This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Geography > Resources > Minerals – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Minerals Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. :Which one of the following minerals is formed by decomposition of rocks, leaving a residual mass of weathered material? A) Gold. B) Zinc. C) Coal. D) Bauxite. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bauxite. 2. What is a renewable energy source. A) Coal. B) Nuclear Power. C) Solar Power. D) Natural Gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Solar Power. 3. Large machinery is used along with a huge number of workers . A) Cottage Industry. B) Small Scale Industry. C) Large Scale Industry. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Large Scale Industry. 4. Is gold a mineral ..... A) Mineral. B) Ore. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 5. Where is natural gas mostly found A) Assam. B) Maharashtra. C) Rajasthan. D) Kerala. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maharashtra. 6. Which country is the major producer of iron ore? A) Canada. B) China. C) South America. D) India. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) China. 7. In which place was the first atomic power station started? A) Narora. B) Kalpakkam. C) Rana Pratap Sagar. D) Tarapur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tarapur. 8. India Fort is made up of ..... A) Sandstone. B) Limestone. C) Shale. D) Marble. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sandstone. 9. Laterite soil is mainly found in areas of Karnataka, Kerala and A) Rajasthan. B) Tamil Nadu. C) Himachal pradesh. D) Deccan plateau. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tamil Nadu. 10. :Limestone is associated with A) Tertiary rock. B) Metamorphic rock. C) Igneous rock. D) Sedimentary rock. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sedimentary rock. 11. On which station out of the following, the first atomic station was set up? A) RanaPartapSagar. B) Tarapur. C) Kalpakkam. D) Narora. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tarapur. 12. Choose one example for ferrous metals A) Coal. B) Carbon. C) Diamond. D) Iron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Iron. 13. ..... IS FOUND WITH PETROLEUM DEPOSITS. A) PLANTS. B) BIOGAS. C) NATURAL GAS. D) BURIED SUNSHINE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) NATURAL GAS. 14. Which one of the following mineral is used in manufacturing of Aluminum? A) Manganese. B) Iron-ore. C) Bauxite. D) Copper. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bauxite. 15. Where is uranium found the most A) Madhya Pradesh. B) Jharkand. C) Andhra Pradesh. D) Tamil Nadu. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Andhra Pradesh. 16. Which mineral is used in the manufacturing of aluminium? A) Manganese. B) Bauxite. C) Gold. D) Silver. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bauxite. 17. Natural gas is used as industrial raw material in the ..... industry? A) Fibre. B) Synthetic Textile. C) Fertilizer. D) Petrochemical Industry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Petrochemical Industry. 18. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS TRANSPORTED THROUGH PIPLELINES? A) DIESEL. B) COAL. C) NATURAL GAS. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) NATURAL GAS. 19. What are the cells present in solar panels? A) Photons. B) Protons. C) Electrons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Photons. 20. Which of the following is not the classification based on Ownership. A) Private sector. B) Public sector. C) Joint sector. D) Co-orporation sector. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Co-orporation sector. 21. Which energy is alternate source of energy for electricity A) Solar. B) Wind. C) Water. D) Air. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wind. 22. World's largest tin producer A) China. B) Malaysia. C) Indonesia. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All. 23. ..... is used to make leads of pencil A) Chalk. B) Granite. C) Diamond. D) Graphite. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Graphite. 24. Which power plant is closest to Kakrapara? A) Singrauli. B) Naraura. C) Tarapur. D) Kalpakkam. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tarapur. 25. Has ideal condition for producing tidal energy. A) Neyveli. B) Gulf of Kuchchh. C) Kakkrapar. D) Tarapur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gulf of Kuchchh. 26. Which one of the following minerals is NOT obtained from the veins and lodes? A) Tin. B) Zinc. C) Lead. D) Gypsum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gypsum. 27. Petroleum is referred to as 'black gold' because A) It is yellow in colour. B) It is used in making jewellery. C) It'is black in colour. D) It is valuable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It is valuable. 28. In which state is Kalpakkazn located? A) Kerala. B) Karnataka. C) Tamil Nadu. D) Andhra Pradesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tamil Nadu. 29. Rat-hole mining is found in A) Jharkhand. B) Orissa. C) Madhya Pradesh. D) Meghalaya. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meghalaya. 30. Which is correct about Magnetite iron core? A) It has a slightly lower iron content than hematite (50-60%). B) It is the finest iron ore with very high content of iron upto 70%. C) Magnetite is the most important industrial iron ore in terms of quantity used. D) Magnetite has the inferior magnetic qualities which is not valuable in the electric industry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is the finest iron ore with very high content of iron upto 70%. 