MCQ on Minerals and Energy resources:

CBSE/NCERT 10th Class MCQ CBSE/NCERT 10th Class MCQ on Geography

21- In………………..rocks minerals are deposited in beds or layers.

(A) Sedimentary

(B) Igneous

(C) Metamorphic

(D) None of the above

 

22- Layers or beds in ……………rocks are formed due to deposition, accumulation and Concentration of minerals in horizontal strata.

(A) Igneous

(B) Sedimentary

(C) Metamorphic

(D) None of the above

 

23- Which of the following is an example of Sedimentary minerals?

(A) Gypsum

(B) Sodium salt

(C) Both

(D) None of the above

 

24- Which of the following is formed as a result of evaporation in arid region?

(A) Gold

(B) Copper

(C) Zinc

(D) Sodium Salt

 

25- Which of the following is best suitable example: formation that involves the decomposition of surface rock and removal of soluble constituents, leaving a residual mass of weathered material containing ore?

(A) Silver

(B) Zinc

(C) Copper

(D) Bauxite

 

26- Minerals that occurs as alluvial deposits in sands of valley floor and the base of hills these deposits are called………………

(A) Placer deposits

(B) Eroded deposits

(C) Water deposit

(D) None of the above

 

27-Gold, tin and silver are minerals that occurs as ……………….deposits and not eroded by water.

(A) Laterite

(B) Alluvial

(C) Sedimentary

(D) Igneous

 

28- Name the minerals that are derived from Ocean water?

(A) Bromine

(B) Common salt

(C) Both

(D) None of the above

 

29-Most of the minerals in India are nationalized and their extraction is possible only after obtaining due permission from………………

(A) High court

(B) District Government

(C) State Government

(D) Government of India

 

30- Coal mining in Jowai and Cherapunjee is done by family member in the form of a long narrow tunnel, known as………………..

(A) ‘Rat-Hole’ mining

(B) ‘Bat- Hole’ mining

(C) Narrow- Hole mining

(D) None of the above

 

ANSWERS:

21-(A), 22-(B), 23-(C), 24-(D), 25-(D), 26-(A), 27-(B), 28-(C), 29-(D), 30-(A)