This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 8 > Geography > Mineral And Power Resources > Class 8 Geography Chapter 3 Mineral And Power Resources – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 Geography Chapter 3 Mineral And Power Resources Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Solar, wind, tidal, geothermal, biogas, atomic energy, etc are the examples of ..... A) Conventional source. B) Ferrous. C) Non ferrous. D) Non conventional source. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Non conventional source. 2. ..... contains metals in raw forms. A) Metallic Minerals. B) Non-Metallic Minerals. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metallic Minerals. 3. Energy obtained from the earth is known as: A) Biogas. B) Nuclear Energy. C) Solar Energy. D) Geothermal Energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Geothermal Energy. 4. Salt is not obtained from ..... A) Lakes. B) Rocks. C) Rain. D) Seas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rain. 5. Gold is an example of minerals. A) Ferrous. B) Non-ferrous. C) Both (a) and (b). D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Non-ferrous. 6. Switzerland has a lot of mineral deposit? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. Gold is an example of A) Ferrous. B) Non-ferrous. C) Rock. D) None of these. E) Ore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Non-ferrous. 8. Deep bores dug to reach mineral deposits are called ..... A) Drilling. B) Shafts. C) Quarrying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shafts. 9. What are the cells present in solar panels? A) Photons. B) Protons. C) Electrons. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Photons. 10. ..... is the largest producer and exporter of mica in the world. A) Brazil. B) India. C) Antarctica. D) America. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) India. 11. Minerals found in ..... are not accessible. A) Greenland. B) Serbia. C) Antarctica. D) Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antarctica. 12. Metallic minerals are found in ..... A) Igneous rocks. B) Both a and c. C) Metamorphic rocks. D) Sedimentary rocks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Both a and c. 13. Heat energy obtained from the earth is called ..... A) Nuclear power. B) Tidal power. C) Wind energy. D) Geothermal energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nuclear power. 14. China and India have largest ..... ore deposits. A) Iron. B) Magnesium. C) Copper. D) Bronze. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Iron. 15. Minerals are identified and sorted by different characteristics. Luster is one way to sort minerals into different types. What is a mineral's luster? A) The way light reflects from its surface. B) The mineral's elements and their arrangement. C) The colour it produces when rubbed on a tile. D) The way it breaks when you strike it with a wedge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The way light reflects from its surface. 16. 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. 17. Thorium is found in Rajasthan A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 18. The colour of copper rock is A) Brown. B) Blue. C) Purple. D) Grey. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blue. 19. Which one of the following practises will conserve energy? A) Keeping the vegetables chopped before cooking. B) Heating a pan at low flame for a long period of time. C) Not turning of lights or fans. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Keeping the vegetables chopped before cooking. 20. Minerals are inexhaustible A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 21. Give an example of shafts. A) Surface mining. B) Qff-shore drilling. C) Deep bores. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deep bores. 22. ..... are hard substances that conduct heat and electricity. A) Minerals. B) Non-Metals. C) Rocks. D) Metals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metals. 23. ..... are hard substances that conduct heat and electricity and have a characteristic lusture or shine. A) METALS. B) NON METALS. C) MINERAL FUELS. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) METALS. 24. Power Resources may be broadly categorised as ..... and ..... based on their use A) Conventional & Non-Conventional. B) Renewable & Non-renewable. C) None of the above. D) Both a & b. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conventional & Non-Conventional. 25. Which states with bauxite deposits? A) Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh. B) Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu. C) Orissa and Madhya Pradesh. D) All of them. E) None of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of them. 26. One of the following places in India is famous for geo-thermal power plant: A) Manikaran in Himachal Pradesh. B) Aravalli Hills in the west. C) Rourkela in or in. D) Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Manikaran in Himachal Pradesh. 27. Example of conventional resource is A) Nuclear Power. B) Hydel power. C) Solar energy. D) Firewood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Firewood. 28. The ore of the metal aluminium is known as: A) Bauxite. B) Copper. C) Gold. D) Manganese. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bauxite. 