MCQ on Minerals and Power Resources

CBSE/NCERT 8th Class MCQ CBSE/NCERT Class 8th MCQ on Geography

21-The process of taking out minerals from rocks buried under the earth surface is called ……………

(A) Mining

(B) Shafts

(C) Drilling

(D) Quarring

 

22- Minerals that lie at shallow depth are taken out by removing the surface layer of earth is ………………..

(A) Mining

(B) Open cast mining

(C) Shafts

(D) Drilling

 

23- Shafts are called ………….

(A) Earth surface

(B) Hole

(C) Deep Bores

(D) None of the above

 

24- Shafts have been made to reach mineral deposits that lie to great depths. This is called ……………..

(A) Deep bores

(B) Shafts

(C) Open cast mining

(D) Shaft Mining

 

25-For which of the following minerals can be extracting by deep bores?

(A) Petroleum

(B) Natural gas

(C) Iron ore

(D) Both A and B

 

26- Deep wells are bored to take out minerals. This is called ……………..

(A) Drilling

(B) Quarrying

(C) Mining

(D) Shafts

 

27- Minerals that lie near the surface and are simply dug out, by the process is known as ……………………..

(A) Mining

(B) Quarrying

(C) Shafts

(D) Drilling

 

28-Rocks from which minerals are mined are known as

(A) Rock

(B) Iron ores

(C) Ores

(D) None of the above

 

29- What is the main source of Mineral?

(A) Different types of glaciers

(B) Different types of valleys

(C) Different types of soils

(D) Different types of rocks

 

30- What type of minerals is/are found in igneous and metamorphic rocks?

(A) Metallic minerals

(B) Non-metallic minerals

(C) Sedimentary minerals

(D) All of the above

 

ANSWERS:

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