Minerals and Industries of India MCQ With Answers

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Multiple Choice Questions for Minerals and Industries of India with Answers

Question. Match the following:         
     Dam          River
A. Farakka      1. Krishna
B. Tehri           2. Ravi
C. Thein         3. Ganga
D. Nagarjuna  4. Bhagirathi
     A    B    C   D
(a) 1    2    3   4
(b) 2    3    1   4
(c) 3    4    2   1
(d) 4    1    2   3

Question. The reservoir Gobind Sagar is on which river in Punjab?   
(a) Sutlej
(b) Son
(c) Rihand
(d) Narmada

Question. Rana Pratap Sagar Plant (Rajasthan) is associated with:   
(a) nuclear power
(b) solar energy
(c) hydroelectricity
(d) irrigation

Question. Match the following:       
    River valley project    State
A. Purna Project          1. Gujarat
B: Bhima Project         2. Maharashtra
C. Kakrapara Project   3. Punjab
D. Tehri Dam Project   4. Uttaranchal
                                 5. Uttar Pradesh
                                6. Karnataka
     A    B    C    D
(a) 1    6    5    3
(b) 2    3    1    4
(c) 1    3    5    4
(d) 2    6    1    3

Question. Match the following:             
A. BHEL     1. Atomic
B. HAL      2. Electronic
C. SAIL     3. Aeronautics
D. BPCL    4. Chemicals
E. NPTC    5. Iron and steel
     A    B    C    D   E
(a) 2    3    5    4   1
(b) 5    4    3    2   1
(c) 1    2    3    4   5
(d) 4    2    3   1   5

Question. Which of the following is/are wrong?             
1. Bhadravati steel plant – not located near coal deposits
2. First modern steel plant in India – Burnpur
3. Bokaro and Bhilai steel plants – German collaboration
4. Durgapur steel plant – British help
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2, 3 and 4
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) 2 and 3

Question. Critical criteria for the location of an aluminium plant in India are the availability of bauxite and:   
(a) coal
(b) electricity
(c) labour
(d) ready market

Question. Match the following:           
A. Industries owned by individuals 1. Public Sector
B. Industries owned by the state 2. Cooperative Sector
C. Industries owned jointly by individuals and state 3. Joint Sector
D. Industries run by a group of people 4. Private sector
     A    B   C   D
(a) 4   1    3   2
(b) 3   2    1   4
(c) 1   2    3   4
(d) 2   4   3   1

Question. Match the following :                 
    Urban Centre       Product
A. Ahmedabad         1. Handloom
B. Gwalior               2. Woollen Textiles
C. Bangalore           3. Cotton Textiles
D. Coimbatore         4. Silk Textiles
      A   B    C    D
(a) 3    1    4    2
(b) 4    2    3    1
(c) 4    1    3    2
(d) 3    2    4    1

Question. Which one of the following states is a Ieading producer of woollen textiles?         
(a) Jammu and Kashmir
(b) Punjab
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Himachal Pradesh

Question. In which of the following products has Bangladesh emerged as the main competitor of India in the world market? 
(a) Cement
(b) Cotton garments
(c) Jute
(d) Pharmaceuticals

Question. Match the following :         
    City            Industry
A. Bangalkot   1. Paper
B. Sindri         2. Chemical
C. Dandeli      3. Cement
D. Vadodara    4. Fertilisers
                      5. Machine tools
     A    B    C    D
(a) 3    4    1    2
(b) 3    5    2    4
(c) 5     3    1   2
(d) 1     4    2   5

Question. Which one of the following statements is NOT correct?   
(a) India is the second largest producer of nitrogenous fertilizers in the world
(b) India is the ninth largest steel producing country in the world
(c) India is the second largest producer of silk in the world
(d) India ranks third in the world in coal production

Question. Which State of India has the largest reserves of monazite, with a high thorium content?   
(a) Kerala
(b) Karnataka
(c) Gujarat
(d) Maharashtra

Question. Which one of the following States enjoys ideal conditions for the development of petrochemical industries?               
(a) Gujarat
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Uttar Pradesh

Question. The largest coal reserves of India are found in :     
(a) Chhattisgarh
(b) Jharkhand
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Oriss

