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Minerals and Energy Resources
Why there is an urgent need to develop a sustainable path of energy development?
The reasons for urgent need to develop a sustainable path of energy development are mentioned below:
(i)Energy is a basic requirement for economic development.Every sector of the national economy – agriculture, industry, transport, commercial and domestic – needs inputs of energy.
(ii)The economic development plans implemented since Independence necessarily required increasing amounts of energy to remain operational.
(iii)As a result, consumption of energy in all forms has been steadily rising all over the country
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How are minerals formed in igneous and metamorphic rocks?
Why do we need to conserve mineral resources?
Describe the distribution of coal in India.
Why do you think that solar energy has a bright future in India?
Fill the name of the correct mineral in the crossword below:
Across:
1. A ferrous mineral (9)
2. Raw material for cement industry (9)
3. Finest iron-ore with magnetic properties (9)
4. Highest quality hard coal (10)
5. Aluminium is obtained from this ore (7)
6. Khetri mines are famous for this mineral (6)
7. Formed due to evaporation (6)
Down:
1. Found in placer deposit (4)
2. Iron-ore mined in Bailadila (8)
3. Indispensable for electrical industry (4)
4. Geological Age of coal found in north east India (8)
5. Formed in veins and lodes (3)
Why is mica used in toothpaste?
Which one of the following is the hardest mineral?
An accumulation of any mineral mixed with other element is described as
Major metallic minerals like tin, copper, zinc and lead etc. obtained from
Which one of the following is an example of energy mineral?
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