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Class 10 Social Science Geography Chapter 5 Minerals and Energy Resources MCQ

1. The Monazite sands in Kerala is rich in
(a) thorium
(b) uranium
(c) platinum
(d) all of the above

Answer: (a) thorium

2. Which is correct about Magnetite iron ore?
(a) Magnetite is the most important industrial iron ore in terms of the quantity used.
(b) Magnetite has the inferior magnetic qualities which is not valuable in the electric industry.
(c) It is the finest iron ore with a very high content of iron up to 70%.
(d) It has a slightly lower iron content than haematite (50-60%).

Answer: (c) It is the finest iron ore with a very high content of iron up to 70%.

3. Which one of the following type of resource is iron ore? (Textbook)
(a) Renewable
(b) Biotic
(c) Flow
(d) Non-renewable

Answer: (d) Non-renewable

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4. Nagarcoil and Jaisalmer are well known for effective use of
(a) solar energy
(b) wind energy
(c) atomic energy
(d) tidal energy

Answer: (b) wind energy

5. Which one of the following is an essential feature of Mica?
(a) It is a metallic mineral made up of a series of plates
(b) It can be clear, black, green, red, yellow or brown.
(c) It is not used in electric and electronic industry.
(d) It cannot be easily split into thin sheets

Answer: (b) It can be clear, black, green, red, yellow or brown.

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6. Under which of the following type of resource can tidal energy be put? (Textbook)
(a) Replenishable
(b) Human-made
(c) Abiotic
(d) Non-renewabl

Answer: (a) Replenishable

7. The pair of states which has most of the petroleum deposits
(a) Rajasthan and Karnataka
(b) Assam and Gujarat
(c) Gujarat and Maharashtra
(d) Odisha and Goa

Answer: (b) Assam and Gujarat

8. Which of the following includes non-ferrous metals?
(a) Iron and manganese
(b) Steel and iron ore
(c) Haematite and magnetite
(d) Copper and bauxite

Answer: (d) Copper and bauxite

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9. Which one of the following is the main cause of land degradation in Punjab? (Textbook)
(a) Intensive cultivation
(b) Deforestation
(c) Over-irrigation
(d) Overgrazing

Answer: (c) Over-irrigation

10. One of the following is a non-metallic mineral
(a) manganese
(b) copper
(c) coal
(d) granite

Answer: (d) granite

11. Which one of the following non-conventional sources of energy is harnessed in the Parvati Valley near Manikaran in Himachal Pradesh
(a) Tidal Energy
(b) Geothermal Energy
(c) Wind Energy
(d) Solar Energy

Answer: (b) Geothermal Energy

12. Which one of the following does not influence the location of industries?
(a) Availability of raw material and electricity.
(b) Availability of markets and capital.
(c) Availability of raw material and labour.
(d) Availability of educational and medical services.

Answer: (d) Availability of educational and medical services.

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13. In which one of the following States is terrace cultivation practised? (Textbook)
(a) Punjab
(b) Plains of Uttar Pradesh
(c) Haryana
(d) Uttaranchal

Answer: (d) Uttaranchal

14. Aluminium is obtained from
(a) bauxite
(b) limestone
(c) copper
(d) manganese

Answer: (a) bauxite

15. Which one of the following minerals is not obtained from the veins and lodes?
(a) Tin
(b) Zinc
(c) Lead
(d) Gypsum

Answer: (d) Gypsum

16. In which of the following States is black soil found? (Textbook)
(a) Jammu & Kashmir
(b) Gujarat
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Jharkhand

Answer: (b) Gujarat

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17. Uranium and thorium used for generating nuclear power are found in
(a) Godavari Basin
(b) Gulf of Cambay
(c) Manikarn in Himachal Pradesh
(d) Aravalli ranges of Rajasthan

Answer: (d) Aravalli ranges of Rajasthan

18. Which one of the following is not true regarding wind power in India?
(a) The largest wind farm cluster is located in Tamil Nadu.
(b) Jaisalmer is well known for effective use of wind energy in our country.
(c) Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka have important wind farms.
(d) Andaman Nicobar islands have important wind farms.

Answer: (d) Andaman Nicobar islands have important wind farms.

19. What percentage of our land should be under forest according to the National Forest Policy (1952)?
(a) 33
(b) 22.5
(c) 31
(d) 30

Answer: (a) 33

20. In which region of India tidal energy is produced?
(a) Gulf of Kuchchh
(b) Puga Valley of Ladakh
(c) Gulf of Cambay
(d) Madhapur near Bhuj

Answer: (a) Gulf of Kuchchh

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21. Which one of the following is not true regarding the importance of manufacturing industries?
(a) They generate jobs in the secondary and tertiary sectors.
(b) Export of manufactured goods brings in forgein exchange.
(c) Manufacturing industries encourage trade and commerce.
(d) The economic strength of a country is measured in terms of the raw material it possesses.

Answer: (d) The economic strength of a country is measured in terms of the raw material it possesses.

