Why has quarrying become a major environmental concern?

Class 8 - Chapter 3 - Minerals and Powers Resources (NCERT)

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Because minerals are pollutants
Due to dust raised from the quarrying activities
Because it is done by displacing people
None of these
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The process of taking out minerals from rocks buried under the surface of the earth is named as
mining
pumping
extracting
none of these
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the process in which minerals lying near the surface are dug?
Drilling
Off-shore drilling
Quarrying
Extraction
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Name the process in which deep wells are bored to take out petroleum and natural gas.
Quarrying
Drilling
Shaft mining
Open cast mining
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which continent is the largest producer of iron?
Asia
Europe
North America
Australia
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which is one of the deepest gold mine of the world?
Kolar
Jharia
Raniganj
Bikaner
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Petroleum is referred to as ‘black gold’ because
it’is black in colour
it is yellow in colour
it is valuable
it is used in making jewellery
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