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Class 12th Minerals and Energy Resources, One Liner Questions (English Medium) - Solution

Q 1.                   Minerals are mainly associated with metamorphic and igneous rocks of the peninsular India.

Q 2.                   Metallic minerals are further divided into ferrous and non-ferrous metallic minerals.

Q 3.                   Copper and bauxite are non-ferrous metallic minerals.

Q 4.                   Coal and Petroleum reserves are associated with the sedimentary rocks.

Q 5.                   Major iron and steel industry are located in the North-Eastern Plateau Region belt of India.

Q 6.                   The South-Western Plateau Region belt is rich in ferrous metals and bauxite.

Q 7.                   Lignite coal (Brown coal) deposits associated with Neyveli, Tamil Nadu in India.

Q 8.                   Kerala state has rich deposits of monazite and thorium.

Q 9.                   Rajasthan is rich in building stones i.e. sandstone, granite, marble.

Q 10.              Gujarat and Rajasthan both states have rich sources of salt.

Q 11.              Asia continent has the largest reserve of iron ore.

Q 12.              Hematite and magnetite are the types of Iron Ore that has great demand in international market due to its superior quality.

Q 13.              Sundergarh, Mayurbhanj and Kendujhar iron ore fields are associated with Odisha state.

Q 14.              Jharkhand state has some of the oldest iron ore mines.

Q 15.              Dalli, and Rajhara in Durg are the important mines of iron ore in the Chhattisgarh.

Q 16.              Baba Budan hills and Kudremukh are in Karnataka state.

Q 17.              Manganese is an important raw material for smelting of iron ore and also used for manufacturing ferro alloys.

Q 18.              Odisha is the leading producer of Manganese and Bauxite.

Q 19.              The manganese belt of Madhya Pradesh extends in a belt in Balaghat-Chhindwara-Nimar-Mandla and Jhabua districts.

Q 20.              Bauxite is the ore, which is used in manufacturing of aluminum.

Q 21.              Copper is alloyable, malleable and ductile indispensable metal in the electrical industry for making wires, electric motors, transformers and generators.

Q 22.              The Copper deposits mainly occur in Singhbhum district in Jharkhand, Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh and Jhunjhunu and Alwar districts in Rajasthan.

Q 23.              Mica, limestone, dolomite and phosphate are non-metallic minerals.

Q 24.              Major Mica belts are located in Hazaribagh-Jharkhand; Nellore district in Andhra Pradesh, Jaipur to Bhilwara - Udaipur belt in Rajasthan.

Q 25.              Coal, petroleum and natural gas are known as fossil fuels and mineral fuels.

Q 26.              Coal occurs in rock sequences mainly of two geological ages, namely Gondwana and tertiary deposits.

Q 27.              About 80 per cent of the coal deposits in India is of bituminous type and is of non-coking grade.

Q 28.              Raniganj in West Bengal and Jharia in Jharkhand are the two major coal fields in India.

Q 29.              Numerous by-products are processed in petrochemical industries, such as fertiliser, synthetic rubber; synthetic fibre, medicines, vaseline, lubricants, wax, soap and cosmetics are associated with Petroleum.

Q 30.              Petroleum is referred to as liquid gold and it’s found in sedimentary rocks.

Q 31.              Oil exploration and production was systematically taken up after the Oil and Natural Gas Commission was set up in 1956.

Q 32.              The Oldest Oilfield in Assam is Digboi.

Q 33.              Ankaleshwar, Kalol and Lunej are the major oilfields of Gujarat state.

Q 34.              Mumbai High which lies 160 km off Mumbai was discovered in 1973 and production commenced in 1976.

Q 35.              There are two types of refineries in India: (a) field-based and (b) market-based.

Q 36.              The Largest Public Sector Refinery is Barauni in Bihar.

Q 37.              Full form of CNG is Compressed Natural Gas and PNG is Piped Natural Gas.

Q 38.              In Sonipat, The Yellow Pipelines is associated with PNG.

Q 39.              India’s major gas reserves are found in the Mumbai High.

    Q 40.        New oil and natural gas reserves are found in the Krishna-Godavari basin (KG Basin).
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