Here you will find MCQ Questions for CBSE Class 10 Social Science Geography Chapter 5 Minerals and Energy Resources. Students are suggested to go through each and every question to score better marks in their exam.
MCQ Questions for Minerals and Energy Resources
Q1. Where are minerals usually found?
(a) Rocks
(b) Earth crust
(c) Ores
(d) Earth core
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Ans. cQ2. When mining is done by family members in the form of a long narrow tunnel it is known as …………
(a) Narrow tunnel mining
(b) Rat hole mining
(c) Snake mining
(d) Killer mining
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Ans. bQ3. Minerals occur in igneous and metamorphic rocks in ……………..
(a) the veins and the lodes
(b) layers
(c) alluvial deposits
(d) the decomposed surface rocks
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Ans. aQ4. Ferrous minerals account for about of the total value of the production of metallic minerals.
(a) one-fourth
(b) three-fourths
(c) one-fifth
(d) one-third
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Ans. bQ5. Which is the basic mineral and the backbone of industrial development?
(a) Coal
(b) Bauxite
(c) Copper
(d) Iron ore
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Ans. dQ6. Which metal has a very high content of iron up to 70 per cent?
(a) Magnetite ore
(b) Hematite iron
(c) Hematite ore
(d) Iron ore
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Ans. aQ7. Which is the largest producer of manganese ores in India?
(a) Kudremukh
(b) Bailadila
(c) Odisha
(d) Jharkhand
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Ans. cQ8. ………… is the basic raw material for the cement industry and essential for smelting iron ore in the blast furnace.
(a) Gypsum
(b) Limestone
(c) Potash salt
(d) Sodium salt
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Ans. bQ9. Which one of the following is the hardest mineral?
(a) Gold
(b) Diamond
(c) Ruby
(d) Silver
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Ans. bQ10. Which one of the following is the softest mineral?
(a) Talc
(b) Toothpaste
(c) Salt
(d) Cement
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Ans. aQ11. Which one is not a ferrous mineral?
(a) Iron ore
(b) Manganese
(c) Copper
(d) Hematite
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Ans. cQ12. Bellary-Chitradurga-Chikmaglur-Tumkur belt is located in
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Karnataka
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Tamil Nadu
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Ans. bQ13. Which one of the following is not a property of copper?
(a) It is malleable.
(b) It is ductile.
(c) It is good conductor.
(d) It is hard.
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Ans. dQ14. The largest bauxite-producing state in India is
(a) Orissa
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Jharkhand
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Ans. aQ15. The mineral ore from which aluminium is mainly obtained
(a) copper
(b) bauxite
(c) iron ore
(d) none of the above
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Ans. bQ16. The Khetri mines in Rajasthan are famous for which of the following minerals?
(a) Bauxite
(b) Aluminium
(c) Mica
(d) Copper
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Ans. dQ17. Name the finest iron ore.
(a) Hematite
(b) Magnetite
(c) Manazite
(d) Lignite
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Ans. bQ18. In which state does Nellore mica belt lie?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Karnataka
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Ans. bQ19. Which of the following minerals are obtained from veins and lodes?
(i) Zinc
(ii) Copper
(iii) Coal
(iv) Bauxite
(a) Only (i) and (ii)
(b) Only (ii) and (iii)
(c) Only (iï) and (iv)
(d) All of the above
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Ans. aQ20. Which of the following is a famous metal?
(a) Manganese
(b) Bauxite
(c) Gold
(d) Mica