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Unit II: Energy Resources
MCQ
1. High population gives rise to _______________ management of resources
a) adequate 2) Proper 3) Poor 4) None of the above 2. The main interest of shielding in nuclear plants is to protect from __________________ 1) Neutrons 2) Gamma rays 3) Both A and B 4) None of the above 3. Reduction in use of fuels cannot be brought about by ______ 1) Using alternate fuels 2) Changing life style 3) Reducing car taxes 4) Both a and b 4. Which of the following source of energy is less ecofriendly? 1) Biogas 2) Wind 3) Solar 4) Nuclear 5. Mining means ______ 1) To conserve and preserve minerals 2) To check pollution due to mineral resources 3) To extracts minerals and ores 4) None 6. Natural resources do not include 1) Water 2) Refined oil 3) Air 4) Wood 7. Which is an example of non-renewable resource? 1) Wind 2) Vegetation 3) Coal and minerals 4) Water 8. Mining depends on 1) Concentration of minerals only 2) Ease of extraction 3) Transport facility 4) All of these 9. Percentage of total water found as fresh water is ______ 1) 87.5 % 2) 2.5% 3) 97.5% d) 75% 10. Which of the following fuels has highest carbon intensity? 1) Natural Gas 2) Oil 3) Bituminous coal 4)Biomass 11. Which of the following non renewable energy is no classified under a fossil fuel? 1) Nuclear 2) Petroleum 3)Oil 4)Natural Gas 12. To preserve resources for future, we have to________________ 1) Look for more 2) Consume more of them 3) Save them 4) Use them more frequently 13. An inexhaustible non-conventional universal source of energy is_______ 1) Fossil Fuel 2) Solar 3) Wind 4)Tidal 14. Forest is responsible for________________ 1) Watershed protection 2) Land erosion control 3) Providing economic and environmental benefits 4) All of these 15. Mineral resources are_______________ 1) Renewable 2) Available in plenty 3) Non -renewable 4) Equally distributed 16. RDF stands for 1) Road Drainage Facility 2) Rain Drainage Facility 3) Refused Derive Fuels 4) Refuse Discharge Facility 17. Fossil fuels are converted into energy by 1) Burning 2) Cooling 3) Sublimation 4) Melting 18. _____ is not fossil fuel. 1) Petroleum 2) Uranium 3) Natural gas 4) Coal 19. “The value of forests is often higher when it is standing than it could be worth when it is harvested". Which of the following factors is most supportive of the above statements? 1) Increase in timber value as time passes. 2) Increase in Wild life 3) Increases in ecotourism 4) Increase in forest produce 20. Bio gas is renewable source of 1) Energy 2) Heat 3) Light 4) Fossil 21. Which of the following is a renewable resource 1) Salmon population that is farm raised 2) Sulfur 3) Light sweet crude oil shipped from Saudi Arabia 4) Iron ore that is commercially mined 22. The way we consume renewable resources, it affects there 1) Power 2) Efficiency 3) Availability 4) Cost 23. Which of the following item is not provided by Natural forests? 1) Fuel wood 2) Honey 3) Medicinal plant 4) Monoculture 24. Which of the following statement is not true with regard to communities in mining areas? 1) They often loss their land and livelihoods 2) All of them get employed in mines 3) They often do not have access to fresh water and sanitation. 4) They are displaced from their land 25. Mineral/oil mainly occurs in _____ 1) Deep ocean 2) Shallow ocean 3) Air 4) None of the above 26. Bill Gates, chairman of the board for Terra Power Company is associated in which of the following non- renewable resources? 1)Earth minerals 2)Fossil fuels 3)Nuclear energy 4)Metal ores. 27. Harnessing the wind energy is done by____________ 1)Wind mill 2)Ball mill 3)Flour Mill 4)Pig mill 28. Which Indian enterprise has the Motto " ENERGY FOREVER "? 1) Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency 2) Indian Non-renewable Energy Development 3) Indian Agricultural Development 4) Indian Biotechnology Development 29. In 2007, of the total energy used in India ___ 1) 40.8% came from coal 2) 27.2% came from biomass, 23.7% came from oil 3) 5.6% came from natural gases and 1.8% from hydropower 4) All of these