Lignite, Peat, Bituminous, Anthracite. B) Peat, Anthracite, Lignite, Bituminous. C) Peat, Bituminous, Lignite, Anthracite. D) Peat, Lignite, Bituminous, Anthracite. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peat, Lignite, Bituminous, Anthracite. 40. Which shipyard is known for the manufacture of bargets, coasters arid dredgers? A) Cochin Shipyard. B) Hindustan Shipyard. C) Mazgaon Shipyard. D) Garden Reach Shipyard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Garden Reach Shipyard. 41. Farakka Barrage was commissioned to: [CPO SI 2002] A) Save Kolkata port. B) Link North and South Bengal. C) Supply drinking water to Kolkata. D) Divert water to Bangladesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Save Kolkata port. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesIndian Geography QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesMineral And Energy Resources Quiz 1Mineral And Energy Resources In India QuizMinerals QuizNatural Resources Of India Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books