This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 10 > Geography > Minerals And Energy Resources > Class 10 Geography Chapter 5 Minerals And Energy Resources – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 10 Geography Chapter 5 Minerals And Energy Resources Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Gondwana coal is over (i) ..... million years age while tertiary deposit are about (ii) ..... millions years old A) (i) 150 and (ii) 200. B) (i) 200 and (ii) 50. C) (i) 300 and (ii) 200. D) (i) 50 (i) 25. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) (i) 200 and (ii) 50. 2. In a geological survey, it is found that in sedimentary rocks, a number of minerals occur in beds or layers. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. Which state in India is the largest producer of bauxite? A) Karnataka. B) Maharashtra. C) Kerala. D) Odisha. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Odisha. 4. The most important Gondwana coal fields of India are located in ..... A) Cauvery Valley. B) Damodar Valley. C) Mahanadi valley. D) Narmada Valley. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Damodar Valley. 5. How many percent minerals intake represents our total intake of nutrients A) 5.0. B) 3.0. C) 0.5. D) 0.3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 0.3. 6. Which mineral is used to manufacture steel? A) Iron ore. B) Pyrite. C) Chromite. D) Manganese. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Iron ore. 7. ..... is an example of non-metallic mineral. A) Granite. B) Petroleum. C) Gold. D) Bauxite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Granite. 8. Dururg-Bastar-Chandrapur Belt Lies in ..... And ..... A) Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. B) Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra. C) Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. D) Madhya Pradesh and Odisha. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra. 9. Petroleum is found only in Rajasthan. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 10. Which of the following geological structure of India is devoid of minerals of economic use? A) Vast alluvial plain. B) Chhota Nagpur plateau region. C) Peninsular plateau. D) North-Western region. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vast alluvial plain. 11. This is the finest coal A) Peat. B) Anthracite. C) Lignite. D) Bituminous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anthracite. 12. Tara is studying the properties of different metals in her chemistry class. She learns that manganese is primarily used in the manufacturing of steel. What is the primary use of manganese? A) In the production of copper. B) In the production of gold. C) In the manufacturing of steel. D) In the production of aluminium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the manufacturing of steel. 13. What is the main disadvantage of using non-renewable energy resources? A) Non-renewable energy resources contribute to air pollution and climate change. B) Non-renewable energy resources are easily accessible and affordable. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Non-renewable energy resources contribute to air pollution and climate change. 14. Metallic minerals are divided into which categories A) 1-Ferrous. B) 2-Non-ferrous. C) 3-Fuel. D) Both 1 and 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both 1 and 2. 15. What is the primary environmental concern associated with mining? A) Water contamination. B) Air pollution. C) Soil degradation. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 16. Which of the following is minerals is formed by decomposition of rocks, leaving a residual mass of weathered material? A) Bauxite. B) Zinc. C) Coal. D) Gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bauxite. 17. In sedimentary rocks a number of minerals occur in ..... A) Veins and lodes. B) Ferrous and non-ferrous. C) Beds and layers. D) Gypsum and potash. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beds and layers. 18. Other than making alloy steel, the mineral is used for making bleaching powder, paints and insecticides. Which is this mineral? A) Manganese. B) Iron. C) Nickel. D) Tungsten. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Manganese. 19. The Hazira-Vijaipur-Jagdishpur pipeline does not pass through A) Uttar Pradesh. B) Gujarat. C) Madhya pradesh. D) Maharashtra. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Maharashtra. 20. Choose the combination that shows the first four highest producers of iron ores in India:33%-28%-19%-11% A) Chattisgarh-Karnataka-Odisha-Jharkhand. B) Karnataka-Odisha-Chhattisgarh-Jharkhan. C) Jharkhand-Odisha-Karnatak-Chhattisgarh. D) Odisha-Jharkhand-Chhattisgarh-Karnatak. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Odisha-Jharkhand-Chhattisgarh-Karnatak. 21. This is mainly used in the manufacturing of steel A) Manganese. B) Mica. C) Bauxite. D) Copper. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Manganese. 22. Which one of the following is known as clean energy A) Nuclear energy. B) Coal. C) Bio gas. D) Natural gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Natural gas. 23. Which one of the following types of ore found in India? A) Magnets Ande Titanomagnets. B) Titanomagnetite and Haematite. C) Haematite and Magnetite. D) Titanomagnetite and Pisolitic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Haematite and Magnetite. 24. The ocean waters contain minerals but are not economically viable because A) They are too widely diffused to be be of economic significance. B) They are expensive to gather. C) They are difficult to extract. D) They are found less in amount. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They are too widely diffused to be be of economic significance. 25. Minerals are usually found in ..... A) Ores. B) Mars. C) Rocks. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ores. 26. Which one of the following minerals is contained in the Monazite sands? A) Uranium. B) Coal. C) Oil. D) Thorium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thorium. 27. Manganese is an example for ..... A) Precious mineral. B) Non Ferrous mineral. C) Ferrous mineral. D) Non Metallic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ferrous mineral. 