PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTIONS
MINERALS
1 India's bauxite deposits are mainly found in which region?
2 State the differences between ferrous and non ferrous minerals. (5)
3 why do minerals have different colours, hardness, lustre and crystal forms?
Or
Name one mineral that belongs to the category of ferrous minerals.
4 What are the major sources of energy in rural households of india? Identify the major
problems faced due to these sources. Give suggestions to solve these problems.
Or
Which is the most abundant fossil fuel available in india? What are its three major forms?
Mention the main features of each form.
5 How do you justify that “there is a pressing need for using renewable energy sources in india
“?
6 Ground water is a —-----------resource
7 Justify in your words how energy is an indispensable requirment in our modern lives. (3)
8 Which mineral is formed by the decompostion of rocks, leaving a residual mass of weathered
material?
9 Which industrially important elament is extracted from monazite sands?
10 How does mining adversly affect the health of miners aswell as the enviornment? Explain?
11 Which mineral is found in iron-ore mines?
12 Almost everything we use is made from minerals. Examine the statement. (5)
13 Nuclear energy is excepected to play an increasingly important role in india. Explain the
statement.
14 What is the use of mica in the electrical and electornic industry?
15 Why is peat not used in metallurgy?
16 (a) Assertion. Human beings and coal are marked in to same categories of resources
(b) Reason : Because both have their orgin from living sources and belonging to the
biosphere.
17 Coal deposits found in india belong to two geological ages. Analyse the statement
18 Solar energy has a bright future in india. Support the statement with appropriate facts.
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