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World Geography Practice Test: World Mineral Resources
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Examples of mineral resources are iron, diamond, gold, silver, copper, aluminium, granite, marble, gypsum, clay, salt, rare earth elements, or fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas).
Fact: The Democratic Republic of Congo is considered the world's richest country in terms of wealth in natural resources. Most of the raw mineral deposits remain untapped and are worth an estimated $24 trillion. These deposits include the world's largest coltan reserves and considerable amounts of cobalt.

World Geography Practice Test: World Mineral Resources
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1. Match List-I (Minerals) with List-II (Areas) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: List-I List-II
A. Coal 1. Bisbee
B. Copper 2. Kirkuk
C. Iron ore 3. Donetz
D. Petroleum 4. Mesabi Codes A B C D
2. Bolivia is an important producer of
3. Turkey is one of the major world producers of
4. In which one of the following regions is maximum amount of world’s phosphate produced?
5. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
1. Ekibartuz — Coal
2. Kursk — Copper
3. Tyumen — Oil and natural gas
4. Zaporozhye — Aluminium Select the correct answer using the codes given below: Codes
6. In CIS, Krivory Rog, Kerch peninsula, Magnitogorsk are major producers of
7. Which state is the leading producer of Mica in India?
8. In which one of the following countries the iron mining centre called Skuthorpe located?
9. Though the countries of South-West Asia have abundant power resources, they have not developed major industries mainly because
10. Match List-I (Mineral) with List-II (Producing Area) and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists: List-I List-II
A. Iron ore 1. Arkansas
B. Copper 2. Cuba
C. Aluminium 3. Kazakhstan
D. Nickel 4. Krivory Rog Codes A B C D
11. The Appalachian mountains are economically important because they provide
12. The important iron one region situated in Siberian Russia is
13. Which among the following has the world’s largest reserves of Uranium?
14. Match List-I (Coal mining Area) with List-II (Country) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: List-I List-II A.Karaganda Basin1. United Kingdom
B. Pechora Basin 2. Russia C.Upper Silesia 3. Poland
4. Kazakhstan Codes A B C
15. In which one of the following mountain ranges of South Africa, are the world’s greatest goldfields located?
16. Which one of the following mining areas is significant for a different mineral from that of the other three areas?
17. Which of the following statements are correct?
1. Lignite and low grade bituminous coal were formed during the Quaternary period.
2. Dolomite is used as refractory material and flux in iron and steel industry.
3. Chhotanagpur plateau is the most extensive, rich and diversified mineral belt. Select the correct answer using the codes given below: Codes
18. Match List-I (Minerals) with List- II (Places) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: List-I List-II
A. Bauxite 1. Albama
B. Coal 2. Baku
C. Iron ore 3. Kuzbas
D. Petroleum 4. Surinam Codes A B C D
19. Consider the following statements:
1. Carajas region of Brazil is an area of iron ore.
2. Pilbara region of Australia is an area of copper ore. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
20. Match List-I (Types of minerals) with List-II (Name of the minerals) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: List-I List-II
A. Non-metallic 1. Kyanite
B. Metallic 2. Gypsum
C. Refractory 3. Asbestos
D. Fertilizer 4. Wolfram Codes A B C D
21. Match List-I (Minerals) with List-II (Major Areas in U.S.A.) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: List-I List-II
A. Iron ore 1. Arizona region
B. Coal 2. Lake Superior region
C. Petroleum 3. Gulf Coastal region
D. Copper 4. Pennsylvania region Codes A B C D
22. Shaba province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is known for which of the following reserves?
23. Main income of Bolivia depends on the export of
24. Match List-I (Mining area) with List-II (Mineral) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: List-I List-II
A. Donbas 1. Iron ore
B. Krivory Rog 2. Copper
C. Global Miami 3. Bauxite
D. Lohardaga 4. Coal Codes A B C D
25. Which one of the following countries has the highest percentage of developed water power to the available potential?

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