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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 (Producers) with List-II (Products) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: List-I List-II
A. Baku 1. Diamond
B. Kuzbas Basin 2. Iron ore
C. Urals 3. Coal
D. Eastern Siberia 4. Oil Codes A B C D
2. A mineral that occurs in veins is
3. Match List-I (Minerals) with List-II (Major Producing Countries) and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists: List-I List-II
A. Bauxite 1. South Africa
B. Gold 2. U.S.A.
C. Copper 3. Malaysia
D. Tin 4. Australia Codes A B C D
4. Which of the following mineral is found in association with zinc?
5. 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
6. Which of the following minerals is occurs in Alluvial deposits?
7. 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
8. Minerals associated with granite and igneous rock are
9. 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
10. Among the following countries, which one is a major producer of Wolfram (tungsten ore)?
11. Which of the following is not a metallic mineral?
12. Main income of Bolivia depends on the export of
13. Which among the following has the world’s largest reserves of Uranium?
14. 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
15. Consider the following pairs:
1. Coal – Donbas
2. Iron ore – Magnitogorsk
3. Mica – Mama Which of the pair(s) given above is/ are correctly matched?
16. In which one of the following countries the iron mining centre called Skuthorpe located?
17. Which of the following minerals is obtained from placer deposits?
18. Turkey is one of the major world producers of
19. Which one of the following countries has the highest percentage of developed water power to the available potential?
20. 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
21. 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
22. Match List-I (Minerals) with List-II (Major Mining Countries) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: List-I List-II
A. Bauxite 1. India
B. Manganese 2. Malaysia
C. Mica 3. Jamaica
D. Tin 4. Russia Codes A B C D
23. The Appalachian mountains are economically important because they provide
24. Which state is the leading producer of Mica in India?
25. Though the countries of South-West Asia have abundant power resources, they have not developed major industries mainly because

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