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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, BHUBANESWAR.
                               Class VIII: SOCIAL STUDIES – GEOGRAPHY

                            CHAPTER - 3- Mineral and Power Resources

                                        Multiple Choice Questions
                       (NOTE: - Choose the correct option and put a tick mark.)

        Q1. A naturally occurring substance that has a definite chemical composition is known as a

        .............
        (a) Ore

        (b) Mineral
        (c) Soil

        (d) Land

        Q2. Which one of the following properties of a mineral is not correct?

        (a) Impure

        (b) Non-Renewable
        (c) Non-Exhaustible

        (d) Unevenly Distributed

        Q3. Minerals that lie near the earth's surface are simply dug out by the process known as

        ...............

        (a) Quarrying
        (b) Drilling

        (c) Open Cast Mining
        (d) Shaft Mining


        Q4. Non-metallic minerals like Limestone, Sandstone, Marble, etc. are found in the ..................

        (a) Metamorphic Rocks
        (b) Igneous Rocks

        (c) Sedimentary Rocks
        (d) Weathered Rocks


        Q5. Metallic minerals which contain iron is known as .................. minerals

        (a) Non-Metallic
        (b) Power

        (c) Ferrous
        (d) Non-Ferrous





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