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"It is the best insulator and has resistance to high voltage and therefore is the most essential mineral used in electrical goods and electronic industry." Which mineral is being talked of here?

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  1. Limestone

  2. Mica

  3. Managanese

  4. Bauxite

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Mica

Which one of the following minerals is largely derived from Ocean Waters?

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  1. Bromine

  2. Silver

  3. Platinum

  4. Bauxite

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Bromine.

Which one of the following minerals are largely occur as 'placer deposits' ?

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  1. Magnesium

  2. Gold

  3. Iron ore

  4. Bromine

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Gold.

Which metal is often termed as back-bone of modern civilization?

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  1. Copper

  2. Iron

  3. Bauxite

  4. Zinc

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Iron ore is the basic mineral and the backbone of industrial development. India is endowed with fairly abundant resources of iron ore. India is rich in good quality iron ores. Magnetite is the finest iron ore with a very high content of iron up to 70 per cent. 

Which one is not a ferrous mineral?

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  1. Iron ore

  2. Manganese ore

  3. Gold

  4. Pyrite

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Correct Option: C
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.

Which of the following is non-metallic mineral?

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  1. Iron ore

  2. Copper

  3. Bauxite

  4. Mica

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Mica

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

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  1. Copper

  2. Iron ore

  3. Manganese ore

  4. Mica

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Correct Option: C
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.

choose the odd one out.

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  1. Bauxite

  2. Copper

  3. Iron ore

  4. Lead

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Correct Option: A

The present day search for fuels alternative to petroleum is due mainly to ___________.

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  1. Iran-Iraq war

  2. Strained relations between Israel and Middle East countries

  3. Highly increasing costs of petroleum products

  4. Increase in the consumption of petroleum products

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Increase in the use of petroleum products in automobiles and engines has led to many environment related problems. The world is now searching for alternative fuels and alternative fuel vehicles which include biodiesel, methanol, ethanol, butanol, hydrogen, non-fossil methane, natural gas, etc.

Khetri in Rajasthan is the leading producer of _______.

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  1. Bauxite

  2. Copper

  3. Iron-ore

  4. Lead

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Correct Option: B
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.