28. What is the process of extracting valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth called? A) A. Mining. B) B. Drilling. C) C. Excavation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. Mining. 29. ..... is an example of non-ferrous mineral. A) Copper. B) Gold. C) Silver. D) Mica. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Copper. 30. Magnesium and bromine are mainly derived from A) A. Sedimentary rocks. B) B. Ocean waters. C) C.Alluvial deposits. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. Ocean waters. 31. Metallurgical coal used in the smelting of iron ore is A) Peat. B) Anthracite. C) Lignite. D) Bituminous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bituminous. 32. The toothbrush and tube containing paste are made up of plastic obtained from A) Fibre. B) Petroleum. C) Mica. D) Paper. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Petroleum. 33. Which mineral is used for releasing atomic or nuclear energy? A) B. Thorium. B) A. Bauxite. C) D Iron ore. D) C. Petroleum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B. Thorium. 34. Which is not a non-conventional energy source? A) Natural Gas. B) Tidal. C) Wind. D) Solar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural Gas. 35. Which state is the largest producer of manganese? A) Karnataka. B) Jharkhand. C) Madhya pradesh. D) Orissa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Orissa. 36. The most important oil field of Gujarat is A) Tankleshwar. B) Moran. C) Naharkatia. D) Digboi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tankleshwar. 37. Natural gas is a conventional source of energy. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 38. In which of thefollowing states are the major oil fields located A) Assam. B) Bihar. C) Tamil Nadu. D) Rajasthan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assam. 39. What is the main reason for conservation of minerals? A) They are unlimited. B) They are non-renewable. C) They are cheap. D) They are renewable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are non-renewable. 40. Most common energy resources in rural India are? A) Coal. B) Natural gas. C) Petroleum. D) Firewood and cattle dung cake. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Firewood and cattle dung cake. 41. Which of these is a ferrous mineral? A) Limestone. B) Manganese. C) Copper. D) Bauxite. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Manganese. 42. What type of energy is used in solar panels? A) Heat. B) Wind. C) Water. D) Sunlight. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sunlight. 43. 6 ..... is the largest producer of manganese ores in India. A) Jharkhand. B) Odisha. C) Madhya pradesh. D) Madhya pradesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Odisha. 44. In which region of India is Tidal energy produced? A) Gulf of Kutch. B) Puga Valley of Ladakh. C) Gulf of Cambay. D) Madhapur Near Bhuj. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gulf of Kutch. 45. Which of the following minerals is used in toothpaste? A) Iron ore. B) Bauxite. C) Copper. D) Silica. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Silica. 46. Manikaran (Himachal Pradesh) is popular for production of A) Geothermal Energy. B) Wind Energy. C) Solar Energy. D) Tidal Energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Geothermal Energy. 47. The Badampahar mine in Mayurbhanj and Kendujhar district is situated in which of the following Indian state? A) Karnataka. B) Odisha. C) Chhattisgarh. D) Jharkhand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Odisha. 48. ..... is the finest iron ore with a very high content of iron up to 70%. A) Lemon. B) Siderite. C) Hematite. D) Magnetite. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Magnetite. 49. Which of the following minerals is obtained from Bauxite? A) Iron. B) Aluminum. C) Copper. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aluminum. 50. In which kind of rocks are the minerals deposited and accumulated in the stratas? A) Igneous rocks. B) Metamorphic rocks. C) Sedimentary rocks. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sedimentary rocks. 51. How many minerals have been identified in the world A) 3000. B) 1000. C) 2000. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2000. 52. ..... are combinations of homogeneous substances called minerals. A) A. Ore. B) B. Rocks. C) C. Fossils. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. Rocks. 53. The iron content in Hematite is: A) 40-50%. B) 60-70%. C) 20-30%. D) 30-40%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 60-70%. 54. Potash, gypsum salt and sodium salt are sedimentary minerals formed due to A) Layering and stratification of eroded materials. B) Evaporation in arid regions. C) Cooling and layering of molten minerals. D) Weathering and erosion of metamorphic rocks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evaporation in arid regions. 55. In which of the rocks below, minerals are found in beds and layers? A) Igenous. B) Sedimentary. C) Metamorphic. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sedimentary. 56. Iron ore, gypsum, potash salt and sodium salt are the minerals found in A) A. Igneous rocks. B) B. Sedimentary rocks. C) C. Metamorphic rocks. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. Sedimentary rocks. 57. Identify the mineral using following points.1. made up of a series of plates or leaves.2 It splits easily into thin sheets. 3. These sheets can be so thin that a thousand can be layered into a sheet of a few centimeters high. A) Managanese. B) Mica. C) Limestone. D) Bauzxite. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mica. 58. Natural gas is used as industrial raw material in the ..... industry? A) Synthetic Textile. B) Petrochemical Industry. C) Fibre. D) Fertilizer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Petrochemical Industry. 59. ..... study minerals as part of the earth's crust. A) Historians. B) Geographers. C) Politicians. D) Scholars. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Geographers. 60. Large reserves of natural gas have been discovered in the ..... basin. A) Krishna-Godavari. 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