Natural Resources And Industries In Indian Geography — Part 1 MCQs with Explanations

Biggest reserve of mica is in India. It is in Koderma District of Jharkhand. About 95% of mica reserves in India are located in Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh & Rajasthan state.

The Geological Survey of India agency is responsible for the mapping and exploration of minerals. Geological Survey of India [GSI], an attached office of the Ministry of Mines, proposes to take up aerogeophysical survey of 8.13 lakh square kilometer of geological potential area in the country through outsourcing.

Raniganj is the first coal mine in India. 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 near Ethora, presently in Salanpur community development block.

Coal mines in Jharkhand are located at Jharia. In Jharkhand, Jharia in Dhanbad is the Coal Capital of India apart from this you will find the Coal mines in Girdih, Ramgarh, Dumka and Bokaro. India's largest coalfield is in Raniganj, West Bengal.

Iron ore mines are located in Singhbhum, Mayurbhanj and Bastar.

The following minerals that are found in a natural way in the State of Chhattisgarh are Bauxite, Dolomite, Iron ore and Tin.

Tumallapalle lies in Andhra Pradesh. The Atomic Energy Commission confirmed that it might have world's largest uranium reserves.

Diamond mine are being worked at Panna, Madhya Pradesh. India have one active diamond mine at Panna, in Madhya Pradesh, which is run by the state-owned National Mineral Development Corporation.

Singhbhum where copper ore is mined is in Jharkhand. Singhbhum shear zone is known as a mineral rich and potentially economic.

Gold Mines in India are located mainly in Kolar. It had produced tonnes and tonnes of gold. It includes the township of the same name, viz. K.G.F, where reside mainly the families of the employees of Bharat Gold Mines Limited (BGML) and BEML (formerly Bharat Earth Movers Limited).

The deepest mine in Asia is Kolar Gold mine. Kolar Gold Fields (KGF) was one of the major gold mines in India and is located in the Kolar district in Karnataka, close to the city of Bangalore. It was closed in 2003 due to reducing deposits and increasing costs. The mine is considered the world's second deepest gold mine.

In India mica is mined in Nasirabad (Rajasthan), Gaya (Bihar) and Nellore (Andhra Pradesh).

Kerala has the largest reserves of monazite, with a high thorium content. Monazite is a reddish-brown phosphate mineral containing rare-earth metals. It occurs usually in small isolated crystals. It has a hardness of 5.0 to 5.5 on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness and is relatively dense, about 4.6 to 5.7 g/cm3.

The plateau rich in minerals in India is Chhotanagpur Plateau. Chotanagpur plateau is called the storehouse of minerals due to the fact that it is rich in minerals like mica, bauxite, copper, limestone, iron ore and coal. It is responsible for a significant share of the country's mineral output.

The largest coal reserves of India are found in Jharkhand. Jharkhand has the first rank in coal reserves and its production. Most of the coal fields in the state of Jharkhand are located in a narrow belt running in the east-west direction almost along 24% north latitude from the Gondwana period. The main coal mining centres of the state are Auranga, Bokaro, Dhanbad, Jharia, Giridh, Karanpur, Ramgarh and Hutar.

Panna district of Madhya Pradesh is famous fordiamond mining. It also has tiger reserve known as 'Panna National Park', Diamond Mining Project of National Mineral Development Corporation manages diamond mines in Panna.

Panna district of Madhya Pradesh is famous fordiamond mining. It also has tiger reserve known as 'Panna National Park', Diamond Mining Project of National Mineral Development Corporation manages diamond mines in Panna.

Iron ore is mined from the hills of Kudremukh in Chikmagaluru District of Karnataka in Western Ghats. From here it is transported to the port of Mangalore in the form slurry through pipeline for exports.

Jadugoda Mines of uranium lies in Purbi Singhbhum district of Jharkhand. It started functioning in 1967 as uranium mine of India.

A prominent break in the continuity of the Sahyadris is Palghat Gap. Palghat Gap, major break in the Western Ghats mountain range, in southwestern India. Located between the Nilgiri Hills to the north and the Anaimalai Hills to the south, it is about 20 miles (32 km) wide and straddles the Kerala–Tamil Nadu border, serving as a major communication route between those two states.

