CBSE Class 10 Social Science Minerals and Energy Resources MCQs Set D

Question: In which of the following is the oldest oil-producing state of India?
a) Gujarat
b) Assam
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Andaman Nicobar Island
Answer: b

Question: Which one of the following minerals is largely derived from ‘placer deposits’?
a) Magnesium
b) Gold
c) Iron ore
d) Bromine
Answer: b

Question: In which one of the following states of India is the oldest gold mine located?
a) Panna in Madhya Pradesh
b) Jharia in West Bengal
c) Kolar in Karnataka
d) Shinghbhum in Jharkhand
Answer: c

Question: Where is lignite coal found?
a) Narayan Sarovar
b) Panandhro
c) Bhuj
d) Lakhpat
Answer: d

Question: Mica is extensively used in
a) Steel industry
b) Electrical industry
c) Rubber plantation
d) Fertilizer industry
Answer: b

Question: In which one of the following regions of India is Rat-hole mining practiced?
a) Assam
b) Manipur
c) Imphal
d) Meghalaya
Answer: d

Question: Which of the following is not a nuclear power station?
a) Kaiga
b) Narora
c) Korba
d) Kakrapara
Answer: c

Question: Which one of the following minerals is contained in monazite sands?
a) Oil
b) Uranium
c) Thorium
d) Coal
Answer: c

Question: Which of the following is a non-metallic mineral?
a) Iron ore
b) Copper
c) Bauxite
d) Limestone
Answer: d

Question: India is critically deficient in which of the following mineral reserves?
a) Mica
b) Copper
c) Bauxite
d) Manganese
Answer: b

Question: Kudre in Kannada means
a) Horse
b) Dog
c) Goat
d) Cow
Answer: a

Question: Which one of the following places is ideal for generating tidal energy for a power plant?
a) Maharashtra
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Gulf of Kuchchh
d) Gulf of Cambey
Answer: c

Question: In which one of the following states is the largest wind farm cluster located?
a) Gujarat
b) Kerala
c) Rajasthan
d) Tamil Nadu
Answer: d

Question: Which one of the following is interested in the formation of minerals and their composition only?
a) Environmentalists
b) Forest dwellers
c) Geographers
d) Geologists
Answer: d

Question: The largest bauxite producing state in India with 34.97% of the country’s total production in 2009-10 is
a) Orissa
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Punjab
d) Karnataka
Answer: a

Question: Which one of the following is the basic raw material for the cement industry?
a) Magnesium
b) Limestone
c) Mica
d) Copper
Answer: b

Question: Which of the following is the correct set of natural gas producing sites?
a) Bombay High, Digoi, Godawari Basin, Ankaleshwar
b) Ankaleshwar, Bombay High, Digboi, Godavari Basin
c) Bombay High, Ankaleshwar, Godavari Basin, Cauvery Basin
d) Bombay High, Godavari Basin, Digboi, Ankaleshwar
Answer: c

Question: Minerals are deposited and accumulated in the strata of
a) Sedimentary rocks
b) Igneous rocks
c) Metamorphic rocks
d) Granite rocks
Answer: a

Question: In which of the following iron ore belts are Kudremukh mines located?
a) Orissa-Jharkhand belt
b) Maharashtra-Goa belt
c) Durg-Bastar-Chandrapur belt
d) Bellary-Chitradurga-Chikmagalur-Tumkur belt
Answer: d

Question: In which state of India are the Khetri Copper mines situated?
a) Punjab
b) Jharkhand
c) Rajasthan
d) Madhya Pradesh
Answer: c

Question: Koderma mines located in Jharkhand is rich in which minerals?
a) Bauxite
b) Mica
c) Iron ore
d) Copper
Answer: b

Question: The best quality of iron ore is:
a) Magnetite
b) Pyrite
c) Hematite
d) Siderite
Answer: a

Question: Which of the following mineral is found in monazite sands?
a) Mineral oil
b) Uranium
c) Thorium
d) Coal
Answer: c

Question: The mines in India that produce 52% of India’s Copper is
a) Singhbum in Jharkhand
b) Khetri mines in Rajasthan
c) Balaghat mines in Madhya Pradesh
d) Gaya mines in Bihar
Answer: b

Question: The conventional source of energy is
a) Petroleum
b) Solar energy
c) Wind power
d) Biogas
Answer: a

Question: Which of the following is a non-renewable as well as non-recyclable resource?
a) Iron
b) Coal
c) Water
d) Forests
Answer: b

Question: Important deposits of which mineral are found in Koraput in Odisha?
a) Iron ore
b) Coal
c) Copper
d) Bauxite
Answer: d

Question: Jharia, Bokaro, Giridh and Karanpur are important coal fields of which one of the following states?
a) Jharkhand
b) Bihar
c) Odisha
d) Chhattisgarh
Answer: a

Question: The following is located in the Parvati valley near Manikarn in Himachal Pradesh and in the Puga Valley, Ladakh
a) Tidal energy plant
b) Solar energy plant
c) Geothermal energy plant
d) Atomic energy plant
Answer: c