This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Geography > Resources > Minerals – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Minerals Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is a private sector industry? A) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. B) Tata Iron and Steel Industry. C) Steel Authority of India. D) National Thermal Power Corporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tata Iron and Steel Industry. 2. Which is the largest producer of monozite? A) Kerala. B) Maharashtra. C) Gujarat. D) Tamil Nadu. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kerala. 3. ..... is a sedimentry rock formed from decayed remains fo Plants and trees and animals A) Coal. B) Copper. C) Iron. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coal. 4. To reach mineral deposits at great depths, deep bores have to be made. This process is called ..... A) Shaft mining. B) Quarrying. C) Open cast mining. D) Drilling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shaft mining. 5. Which of the following are non-conventional resources? A) Wind energy. B) Solar energy. C) Tidal energy. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 6. Energy generated from tides are called: A) Thermal Energy. B) Hydel power. C) Geothermal Energy. D) Tidal Energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tidal Energy. 7. Which of the following are not the impacts of mining A) No noise pollution. B) Air pollution. C) Subscidence of land. D) Surface watewr pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No noise pollution. 8. Most of the metallic minerals in India occurs in ..... ? A) Deccan plateau. B) Eastern ghats. C) Western ghats. D) Peninsular plateau. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peninsular plateau. 9. High grade iron ore can be found in ..... A) Australia. B) Brazil. C) Mexico. D) Chile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brazil. 10. Open pits called ..... are used to mine stone and gravel A) Solar evaporation ponds. B) Quarries. C) Cyanide heaps. D) Overburdens. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quarries. 11. Coal is referred to as A) Black gold. B) Buried Sunshine. C) Green Mineral. D) Green gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buried Sunshine. 12. Which one of the following is a famous Copper mine? A) Bastar. B) Nellore. C) Jharia. D) Khetri. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Khetri. 13. What is the material used to make the lead of the pencil called? A) Graphite. B) Carbon. C) Allotrope. D) Metal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Graphite. 14. Which is not a major mineral of North-western region? A) Manganese. B) Copper. C) Bauxite. D) Mica. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Copper. 15. ..... ore is the most important industrial iron ore A) Magnetite. B) Hematite. C) Bauxite. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hematite. 16. Which one of the following mineral is used in the electrical and electronic industry? A) Coal. B) Ferrous. C) Manganese. D) Mica. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mica. 17. ..... is found with petroleum deposits and is released when Crude Oil is bought to the surface. A) Crude Oil. B) Hydel Energy. C) Biogas. D) Natural Gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Natural Gas. 18. Where is gold found in India? A) Rajasthan. B) Chattisgarh. C) Chandigarh. D) Karnataka. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Karnataka. 19. A rock which contains a useful mineral is call a/an A) Gem. B) Quarry. C) Ore. D) Alloy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ore. 20. We mine bauxite for this mineral which is very useful, but is not found native on our planet. A) Aluminum. B) Gold. C) Steel. D) Iron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aluminum. 21. Examples of gemstones? A) Ruby. B) Granite. C) Sandstone. D) Marble. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ruby. 22. Coal is an example of ..... energy resource. A) Renewable. B) Human-made. C) Non-ferrous. D) Non-renewable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Non-renewable. 23. Koderma, in Jharkhand is the leading producer of which one of the following minerals? A) Bauxite. B) Iron ore. C) Copper. D) Mica. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mica. 24. WHICH IS THE FIRST COUNTRY TO DEVELOP HYDROELECTRICITY? A) NORWAY. B) COLUMBIA. C) INDIA. D) BRAZIL. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NORWAY. 25. First country to develop hydroelectricity A) Norway. B) Switzerland. C) India. D) China. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Norway. 26. ..... is used in Neuclear power A) Uranium. B) Gold. C) Copper. D) Silver. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Uranium. 27. This is an expensive metal A) Manganese. B) Gold. C) Iron. D) Aluminium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gold. 28. Which is the oldest oil producing state in India: A) Gujarat. B) Maharashtra. C) Assam. D) None of this. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assam. 29. India now ranks as a super power in the world, that is: A) Solar Super Power. B) Hydel superpower. C) Wind Super Power. D) Tidal Super Power. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wind Super Power. 30. A mineral is ..... occuring substance of organic or inorganic origin, with a definite physical and chemical properties found in the Earth's crust. A) Fake. B) Artificially. C) Naturally. D) Real. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Naturally. 