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.