MCQ Question for Class 11 Geography Chapter 5 Minerals and Rocks with Answer
Question 1.
Which of the following is not among the eight elements?
(a) Oxygen and Silicon
(b) Aluminium and Iron
(c) Calcium and Sodium
(d) Mica and Granite
Answer:(d) Mica and Granite
Question 2.
Which of the following is not an example of metamorphic rocks?
(a) Slate
(b) Marble
(c) Limestone
(d) Schist
Answer:(c) Limestone
Question 3.
Which mineral group is abundantly found in the earth’s crust?
(a) Mica group
(b) Felspar group
(c) Oxide group
(d) Silicate group
Answer:(b) Felspar group
Question 4.
Which one of the following is the salient feature of metamorphic rocks?
(a) Changeable
(b) Quite
(c) Crystalline
(d) Foliation
Answer:(a) Changeable
Question 5.
Which one of the following are the hardest minerals?
(a) Topaz
(b) Diamond
(c) Quartz
(d) Feldspar
Answer:(b) Diamond
Question 6.
Which of the following is a ferrous mineral?
(a) Copper
(b) Aluminium
(c) Iron Ore
(d) Tin
Answer:(c) Iron Ore
Question 7.
A non-metallic mineral in the following minerals is
(a) silver
(b) copper
(c) zinc
(d) coal
Answer:(d) coal
Question 8.
Igneous rocks are
(a) primary rocks
(b) secondary rocks
(c) tertiary rocks
(d) soft rocks
Answer:(a) primary rocks
Question 9.
Which one of the following is the component of sand and granite?
(a) Amphibole
(b) Quartz
(c) Pyroxene
(d) Mica
Answer:(b) Quartz
Question 10.
The most abundant rocks found on the earth’s crust are
(a) igneous rocks
(b) sedimentary rocks
(c) metamorphic rocks
(d) granite rock
Answer:(a) igneous rocks
Question 11.
Rocks that were originally either sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic and have been changed further by heat and pressure are called:
(a) Volcanic
(b) Sedimented
(c) Metamorphic
(d) None of the above
Answer:(c) Metamorphic
Question 12.
Which one of the following is not a sedimentary rock?
(a) Tillite
(b) Borax
(c) Breccia
(d) Marble
Answer:(d) Marble
Question 13.
Iron is a
(a) ferrous metal
(b) non-ferrous metal
(c) precious metal
(d) non-precious metal
Answer:(a) ferrous metal
Question 14.
What kind of colour does Pyroxene consist of?
(a) Green
(b) Black
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of the above
Answer:(d) None of the above
Question 15.
The minerals that do not contain metal contend are known as
(a) precious minerals
(b) ferrous minerals
(c) non-metallic minerals
(d) non-ferrous minerals
Answer:(c) non-metallic minerals
Question 16.
The parent material of soils is derived from
(a) Igneous rocks
(b) Metamorphic rocks
(c) Sedimentary rocks
(d) Biological action
Answer:(c) Sedimentary rocks