29. What is the electricity from coal called? A) Buried sunshine. B) Hydro power. C) Tidal energy. D) Thermal Power. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thermal Power. 30. ..... of energy are those which have been in common use for a long time A) Conventional. B) Non conventional. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conventional. 31. Using of newspaper to make paper bag is an example of ..... A) Reduce method. B) Reuse method. C) Recycle method. D) None of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reuse method. 32. Limestone is a ..... mineral. A) Ferrous. B) Metallic. C) Non-metallic. D) Non-ferrous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Non-metallic. 33. Which of the following is known as buried sunshine? A) Gold. B) Coal. C) Petroleum. D) Diamond. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coal. 34. All minerals are rocks but all rocks are not minerals. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 35. Coal is an example of which mineral? A) Metallic minerals. B) Ferrous minerals. C) Non-ferrousminerals. D) Non-metallic minerals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Non-metallic minerals. 36. Minerals are classified mainly into how many categories? A) Four. B) Two. C) One. D) Three. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two. 37. In india gold is found in ..... A) Chotanagpurplateau. B) Jhansi. C) Kolar. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kolar. 38. In Shaft Mining, what is the machine used for extracting minerals? A) Shafts. B) Truck. C) JCB. D) Plough. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shafts. 39. A rock that forms from lava or magma is classified as a(n) ..... A) Mineral. B) Weathering. C) Igneous rock. D) Metamorphic rock. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Igneous rock. 40. ..... may be broadly categorised as conventionaland Non-conventional resources A) Power resources. B) Minerals. C) Fossil fuel. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Power resources. 41. Which is produce sun light energy A) Solar energy. B) Wind energy. C) Water energy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Solar energy. 42. Where do we find natural gas in India? A) Bihar. B) Uttar Pradesh. C) Jammu and Kashmir. D) Mumbai High. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mumbai High. 43. MINERALS CAN BE IDENTIFIED BY WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PROPERTIES? A) COLOUR. B) ALL OF THESE. C) DENSITY. D) CHEMICAL PROPERTY. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ALL OF THESE. 44. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about biogas? A) Formed by decomposition of organic waste. B) Is a mixture of methane and carbon dioxide. C) It can be made easily available in urban areas. D) It produces huge amount of organic manure every year. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It can be made easily available in urban areas. 45. Which of the following are non-conventional resources A) Wind energy. B) Solar energy. C) Tidal energy. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 46. Where is thorium found in India? A) Rajasthan. B) Karnataka. C) Kerala. D) Tamil Nadu. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kerala. 47. China, Malaysia and Indonesia are among the world's leading ..... producers. A) Gold. B) Diamond. C) Silver. D) Tin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tin. 48. In which all minerals are Jharkhand rich in? A) Diamond, manganese ore. B) Coal, Bauxite. C) Iron ore, limestone. D) Natural gases, thorium. E) All of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of them. 49. Which of the following minerals found in Switzerland? A) Iron. B) Copper. C) Bauxite. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of these. 50. If a rock contains copper, then its color is A) Blue. B) Black. C) Red. D) Purple. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blue. 51. ..... minerals contain metal in raw form. A) Non-metallic. B) Metallic. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metallic. 52. Natural gas is found with ..... deposits. A) Coal. B) Petroleum. C) Petrol. D) Iron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Petroleum. 53. Which of the following is not a coal producing area in India? A) Jhilian. B) Bokaro. C) Dhanbad Dhanbad. D) Raniganj. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jhilian. 54. THE PROCESS OF TAKING OUT MINERALS FROM ROCKS BURIED UNDER THE EARTH'S SURFACE IS CALLED A) DRILLING. B) QUARRYING. C) MINING. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) MINING. 55. ..... is rich in mineral resources. A) Brazil. B) Africa. C) Australia. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Africa. 56. Quarrying is the process in which minerals lying near the surface are dug A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 57. There are ..... many types of ores A) 3. B) 4. C) 5. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 58. Minerals can be extracted by A) Mining. B) Quarrying. C) Drilling. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 59. Which country or state has no known mineral deposit in it A) Switzerland. B) Greenland. C) India. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Switzerland. 60. 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