The Jawar mines of Udaipur are famous for Zinc. Zawar is a township created by mining company Hindustan Zinc Limited, for extraction of zinc and lead. An 80MW power plant provides electricity for mining zinc and lead from three major mines.

Gobind Sagar is a man-made reservoir situated in Bilaspur District of Himachal Pradesh. One of the worlds highest gravity dams, the Bhakra dam rises nearly 225.5 m above its lowest foundations. In October and November, when the water level of the reservoir is high, a series of regattas are also organised by the Tourism and Civil Aviation department.

Main mineral found in upper Brahmaputra valley is petroleum. British in 1901 started extracting petroleum in Digboi district of Assam. It is oldest petroleum refinery in India.

Gypsum is a non-metallic mineral. Non-metallic mineral reserves consist of stone quarries and clay and sand pits; chemical and fertiliser mineral deposits.

All example of a mineral occurring as layers in sedimentary rocks is Lignite. Lignite, often referred to as brown coal, is a soft, brown, combustible, sedimentary rock formed from naturally compressed peat. It is considered the lowest rank of coal due to its relatively low heat content. It has a carbon content around 60-70%.

Biggest coal reserve lies in Jharkhand. As most of the Chhota Nagpur Region lies in this state. It comprise of big coal field in Damodar Valley.

The Himalayan region is poor in mineral resources because the displacement of rock strata has disturbed the arrangement of rock and made it complex.

The statements regarding India's coal reserves that are true are over 90% of total reserves are located in the valleys of Son, Damodar, Mahanadi and Godavari, Indian coal reserves are characterised by low ash content and high calorific value and India has limited prime coking reserves.

The correct sequence of these areas in descending order of their coal reserves are Chhotta Nagpur, Chhattisgarh, Son Valley and Himalayas.

Both the statements are incorrect. Balaghat of Madhya Pradesh is known for its manganese mines. Majhgawan is famous for its diamond mines.

In Raipur large reserves of diamond-bearing kimberlite been discovered in the recent past. Diamonds in Chattisgarh region of Madhya Pradesh. The presence of pyrope, ilmenite and chromediopside in the Payalikhand gravel has provided positive evidence for the close proximity of diamond bearing kimberlite or lamproite rocks in the area.

There is a proposal to setup Kowada Nuclear Park in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh. It would be jointly developed under Indo-U.S.A. nuclear agreement.

Raniganj coal field is located in Durgapur & Asansol sub divisions of Paschim Bardhaman district of West Bengal. This coal belt stretches to neighbouring state of Jharkhand.

The major thermal power station fed on natural gas is at Naharkatiya. It is well known for petroleum and gas reserves. Earlier, Duliajan, the head office town of Oil India Limited was in its circle.

Jamnagar and Mangalore have oil refineries. Jamnagar have a total capacity of 1.24 million bpd, making these the world's largest combined oil refining facility. Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL), is an oil refinery at Mangalore and is a subsidiary of ONGC, set up in 1988. The refinery is located at Katipalla, north from centre of Mangalore city. The refinery was established after displacing five villages of Bala, Kalavar, Kuthetoor, Katipalla, and Adyapadi.

The chief coal bearing formation in India is known as the Gondwanas. Gondwana rocks contain nearly 98% of India's coal reserves. The Gondwana coals of Permian times are mainly found in the Peninsular Gondwana basins of India.

Oldest working petroleum refinery is in Digboi, Assam. It was started in the year 1901 by British. It was infact first oil well drilled in Asia. It is also known as 'Oil City'.

Idukki dam is constructed on the river Periyar in Kerala. It is constructed between Kuravan and Kuravathi. With an height of about 168m it is counted among the highest arch dams.

Critical criteria for the location of an aluminium plant in India are the availability of bauxite and electricity.

Orissa has the highest amount of Nickel Ore resources. Odisha's resources of Bauxite, Chromite, Coal, Iron ore, Manganese and Nickel ore are formidable constituting approx.50%, 98%, 25%, 35%, 27% and 91% respectively of the total resources of the country.