Natural Resources And Industries In Indian Geography MCQ Question and Answer | Geography MCQ Question

First nuclear power station in India is Tarapur nuclear power plant located in Swayam, Maharastra. It is largest nuclear plant of India. It was constructed under 123 Agreecment between India, USA, & IAEA in 1963.

Oldest working petroleum refinery is in Digboi, Assam. It was started in the year 1901 by British. It was infact first oil well drilled in Aisa .It is also known as ' Oil City'.

Tapovan and Vishnugarh Hydroelectric Projects are located in Uttarakhand. The Tapovan Vishnugad power plant is a 520MW run- of-river project being constructed on Dhauliganga River in Chamoli District of Uttarakhand, India.

Singhbhum is famous for iron and copper. The Singhbhum district has been divided into three smaller districts, being East Singhbhum, West Singhbhum and Saraikela Kharsawan. These three districts are part of Jharkhand state. East Singhbhum is famous for Copper and Uranium mines. Most notable Copper mines are Banalopa, Badia, Pathargora, Dhobni, Kendadih, Rakha and Surda. The greater part of West Singhbhum district is covered with deposits of iron ore and other industrially important minerals including Chromite, Magnetite, Manganese, Kainite, Lime stone, Asbestos and Soap Stone.

Damodar river flows through Chhota Nagpur Plateau which has many reserves of coal and most of the coal fields lie in Damodar Valley from Jharkhand to West Bengal.

Natural gas occurs along with the belt of other fossil fuels in sedimentary rocks. It is also a good source of clean energy as due to good carbon content it has high calorific value with low residue.

Commercial source of energy such as coal, petroleum & natural gas are obtained commercially whereas fire wood is obtained non-commercially by people from wastelands forestlands in terms of twigs, sticks etc.

In India most of chromate deposits (about 93%) are located in Sukinda Vally of Cuttack district in Odisha.

Namchik-Namphuk coalfields are located in Arunachal Pradesh. the Namchik-Namphuk coalfield was allocated to the Arunachal Pradesh Mineral Development and Trading Corporation Ltd (APMDTCL) on October 28, 2003 by the coal ministry. The total area of the coal block is 133.65 hectares and the mining lease is held by the corporation for a period of 20 years.

The angular distances between two visible objects is measured with the help of sextant. Later on this measurement is used for purpose of navigation & surveying. It is primarily used to measure angle between earth's horizon & astronomical objects.