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Multiple choice geography mineral and energy resources - ii mineral resources - coal - introduction mining mineral fuels

Coal mining started at Raniganj in West Bengal in the year _______.

  1. 1700

  2. 1765

  3. 1774

  4. 1779
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

  • Raniganj power plant is located in the Barddhaman district of west Bengal. Discovery of coal led to industrialisation in this area. It is a pithead coal based thermal power plant.
  • Coal mining in India first started in the Raniganj Coalfield. In 1774, John Sumner and Suetonius Grant Heatly of the British East India Company found coal.

Multiple choice geography mineral and energy resources - ii mineral resources - coal - introduction mining mineral fuels

Which one of the following minerals is formed by decomposition of rocks, leaving a residual mass of weathered material?

  1. coal

  2. bauxite

  3. gold

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

Coal- formed of organic material deposited one layer above the other. Across millions of years, due to physical and chemical changes, oxygen was forced out and was left with carbon-rich deposits.

Bauxite- Formed mainly by weathering of aluminous rocks.

Multiple choice geography mineral and energy resources - ii mineral resources - coal - introduction mining mineral fuels

Coal, _____ and ______ are the conventional sources for Thermal power in India.

  1. Solar Energy and Tidal Energy

  2. Petroleum and Natural Gas

  3. Geo-thermal Energy and Wind Energy

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Fossil fuels are non-renewable sources of energy, that means they take millions of year to form fossil fuel, so we need to conserve them. Coal, petroleum and natural gas are the conventional sources of thermal power in India. They all are an example of fossil fuel. A large number of fossil fuels are burnt every day in power stations to heat water to produce steam which further runs the turbine to generate electricity. The term thermal power plant is used since fuel is burnt to produce heat energy which is converted into electrical energy. 

Multiple choice geography mineral and energy resources - ii mineral resources - coal - introduction mining mineral fuels

Which type of Coal is the best quality of Coal?

  1. Peat

  2. Lignite

  3. Anthracite

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Anthracite is the best quality of coal with least ash content. Anthracite is a hard, compact variety of mineral coal that has a high luster. It has the highest carbon count and contains the fewest impurities of all coals, and has the highest calorific content as compared to other types of coals such as bituminous coal and lignite.

Multiple choice geography mineral and energy resources - ii mineral resources - coal - introduction mining mineral fuels

At which place in the district of Kutchchh is the power station which utilizes lignite type of coal?

  1. Pipavav

  2. Panandhro

  3. Bhuj

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

In the Panadhro village, in the district of Kutchchh is the Power Station, which utilises lignite type of coal. Lignite is a brown colour coal. Panadhro village has coal mines, which directly supplies coal to the power station. At present the power station has four units. 

Multiple choice geography mineral and energy resources - ii mineral resources - coal - introduction mining mineral fuels

From the below given options, which one is not a type of coal?

  1. Anthracite

  2. Bituminous

  3. Lignite

  4. Haematite
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Haematite is a reddish-black mineral and an important ore of iron. It has a high iron content of 70 percent. It can be found in areas of volcanic activity or hot springs. Much hematite occurs in a soft, fine-grained, earthy form called red ochre.