UPSC CSE Minerals & Industries — practice questions
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Practice UPSC CSE Minerals & Industries in the app →Which shipyard is known for the manufacture of targets, coasters arid dredgers?Farakka Barrage was commissioned to :Chhota Nagpur plateau is called the heart of industrial India because it is :The narrow guage lines are confined to the hilly areas onlyIndia has limited prime coking reservesWhich one of the following sequences of the oil refineries of India as they occur from south to north is correWhich one of the following States of India is the largest producer of lignite coal?Which one of the following oil fields of India is the oldest and still producing oil?Where are Tapovan and Vishnugarh Hydroelectric Projects located?With which one of the following rivers is the Omkareshwar Project associated?Mahatma Gandhi Hydroelectric Project is on which river?Among the following States, which one has the highest amount of Nickel Ore resources?Majhgawan is known for its manganese deposits. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? [IAS 2007]In which one of the following places electricity generated from hydel power?Coal mines in Jharkhand are located atWhich one of the following barrages supplies water to the Indira Gandhi Canal?The primary purpose of constructing the Farakka barrage is to:The reservoir Gobind Sagar is on which river in Punjab?Rana Pratap Sagar Plant (Rajasthan) is associated with:Durgapur steel plant - British helpCritical criteria for the location of an aluminium plant in India are the availability of bauxite and:Which one of the following states is a leading producer of woollen textiles?Apart from Tamil Nadu, lignite is found in:Which State of India has the largest reserves of monazite, with a high thorium content?Which one of the following States enjoys ideal conditions for the development of petrochemical industries?Ankaleshwar in India is known for the production of:The first oil well in India was dug at :iron ore from Baba Budan hillsIran is the largest buyer of Indian iron oreIn the realm of coal production in the world, India ranks:Which one of the following does not have a unit of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL)?A shopkeeper says limestone rock is made of a single mineral. Most rocks are made of:A deposit is called an ore only if its mineral content makes extraction:In igneous rocks, small cracks filled with minerals are veins; the larger ones are called:Gold, silver, tin and platinum found in valley sands are:Family-run coal mining through long narrow tunnels in Meghalaya is called:Most petroleum deposits in India lie in sedimentary rocks of Assam and:The vast alluvial plains of north India are almost devoid of:The finest iron ore, with up to 70 percent iron and magnetic qualities, is:The iron ore most used by industry in terms of quantity is:The Bailadila hills with 14 deposits of super high grade hematite are in:Kudremukh iron ore is sent as slurry through a pipeline and the mines are a 100 percent:About how much manganese goes into one tonne of steel?India is critically deficient in the reserve and production of:Panchpatmali in Koraput district, Odisha, is famous for:Limestone is the basic raw material for which industry?A mineral that splits into thin sheets and insulates against high voltage is:Because they take millions of years to form, mineral resources are:Which is a non-conventional source of energy?The most abundantly available fossil fuel in India is:Low grade brown coal at Neyveli, used for electricity, is:The highest quality hard coal is:Jharia, Raniganj and Bokaro are coalfields of which valley?A geologist says nearly all of India's coal lies in a few river valleys. What share, and which valleys?Mumbai High is an offshore petroleum field. In which sea does it lie?Steel plants cluster in Jharkhand and Odisha. Which mineral belt covers Chhotanagpur and the Odisha plateau?The South-Western Plateau belt of Karnataka, Goa and Kerala is rich in ferrous metals and bauxite but lacks whCopper and zinc in Rajasthan and Gujarat are associated with which rock system?Which two types of iron ore are mainly found in India?Noamundi and Gua are iron ore mines in which State?Dalli and Rajhara iron ore mines lie in which district of Chhattisgarh?Sandur-Hospet iron ore deposits are in which district of Karnataka?A steel maker needs a mineral to smelt iron ore and make ferro alloys. Which one?Which State leads India in both manganese and bauxite production?Bauxite is the ore of which metal?Copper for electric wires comes from Singhbhum, Balaghat and which Rajasthan district?Which non-metallic mineral that splits into thin tough sheets is used in electrical industries?Which district of Andhra Pradesh produces the best quality mica?About 80 per cent of India's coal is of which type and grade?Which is India's largest coal field?Brown coal, or lignite, is mined in the coastal areas of which State?Why is petroleum called liquid gold?Mumbai High was discovered in 1973. When did production begin?Digboi is a field-based refinery. Which refinery is the example of a market-based one?Before the Oil and Natural Gas Commission was set up in 1956, which was India's only oil producing region?A tiny workshop with one loom versus a giant car plant. On what basis are industries classed as large, medium,Why are sugar mills built inside sugarcane growing areas?Bokaro and Durgapur steel plants sit near coalfields. Bhadravati, Bhilai and Rourkela sit near what?Aluminium smelters are often built next to power stations. Why?Cotton textile mills sit in big cities like Mumbai and Surat rather than in cotton fields. Why?Bhilai and Rourkela steel plants were set up in tribal areas. What was the reason?The Tata steel plant gets water from which two rivers?The Visvesvaraiya Iron and Steel Works at Bhadravati has no coal nearby. What power does it use?Rourkela, Bhilai and Durgapur were set up during which Five Year Plan?In which year was the Steel Authority of India Limited created to manage the public sector plants?Rourkela steel plant in Odisha was built in 1959 with which country's collaboration?Bhilai steel plant in Chhattisgarh was built with help from which country?Durgapur steel plant started production in 1962 with collaboration from which country?Bokaro steel plant was set up in 1964 on a transport-cost principle by pairing it with which plant?Which is India's first port-based steel plant, operating since 1992?Ancient India was famous for a very fine cotton cloth. What was it called?The first modern cotton mill in India was set up in 1854 in which city?After Partition, India kept 409 mills but only what share of its cotton growing area?Which State has the largest number of cotton mills, most of them spinning yarn?Why must sugarcane be crushed within 24 hours of harvest?Which State produces more than one-third of India's sugar?Modern sugar industry in India dates to 1903, when a mill started in which State?Raw cotton in the boll is worth little, but spun into yarn it is worth more. What do secondary activities do?Each worker repeats one task to make large quantities of standard parts. What is this method called?A factory where machines think and run without human aid during manufacturing shows which advanced stage?Major centres of modern manufacturing cover what share of the world's land area?What is described as the most important factor in locating an industry?Which industries are named as having a global market?Steel, sugar and cement plants sit near raw material sources. Why?Dairy products are processed close to milk supply. Which factor explains this?Factories cluster near a leader industry to share linkages and savings. What is this called?A small electronics unit could be set up almost anywhere, near a road, with few workers. What kind of industryOn the basis of size, industries are grouped into which three classes?A potter making pots at home with family help for the village market runs which kind of unit?A workshop outside the home using simple power-driven machines and semi-skilled labour is:Large-scale manufacturing developed in the last 200 years first in which regions?Commercial farming on an industrial scale, financed by big corporations, is called:Iron and steel supplies raw material for machine tools that make other goods. What kind of industry is it?Old heavy industries near coalfields, with pollution and waste heaps, are now nicknamed:The Ruhr region produces what share of Germany's steel?Iron is extracted from ore by smelting in a blast furnace with limestone and what?Why can mini steel mills locate near markets rather than near mines?The Pittsburgh steel area of the USA, now losing ground, is called the:The cotton textile industry has three sub-sectors. Which one is most labour intensive?About 98 per cent of the earth's crust is made up of how many elements?