22. Materials in the environment which have the potential to satisfy human needs but human beings do not have appropriate technology to access them are called:
(a) Potential resource
(b) Stock
(c) Developed resource
(d) Reserves

Answer: (b) Stock

23. Tertiary coals occur in the
(a) North-western states
(b) Coastal states
(c) North-eastern states
(d) Southern states

Answer: (c) North-eastern states

24. Where is an experimental geo-thermal energy project located in India ?
(a) Gulf of Kuchch – Gujarat
(b) Puga valley – Ladakh
(c) Ganga valley – Himachal Pradesh
(d) Nagarcoil – Tamil Nadu

Answer: (b) Puga valley – Ladakh

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25. India’s territorial water extends upto a distance of:
(a) 12 km
(b) 12 nautical miles
(c) 19.2 miles
(d) 200 nautical miles

Answer: (b) 12 nautical miles

26. Mica is used in electric and electronic industries because
(a) of its insulating properties and resistance to high voltage
(b) it is a good conductor of electricity
(c) of its great malleability
(d) of its sonorous nature

Answer: (a) of its insulating properties and resistance to high voltage

27. Which one of the following factors is responsible for the sugar mills to shift and concentrate in the southern and western states of India?
(a) Sugarcane is bulky raw material.
(b) The sucrose content reduces with distance.
(c) The cane produced has higher sucrose content.
(d) The cooperative are not successful.

Answer: (c) The cane produced has higher sucrose content

28. Resources that take long geological time for their formation are called:
(a) Renewable resources
(b) Reserve
(c) Community resources
(d) Non-renewable resources

Answer: (d) Non-renewable resources

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29. Limestone is the basic raw material of
(a) Paper industry
(b) Cement industry
(c) Sugar industry
(d) Textile industry

Answer: (b) Cement industry

30. The best quality of iron ore is:
(a) Magnetite
(b) Pyrite
(c) Hematite
(d) Siderite

Answer: (a) Magnetite

31. Area sown more than once in an agricultural year plus net sown area is known as:
(a) Net sown area
(b) Forest cover
(c) Waste land
(d) Gross cropped area

Answer: (d) Gross cropped area

32. In which one of the following states the largest wind farm cluster is located?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Kerala
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Tamil Nadu

Answer: (d) Tamil Nadu

33. Which form of coal has a low carbon and high moisture contents and low heating capacity?
(a) Peat
(b) Lignite
(c) Anthracite
(d) Bituminous

Answer: (a) Peat

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34. The total degraded land in our country is:
(a) 133 million hectares
(b) 130 million sq. km.
(c) 140 million hectares
(d) 130 million hectares

Answer: (d) 130 million hectares

35. Which of the following is the oldest oil producing state of India?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Assam
(d) Andaman Nicobar island

Answer: (c) Assam

36. In which state of India are the Khetri Copper mines situated?
(a) Punjab
(b) Jharkhand
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Madhya Pradesh

Answer: (c) Rajasthan

37. Which is the most common soil of Northern India?
(a) Black soil
(b) Laterite soil
(c) Alluvial soil
(d) Red soil

Answer: (c) Alluvial soil

38. In which of the following iron ore belt Kudremukh mines are located?
(a) Orissa-Jharkhand belt
(b) Maharashtra-Goa belt
(c) Durg-Baster-Chandrapur belt
(d) Bellary-Chitradiga-Chikmaglur-Tumkur belt

Answer: (d) Bellary-Chitradiga-Chikmaglur-Tumkur belt

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39. The highest quality of hard coal is:
(a) Lignite
(b) Bituminous
(c) Peat
(d) Anthracite

Answer: (d) Anthracite

40. Red soil is mostly found in:
(a) Parts of Jammu & Kashmir
(b) Upper Ganga Plains
(c) Eastern and Southern part of Deccan Plateau
(d) None of the above

Answer: (c) Eastern and Southern part of Deccan Plateau

41. Which one of the following states, is the largest producer of copper in India ?
(a) Orissa
(b) Karnataka
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Gujarat

Answer: (c) Madhya Pradesh

42. Which one of the following is largely derived from ocean water?
(a) Bauxite
(b) Magnesium
(c) Gold
(d) Mica

Answer: (b) Magnesium

43. Red soil is reddish in colour due to:
(a) high clay content
(b) presence of kankar nodules in the subsoil
(c) diffusion of iron in igneous and metamorphic rocks
(d) high moisture content

Answer: (c) diffusion of iron in igneous and metamorphic rocks

44. Which one of the following factors is responsible for the sugar mills to shift and concentrate in the southern and western states of India?
(a) Sugarcane is bulky raw material.
(b) The sucrose content reduces with distance.
(c) The cane produced has higher sucrose content.
(d) The cooperative are not successful.

Answer: (c) The cane produced has higher sucrose content.

45. Which one of the following is not true regarding the importance of manufacturing industries?
(a) They generate jobs in the secondary and tertiary sectors.
(b) Export of manufactured goods brings in forgein exchange.
(c) Manufacturing industries encourage trade and commerce.
(d) The economic strength of a country is measured in terms of the raw material it possesses.

Answer: (d) The economic strength of a country is measured in terms of the raw material it possesses.

46. The largest solar plant of India is located at:
(a) Madhapur
(b) Nagarcoil
(c) Madurai
(d) Manikaran

Answer: (a) Madhapur

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47. Which one of the following minerals is not obtained from the veins and lodes?
(a) Tin
(b) Zinc
(c) Lead
(d) Gypsum

Answer: (d) Gypsum

48. Which one of the following states is the largest producer of bauxite?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Orissa
(d) Gujarat

Answer: (c) Orissa

49. Which one of the following features is not true about copper?
(a) India is deficient in the reserve and production of copper.
(b) It is reliable, ductile and a good conductor.
(c) It is a ferrous ore.
(d) It is mainly used in electrical cables and electronic goods.

Answer: (c) It is a ferrous ore.

50. Black soil is deficient in
(a) Calcium carbonate
(b) Magnesium
(c) Potash
(d) Phosphoric contents

Answer: (d) Phosphoric contents

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