Question. Consider the following areas:             
2. Himalayas
3. Chhotta Nagpur
4. Chhattisgarh
5. Son Valley
What is the correct sequence of these areas in descending order of their coal reserves? 
(a) 1, 4, 3, 2
(b) 2, 4, 3, 1
(c) 1, 3, 4, 2
(d) 2, 3, 4, 1

Question. Apart from Tamil Nadu, lignite is found in:     
(a) Gujarat
(b) U.P.
(c) West Bengal
(d) Orissa

Question. Singhbhum is famous for:     
(a) coal
(b) iron
(c) copper
(d) both (b) and (c)

Question. Match the following:           
    Industries    Locations
A. Cement       1. Sindri
B Paper           2. Ootacamund
C. Fertilizer     3. Nepanagar
D. Photo film  4. Katini
      A   B    C   D
(a) 4    3    1   2
(b) 1    2    4   3
(c) 4    2    1   3
(d) 1    3   4    2

Question. Ankaleshwar in India is known for the production of: 
(a) bauxite
(b) coal
(c) iron ore
(d) petroleum

Question. Diesel locomotives are manufactured at :           
(a) Kapurthala
(b) Perambur
(c) Varanasi
(d) Jamshedpur

Question. Match the following:                   
    Atomic Power Stations  States
A. Kakrapara                  1. Rajasthan
B. Narora                       2. Gujarat
C. Kalpakkam                 3. Tamil Nadu
D. Tarapur                      4. Maharashtra
E. Kota                           5. Uttar Pradesh
     A    B    C    D    E
(a) 1    2    3    4    5
(b) 5    4    3    2    1
(c) 2    5    3    4    1
(d) 1    4    2    3    5

Question. Ankaleshwar and Navagaon are two oil fields in :         
(a) Gujarat
(b) Bihar
(c) West Bengal
(d) Assam

Question. The first oil well in India was dug at :             
(a) Bombay High
(b) Moran
(c) Digboi
(d) Naharkatiya

Question. Match the following:                 
    Sources of Energy    Place
A. Geothermal            1. Khambhat
B. Wind                      2. Manikaran
C. Wave                     3. Bhavnagar
D. Tidal                      4. Vijinjham
      A    B    C    D
(a) 3     4    1    2
(b) 2     1    4    3
(c) 3     1    4    2
(d) 2     4    1    3

Question. Match the following:                   
A. Pearl fishing          1. Pune
B. Automobiles          2. Tuticorin
C. Ship building         3. Pinjore
D. Engineering goods 4. Marmagao
     A    B    C    D
(a) 2    1    4    3
(b) 2    1    3    4
(c) 1     2   4    3
(d) 1     2   3    4

Question. The Rourkela steel plant obtains:       
1. hydel power from the Hirakud dam
2. coking coal from Jharia coalfields
3. iron ore from Baba Budan hills
(a) I, II and III
(b) I and II
(c) I and III
(d) II and III

Question. Match the following:                   
    Minerals         Location
A. Coal             1. Giridih
B. Copper         2. Jayamkondam
C. Manganese  3. Alwar
D. Lignite        4. Dharwar
      A   B    C   D
(a) 1    4    3   2
(b) 2    3    4   1
(c) 1    3    4   2
(d) 2    4    3  1

Question. Which one of the following lists four type of coal, arranged in the increasing order of their carbon content?   
(a) Peat, Lignite, Bituminous, Anthracite
(b) Peat, Bituminous, Lignite, Anthracite
(c) Lignite, Peat, Bituminous, Anthracite
(d) Peat, Anthracite, Lignite, Bituminous

Question. Which of the following are true with regard to coal in India?           
2. Coal is found in sedimentary rocks
3. The best quality of coal is lignite
4. The largest and oldest coalfield in India is known as the ‘Ruhr of India’.
5. The Damodar river valley is popularly known as the Ruhr of India.
(a) I and IV
(b) I, II and III
(c) I, III and IV
(d) II, III and IV

Question. Match the following:     
    Power Plant      State
A. Koradi           1. Manipur
B. Kalinadi         2. Karnataka
C. Loktak           3. Maharashtra
     A    B     C
(a) 1    2     3
(b) 2    3    1
(c) 3    2    1
(d) 3    1    2

