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The most abundantly available fossil fuel in India is:Read the answer and worked solution →Low grade brown coal at Neyveli, used for electricity, is:Read the answer and worked solution →The highest quality hard coal is:Read the answer and worked solution →Jharia, Raniganj and Bokaro are coalfields of which valley?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the ferrous mineralsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the coal typesRead the answer and worked solution →Find the real nameRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the mineral wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Conventional or notRead the answer and worked solution →Which mineral is minedRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Minerals bingoRead the answer and worked solution →A farmer is told soil takes millions of years to form a few centimetres, yet it is called the most important ___ natural resource.Read the answer and worked solution →The entire northern plains are made of which soil?Read the answer and worked solution →Alluvial soil of the northern plains was deposited by the Indus, the Ganga and the:Read the answer and worked solution →Coarse alluvial soils in Duars, Chos and Terai are found in:Read the answer and worked solution →Old alluvium with more kanker nodules is called:Read the answer and worked solution →New alluvium, finer and more fertile than the old, is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Alluvial soils have potash, phosphoric acid and lime, ideal for sugarcane, paddy and:Read the answer and worked solution →Black soil is also called regur and is ideal for growing:Read the answer and worked solution →Black soil is typical of which rock region?Read the answer and worked solution →Black soil holds moisture well because it is made of extremely fine:Read the answer and worked solution →Deep cracks in black soil during hot weather help in:Read the answer and worked solution →Red soil develops on crystalline igneous rocks in areas of:Read the answer and worked solution →Red soil gets its colour from the diffusion of:Read the answer and worked solution →Laterite soil forms by intense leaching under a climate of alternate:Read the answer and worked solution →Laterite soils are acidic with a pH below:Read the answer and worked solution →In the hills of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, laterite soil is useful for growing:Read the answer and worked solution →Arid soils are sandy and:Read the answer and worked solution →In arid soils, water infiltration is restricted by a bottom layer of:Read the answer and worked solution →

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The most abundantly available fossil fuel in India is:

  1. Coal
  2. Oil
  3. Gas
  4. Peat
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Correct answer: A. Coal

1. It powers stations, industry and homes. 2. India depends on it for commercial energy. 3. That fuel is coal. _Source: syllabus Geography, Contemporary India II, Chapter 5, Minerals and Energy Resources._

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Low grade brown coal at Neyveli, used for electricity, is:

  1. Bituminous
  2. Lignite
  3. Anthracite
  4. Peat coal
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Correct answer: B. Lignite

1. It is soft with high moisture. 2. Tamil Nadu burns it for power. 3. That is lignite. _Source: syllabus Geography, Contemporary India II, Chapter 5, Minerals and Energy Resources._

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The highest quality hard coal is:

  1. Peat coal
  2. Bituminous
  3. Anthracite
  4. Lignite
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Correct answer: C. Anthracite

1. Peat and lignite are low grade. 2. Bituminous is the common commercial coal. 3. Anthracite is the best. _Source: syllabus Geography, Contemporary India II, Chapter 5, Minerals and Energy Resources._

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