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

In Raipur large reserves of diamond-bearing kimberlite been discovered in the recent past. Diamonds in Chattisgarh region of Madhya Pradesh. The presence of pyrope, ilmenite and chromediopside in the Payalikhand gravel has provided positive evidence for the close proximity of diamond bearing kimberlite or lamproite rocks in the area.

There is a proposal to setup Kowada Nuclear Park in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh. It would be jointly developed under Indo-U.S.A. nuclear agreement.

Raniganj coal field is located in Durgapur & Asansol sub divisions of Paschim Bardhaman district of West Bengal. This coal belt stretches to neighbouring state of Jharkhand.

The major thermal power station fed on natural gas is at Naharkatiya. It is well known for petroleum and gas reserves. Earlier, Duliajan, the head office town of Oil India Limited was in its circle.

Jamnagar and Mangalore have oil refineries. Jamnagar have a total capacity of 1.24 million bpd, making these the world's largest combined oil refining facility. Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL), is an oil refinery at Mangalore and is a subsidiary of ONGC, set up in 1988. The refinery is located at Katipalla, north from centre of Mangalore city. The refinery was established after displacing five villages of Bala, Kalavar, Kuthetoor, Katipalla, and Adyapadi.

The chief coal bearing formation in India is known as the Gondwanas. Gondwana rocks contain nearly 98% of India's coal reserves. The Gondwana coals of Permian times are mainly found in the Peninsular Gondwana basins of India.

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 Asia. It is also known as 'Oil City'.

Idukki dam is constructed on the river Periyar in Kerala. It is constructed between Kuravan and Kuravathi. With an height of about 168m it is counted among the highest arch dams.

Critical criteria for the location of an aluminium plant in India are the availability of bauxite and electricity.

Orissa has the highest amount of Nickel Ore resources. Odisha's resources of Bauxite, Chromite, Coal, Iron ore, Manganese and Nickel ore are formidable constituting approx.50%, 98%, 25%, 35%, 27% and 91% respectively of the total resources of the country.