General Awareness · Geography

Minerals and Ores

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Minerals and ores encompass the extraction, identification, and economic significance of naturally occurring crystalline substances. Topics cover specific ores like cinnabar and bauxite, alongside global mineral resource distribution. Candidates preparing for general awareness and geography sections should review these questions to master regional and global mineral reserves.

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Minerals and Ores Questions

Multiple choice commercial applications treasure under the ground conservation of mineral resources distribution and conservation of mineral resources indian mineral and power resources

Minerals need to be conserved because _________.

  1. They are infinite and non-renewable

  2. They are finite and renewable

  3. They are finite and non-renewable

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
  • Minerals are natural resources which are limited.
  • If they are continuously mined and used they will get exhausted.
  • The geological processes of mineral formation are so slow that the rate of replenishment is small in comparison to the present rates of consumption.
Multiple choice commercial applications treasure under the ground conservation of mineral resources distribution and conservation of mineral resources indian mineral and power resources

Which one is not a ferrous mineral?

  1. Iron ore

  2. Manganese ore

  3. Gold

  4. Pyrite
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Ferrous minerals are those minerals contain iron - metallic in nature e.g. iron ore, manganese. Non-Ferrous minerals are those minerals that do not iron .e.g. copper, gold, lead etc.

Multiple choice commercial applications treasure under the ground conservation of mineral resources distribution and conservation of mineral resources indian mineral and power resources

Odisha is the leading producer of which one of the following minerals?

  1. Copper

  2. Iron ore

  3. Manganese ore

  4. Mica
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Odisha is the largest producer of manganese ores in India. It accounted for one-third of the country’s total production in 2000-01.

Multiple choice commercial applications treasure under the ground conservation of mineral resources distribution and conservation of mineral resources indian mineral and power resources

choose the odd one out.

  1. Bauxite

  2. Copper

  3. Iron ore

  4. Lead
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Bauxite is an ore of aluminum, whereas Copper, Iron ore, and Lead are metallic minerals often found in different geological contexts; however, Bauxite is the odd one as it is specifically an aluminum ore.

Multiple choice commercial applications treasure under the ground conservation of mineral resources distribution and conservation of mineral resources indian mineral and power resources

Khetri in Rajasthan is the leading producer of _______.

  1. Bauxite

  2. Copper

  3. Iron-ore

  4. Lead
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

India is critically deficient in the reserve and production of copper. Being malleable, ductile and a good conductor, copper is mainly used in electrical cables, electronics and chemical industries. The Khetri mines in Rajasthan are leading producers of copper.