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UPSC CDS Minerals & Industries — practice questions — page 2

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Family-run coal mining through long narrow tunnels in Meghalaya is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Most petroleum deposits in India lie in sedimentary rocks of Assam and:Read the answer and worked solution →The vast alluvial plains of north India are almost devoid of:Read the answer and worked solution →The finest iron ore, with up to 70 percent iron and magnetic qualities, is:Read the answer and worked solution →The iron ore most used by industry in terms of quantity is:Read the answer and worked solution →The Bailadila hills with 14 deposits of super high grade hematite are in:Read the answer and worked solution →Kudremukh iron ore is sent as slurry through a pipeline and the mines are a 100 percent:Read the answer and worked solution →About how much manganese goes into one tonne of steel?Read the answer and worked solution →India is critically deficient in the reserve and production of:Read the answer and worked solution →Panchpatmali in Koraput district, Odisha, is famous for:Read the answer and worked solution →Limestone is the basic raw material for which industry?Read the answer and worked solution →A mineral that splits into thin sheets and insulates against high voltage is:Read the answer and worked solution →Because they take millions of years to form, mineral resources are:Read the answer and worked solution →Which is a non-conventional source of energy?Read the answer and worked solution →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 geologist says nearly all of India's coal lies in a few river valleys. What share, and which valleys?Read the answer and worked solution →Mumbai High is an offshore petroleum field. In which sea does it lie?Read the answer and worked solution →The South-Western Plateau belt of Karnataka, Goa and Kerala is rich in ferrous metals and bauxite but lacks what?Read the answer and worked solution →Copper and zinc in Rajasthan and Gujarat are associated with which rock system?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Family-run coal mining through long narrow tunnels in Meghalaya is called:

  1. Stone quarrying
  2. Placer mining
  3. Rat hole mining
  4. Open pit mining
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Correct answer: C. Rat hole mining

1. Minerals in the North East are owned by families. 2. Coal is dug at Jowai and Cherapunjee by hand. 3. The tunnels give it the name rat hole mining. _Source: syllabus Geography, Contemporary India II, Chapter 5, Minerals and Energy Resources._

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Most petroleum deposits in India lie in sedimentary rocks of Assam and:

  1. Jharkhand
  2. Odisha
  3. Punjab
  4. Gujarat
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Correct answer: D. Gujarat

1. Oil sits in sedimentary rocks on the flanks of the peninsula. 2. One flank is in the east, one in the west. 3. The western one is Gujarat. _Source: syllabus Geography, Contemporary India II, Chapter 5, Minerals and Energy Resources._

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The vast alluvial plains of north India are almost devoid of:

  1. Economic minerals
  2. Fertile soil cover
  3. Perennial rivers
  4. Farming families
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Correct answer: A. Economic minerals

1. Minerals sit in the old peninsular rocks. 2. The plains are young river deposits. 3. They have almost no economic minerals. _Source: syllabus Geography, Contemporary India II, Chapter 5, Minerals and Energy Resources._

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