31. ..... is obtained from quartz. A) Bauxite. B) Gold. C) Uranium. D) Silicon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Silicon. 32. Sand, gravel, and granite are examples of A) Metallic minerals. B) Metallic elements. C) Nonmetallic minerals. D) Aluminum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nonmetallic minerals. 33. Which is NOT a natural resource? A) Air. B) Oil. C) Water. D) Plastic chairs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plastic chairs. 34. In which place Nuclear power plant is not located? A) Koraput. B) Narora. C) Kakarapara. D) Kaiga. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Koraput. 35. Organic wastes are converted into a gaseous form known as ..... A) Biometerics. B) Biotechnology. C) Bioreserve. D) Biogas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biogas. 36. Largest Silver producer state in India. Write its producing percentage also A) Karnataka, 70%. B) Jharkhand, 80%. C) Rajasthan, 90%. D) Uttarakhand, 60%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rajasthan, 90%. 37. ..... is the largest producer of manganese ores in India. A) Jharkhand. B) Odisha. C) Madhya Pradesh. D) West Bengal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Odisha. 38. Khetri mines are famous for A) Copper. B) Coal. C) Iron. D) Gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Copper. 39. Assertion(A):Coal is referred to as buried sunshine.Reason(R):Coal was formed millions of years ago when giant ferns and swamps got buried under the earth's surface. A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A. C) A is true but R is false. D) A is false but R is true. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. 40. Which of the following is an example of metallic minerals? A) Gold. B) Mica. C) Lead. D) Coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gold. 41. Singareni mines belong to which mineral? A) Copper. B) Coal. C) Iron. D) Petrol. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coal. 42. Out of the following, which mineral is called 'Brown diamond'? A) Manganese. B) Lignite. C) Mica. D) Iron ore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lignite. 43. Where is limestone found the most A) Rajasthan. B) Karnataka. C) Maharashtra. D) Jharkand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rajasthan. 44. Which of the following minerals is known as brown diamond? A) Iron. B) Lignite. C) Manganese. D) Mica. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lignite. 45. Which one of these is not a renewable energy resource? A) Natural Gas. B) Solar Energy. C) Geothermal Energy. D) Wind energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural Gas. 46. The example of ferrous mineral is ..... A) Manganese. B) Petroleum. C) Coal. D) Limestone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Manganese. 47. Mayurbhanj in Orissa is important for which of the following minerals? A) Iron ore. B) Mica. C) Manganese. D) Bauxite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Iron ore. 48. Power generated from falling water is called: A) Tidal energy. B) Nuclear energy. C) Biogas. D) Hydel energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hydel energy. 49. Limestone is mostly found in which type of rocks A) Metamorphic rocks. B) Igneous rocks. C) Deformed Conglomerate. D) Sedimentary rocks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sedimentary rocks. 50. ..... is the most important fuel in the world A) Petroleum. B) Natural gas. C) Gas. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Petroleum. 51. Farmers use natural fertilizer such as A) Minerals. B) Cow dung and compost. C) Humus. D) Manure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cow dung and compost. 52. The ..... particles are carried down and deposited elsewhere. A) Slate particles. B) Stones. C) Rock. D) Shale and conglomerate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rock. 53. ..... is a clay like substance. A) Manganese. B) Iron Ore. C) Russia. D) Bauxite. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bauxite. 54. This is used as a fuel A) Copper. B) Iron. C) Coal. D) Gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coal. 55. Who was the largest producer of Gold in the World up to 2006 A) India. B) United States of America. C) South Africa. D) China. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) South Africa. 56. Which mineral belt has richest reserve of minerals in India A) Chhota Nagpur Plateau. B) Malwa Plateau. C) Dharwar Region. D) Mumbai-Pune. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chhota Nagpur Plateau. 57. The extraction of Minerals from the Earth is called ..... A) Shafting. B) Mining. C) Rilling. D) Digging. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mining. 58. It is the basis of modern civilization and is a metal of universal use. Who am I??? A) Mica. B) Steel. C) Iron. D) Iron ore. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Iron ore. 59. Which one of the following types of ore found in India? A) Magnetite and Titanomagnetite. B) Titanomagnetite and Haematite. C) Haematite and Magnetite. D) Titanomagnetite and Pisolitic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Haematite and Magnetite. 60. The process of taking out minerals from rocks buried under the surface of the earth is named as A) Mining. B) Pumping. C) Extracting. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mining. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIndian Geography QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesMinerals Quiz 1Minerals Quiz 3Minerals Quiz 4Minerals Quiz 5Minerals Quiz 6Mineral And Energy Resources In India QuizMineral And Energy Resources QuizNatural Resources Of India Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books