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CBSE Class 10 Geography: Minerals and Energy Resources — practice questions

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Which mineral is left behind when surface rocks decompose and soluble parts are washed away?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these is a major metallic mineral obtained from veins and lodes?Read the answer and worked solution →Gypsum, potash salt and sodium salt are mainly formed by which process?Read the answer and worked solution →Where do alluvial placer deposits of gold and platinum usually occur?Read the answer and worked solution →Which source supplies most of the common salt, magnesium and bromine used commercially?Read the answer and worked solution →Which resource is found in large quantities on the floor of the ocean?Read the answer and worked solution →Magnetite is especially valuable to which industry because of its magnetic qualities?Read the answer and worked solution →What share of India's iron ore production in 2018-19 came from Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka and Jharkhand?Read the answer and worked solution →Ferrous minerals account for roughly what share of the value of metallic mineral production?Read the answer and worked solution →About how much manganese is needed to make one tonne of steel?Read the answer and worked solution →Apart from steel, which product also uses manganese in its manufacture?Read the answer and worked solution →The Kudremukh iron ore mines are located in which region?Read the answer and worked solution →In which state are the Bailadila hills, which hold very high grade hematite?Read the answer and worked solution →How many deposits of super high grade hematite does the Bailadila range comprise?Read the answer and worked solution →Through which port is iron ore from the Maharashtra and Goa belt exported?Read the answer and worked solution →The Panchpatmali bauxite deposits, the most important in Odisha, lie in which district?Read the answer and worked solution →Limestone is found together with rocks mainly made of which compounds?Read the answer and worked solution →What form does mica take as it splits easily?Read the answer and worked solution →What property makes mica one of the most indispensable minerals in electric and electronic industries?Read the answer and worked solution →Which belt in Jharkhand is the leading producer of mica?Read the answer and worked solution →Around which Rajasthan city is the major mica producing area located?Read the answer and worked solution →Dust and noxious fumes inhaled by miners make them vulnerable to which kind of illness?Read the answer and worked solution →Collapsing mine roofs, inundation and fires are a constant threat to whom?Read the answer and worked solution →Dumping waste and slurry from mines mainly leads to degradation of which resources?Read the answer and worked solution →What might mining become without strict safety rules and environmental laws?Read the answer and worked solution →Workable mineral deposits make up roughly what share of the earth's crust?Read the answer and worked solution →Why are mineral resources called finite and non-renewable?Read the answer and worked solution →What does continued extraction of ores lead to?Read the answer and worked solution →Which practice helps conserve mineral resources for the future?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these is a conventional source of energy?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Which mineral is left behind when surface rocks decompose and soluble parts are washed away?

  1. Bauxite
  2. Coal
  3. Limestone
  4. Mica
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Correct answer: A. Bauxite

Bauxite forms when weathering removes the soluble constituents of surface rock and leaves a residual mass rich in ore.

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Which of these is a major metallic mineral obtained from veins and lodes?

  1. Gypsum deposits
  2. Potash salt deposits
  3. Sodium salt deposits
  4. Lead ore deposits
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Correct answer: D. Lead ore deposits

Lead is named with tin, copper and zinc as a metallic mineral that is mined from veins and lodes.

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Gypsum, potash salt and sodium salt are mainly formed by which process?

  1. Evaporation in arid regions
  2. Cooling of volcanic lava
  3. Pressure on coal beds
  4. Gold deposition in sand
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Correct answer: A. Evaporation in arid regions

These salts are left behind when water evaporates, which happens mostly in dry regions.

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