31. Fish is a product of the A) Marine-based industries. B) Agro-based industries. C) Forest-based industry. D) Mineral-based industries. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marine-based industries. 32. One of the following is generated from organic waste: A) Solar energy. B) Wind energy. C) Natural gas. D) Bio-gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bio-gas. 33. Graphite is an example of A) Metallic mineral. B) Ferrous mineral. C) Non-metallic mineral. D) Non-Ferrous mineral. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Non-metallic mineral. 34. The largest producer of high-grade iron ore in the World A) Chile. B) Brazil. C) India. D) Peru. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brazil. 35. Manganese is an example of A) Non-Ferrous. B) Ferrous. C) Precious stone. D) Fossil Fuels. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ferrous. 36. The radioactive elements used in the Nuclear power station are ..... A) Uranium and thorium. B) Silicon and graphite. C) Carbon and helium. D) Hydrogen and oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Uranium and thorium. 37. What are Non-Ferrous Minerals? A) Have no iron content. B) Have no diamond content. C) Have copper content. D) Have silver content. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have no iron content. 38. Which is the best quality of iron ore? A) Hematite. B) Siderite. C) Limonite. D) Magnetite. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Magnetite. 39. The gas made from organic wastes A) Bio gas. B) Coal gas. C) Natural gas. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bio gas. 40. Which state in india has panitine A) Odisha. B) Kerala. C) Jharkand. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 41. Which of the following is in the northernmost part of India? A) Tarapur. B) Kakrapara. C) Naraura. D) Namrup. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Namrup. 42. A mineral which is largely used in computer industry A) Silicon. B) Copper. C) Aluminium. D) Iron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Silicon. 43. Windfarms are found in ..... A) Germany. B) Australia. C) New Zealand. D) Greenland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Australia. 44. We cannot conserve minerals with one of the following A) Reuse. B) Recycle. C) Reduce. D) Recognize. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Recognize. 45. What are the 3 MAIN types of fossil fuels? A) Coal-Oil-Nuclear. B) Coal-Oil-Solar. C) Oil-Coal-Gas. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oil-Coal-Gas. 46. Which one of the following is a non-metallic mineral? A) Copper. B) Limestone. C) Iron. D) Manganese. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Limestone. 47. Where is the best quality of Mica produced? A) Mysore, Karnataka. B) Nellore, Andhra Pradesh. C) Bhilwada, Rajasthan. D) Coimbatore, TN. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nellore, Andhra Pradesh. 48. Oil is used to make ..... A) Gasoline & other types of fuel. B) Plastics, DVDs, and tires. C) Energy. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 49. The oldest rocks in the world are in ..... . They date from 4, 300 million years ago. A) Western Australia. B) Northern Africa. C) Southern India. D) Eastern Mexico. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Western Australia. 50. Tyre and tube industry will get its raw material from which state? A) Kerala. B) West Bengal. C) Assam. D) Karnataka. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kerala. 51. Resources that we obtain from nature are known as: A) Man-made resources. B) God gift. C) Forest resources. D) Natural resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Natural resources. 52. The two types of metallic minerals are A) Ferrous and not Ferrous. B) Ferrous and non Ferrous. C) Ferrous and un Ferrous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ferrous and non Ferrous. 53. ..... is the best way to conserve metals. A) Decomposing. B) Throwing away. C) Discarding its usage. D) Recycling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Recycling. 54. What is the energy produced by moving water? A) Rivers. B) Hydrowater power. C) Hydroelectric power. D) Streams. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hydroelectric power. 55. ..... is the important producer of coal in India. A) Odisha. B) Jharkhand. C) West Bengal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jharkhand. 56. Full form of CNG is ..... A) Carbonated Natural Gas. B) Compact Natural Gas. C) Compressed Natural Gas. D) Conventional Natural Gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compressed Natural Gas. 57. Which of the following mining methods would most likely be used to mine salt? A) Room-and-pillar mining. B) Quarrying. C) Solar evaporation. D) Open-pit mining. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Solar evaporation. 58. Rocks are composed of different kinds of A) Soils. B) Sands. C) Minerals. D) Water crystals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Minerals. 59. Which one of these is a non-metallic mineral? A) Bauxite. B) Iron Ore. C) Manganese. D) Limestone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Limestone. 60. ..... is an example of conventional energy sources. A) Firewood. B) Tidal energy. C) Wind energy. D) Geo thermal energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Firewood. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIndian Geography QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesMinerals Quiz 1Minerals Quiz 2Minerals Quiz 3Minerals 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