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Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Mineral Resources - General Knowledge

Mineral Resources - General Knowledge
Meatalic minerals gives us  : Iron, Aluminium, Copper,Manganese, Zinc & Gold.
Non Metalic minerals gives us : Coal, Petroleum, mica, limestone etc.

1.Chota Nagapur Plateau are rich minerals.
2.India is the largest producer of - mineral in the world.(Manganese)
3.Large deposits of iron ore in - (Odisha, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka & Goa)
4.Crude iron is also known as - (Pig iron).
5.Coal is also known as  - (Black Diamond)
6.The first Iron & Steel Plant was set up at - in - (Jamshedpur in Jharkhand)
7.The Oldest oilfields in India are -(Lakhimpur, Digboi, Dibrugarh)
8.Oil refineries are located in (Mumbai, Chennai, Mathura, Vizag, Kochi, vadodara & Guwahati)
9.Gold is mined in - in - (Kolar & Karnataka)
10.Zinc is  mined in -(Rajasthan)
11.Diamonds are mined in - in - (Panna & Madhya Pradesh)
12.Diamonds are mined in Andhra Pradesh -(Golconda)
13.- & - are important sources of atomic energy.(Uranium & Thorium)

Choose the correct word 
1.Crude oil is also reffered to as -
a) Petroleum                  b) Coal                      c) abode of snow                                 (a)
2.The region where mineral oil is found -
a) mine                          b) oil rig                     c) oilfield                                              (c)
3.Oldest oilfield in India -
a) Dispur                       b) Digboi                    c) Bombay High                                  (b)
4.India is the world's largest producer of -
a) mica                         b) mineral oil                c) coal                                                (a)
5.The first iron & steel plant was set up in -
a) Jamshedpur              b) Bokaro                    c) Rourkela                                        (a)
6.Heating & melting of the ore to get the metal is known as -
a) mining                      b) smelting                     c) purifying                                        (b)

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