Question. Match the following:             
A. Salem            1. Antibiotics
B. Pimpri           2. Petroleum refining
C. Perambur      3. Alloy steel
D: Bongaigaon  4. Railway coaches
     A    B    C    D
(a) 3    1    4    2
(b) 4    1    3    2
(c) 3    2    1    4
(d) 1    2    4    3

Question. Put in chronological order the origin of the following industries in India :             
2. Jute
3. Cotton Textile
4. Steel
5. Cement
(a) I, II, IV, III
(b) II, I, III, IV
(c) II, I, IV, III
(d) I, II, III, IV

Question. Match the following:       
A. Jharia          1. Iron Ore
B. Neyveli        2. Sulphur
C. Singhbhum  3.Gold
D. Hutti           4. Coal
                      5. Lignite
     A    B    C    D
(a) 4    5    2    1
(b) 4    5    1   3
(c) 3    4    1   2
(d) 5    1    2  3

Question. Match the following:         
   Minerals    States
A. Uranium   1. Rajasthan
B. Copper     2. Bihar
C. Zinc         3. Karnataka
D. Lignite      4. Tamil Nadu
E. Gold          5. Odisha
      A   B    C   D   E
(a) 1    2    2   4   5
(b) 2    1    1   4   3
(c) 4    5    2   1   3
(d) 5    1    3   1   2

Question. Which of the following statements are true with respect to iron ore?         
2. Limestone and coal are important for smelting iron ore
3. More than 20% of the world iron ore deposits are in India
4. Odisha and Jharkhand top in the production of iron ore
5. Iran is the largest buyer of Indian iron ore
(a) I, II and III
(b) II and III
(c) III and IV
(d) II, III and IV

Question. Match the following:             
   Hydel Power Project    Located in
A. Koyna                       1. Jammu and Kashmir
B. Kundah                     2. Karnataka
C. Salal                         3. Maharashtra
D. Sharavathy                4. Tamil Nadu
     A    B    C    D
(a) 2    1    4    3
(b) 3    1    4    2
(c) 2    4     1   3
(d) 3    4    1    2

Question. Which of the following was India’s first mobile offshore drillng platform?         
(a) Sagar Kanya
(b) Sagar Mata
(c) Sagar Samrat
(d) None of the above

Question. Match the following:         
   Minerals    Areas
A. Gold      1. Khetri
B. Coal      2. Kolar
C. Copper  3. Kudremukh
D. Iron       4. Jharia
     A    B    C   D
(a) 2    4    1   3
(b) 1    2    3   4
(c) 4    3    2   1
(d) 3    4    1   2

Question. In the realm of coal production in the world, India ranks:                 
(a) first
(b) second
(c) third
(d) fourth

Question. Which one of the following does not have a unit of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL)?               
(a) Nasik
(b) Koraput
(c) Kolkata
(d) Bangalore

Question. Match the following:               
    Public Sector Undertaking       Location
A. Fertilizer Corporation of India 1. Pimpri
B. Hindustan Antibiotics Ltd.      2. Sindri
C. Indian Rare Earth’s Ltd.        3. Nepanagar
D. National Newsprint Ltd.        4. Alwaye
     A    B    C    D
(a) 2    1    4    3
(b) 1    2    3    4
(c) 4     3    2    1
(d) 3    1     2   4

Question. Consider the following statements:                   
2. In India, the maximum part of electric energy is generated by the hydroelectric plants.
3. In India, the maximum part of electric energy is generated by the thermal power plants.
4. Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd. is located in Tamil Nadu.
Which of these statements is/are correct? 
(a) 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 3
(c) 2 only
(d) 3 only

Question. Which State has the largest number of sugar mills?         
(a) Punjab
(b) Haryana
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Uttar Pradesh

Question. Which of the following is/are correct?             
2. Broad guage railway engines –    Varanasi
3. Electric locomotives –                Bhopal
4. Integral Coach Factory –           Kolkata
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3

Question. Match the following:             
A. Central Building Research Institute 1. Chennai
B. Central Road Research Institute 2. Roorkee
C. Central drug Research Institute 3. Lucknow
D. Central Leather Research Institute 4. New Delhi
5. Dhanbad
     A    B    C    D
(a) 1    2    3    5
(b) 2    4    3    1
(c) 4    3    2    1
(d) 5    4    1    3