CBSE - Agriculture

1 Agriculture Metals like gold, silver and platinum are known as which of the following?
(1) Ferrous minerals (2) Non-ferrous minerals (3) Non-metallic minerals (4) Precious minerals

2 Agriculture The larger occurrences of minerals of igneous and metamorphic rocks are called :
(1) Veins  (2) Lodes   (3) Beds   (4) Layers

3 Agriculture The highest quality of hard coal is :
(1) Lignite   (2) Bituminous   (3) Peat   (4) Anthracite

4 Agriculture The largest solar plant of India is located at :
(1) Madhapur  (2) Nagarcoil (3) Madurai (4) Manikaran

5 Agriculture Minerals are deposited and accumulated in stratas of which of the following rocks?
(1) Sedimentary rocks   (2) Metamorphic rocks   (3) Igneous rocks   (4) None of the above

6 Agriculture Which of the following is considered to be an environment friendly fuel?
(1) Peat (2) Coal (3) Petroleum   (4) Natural gas

7 Agriculture Which of the following includes non-ferrous metals ?
(1) Iron and manganese (2) Steel and iron ore
(3) Haematite and magnetite (4) Copper and bauxite

8 Agriculture Which of the following minerals is an important raw material in the iron and steel industry apart from iron ?
(1) Mica  (2) Aluminium   (3) Gypsum (4) Manganese

9 Agriculture Which of the following is the primary objective of India's food security policy?
(1) To ensure availability of foodgrains to the common people at an affordable price.
(2) To diversify crop production to increase income of the farmers.
(3) To provide insurance against crop failures.
(4) To shift from foodgrain production to commercial crops.

10 Agriculture To which of the following categories of resources, do minerals belong ?
(1) Renewable and replenishable (2) Flow
(3) Non-renewable and finite  (4) None of the above