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प्रश्न
Why are there a wide range of colours, hardness, crystal forms, lustre and density found in minerals?
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उत्तर
A wide range of colours, hardness, crystal forms, lustre and density is found in minerals because they are formed by a combination of various elements whose formation depends upon the physical and chemical conditions under which they occure.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
On the given political outline map of India, locate and label the following with appropriate symbols:
A. Oil Field - Digboi
B. Iron and Steel Plant – Bhilai
C. Major Sea Port - Kochi
Name the State that is the largest producer of coal
Give a geographic reason for the following:
Petroleum is called the ‘fossil fuel’.
Which state is the leading producer of the following minerals?
i. Coal
ii. Oil
iii. Manganese
Name any two industrial products for which limestone is used as a source of raw material.
Mention two products of an oil refinery. Name two oil refineries in India, one along the coast and one away from the coast.
What is ‘off-shore drilling’? What do you mean by ‘Mumbai High’?
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Name the groups into which minerals can be classified.
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(i) Kalpakkam – Nuclear Power Plant
(ii) Vijayanagar – Iron and Steel Plant
(iii) Noida – Software Technology Park
(iv) Paradeep – Sea Port
(v) Sardar Sarovar – Dam
