Ores and Minerals Ores and Minerals MCQ (Set–1) 1. Which of the following is a naturally occurring inorganic substance with a definite chemical composition? Rock Mineral Alloy Ore 2. Which statement is correct regarding ores? All minerals are ores All ores are minerals Ores are non-metallic substances Rocks are ores 3. Cinnabar (HgS) is an ore of the following: Zinc Iron Mercury Copper 4. Sphalerite (ZnS) is an ore of: Copper Zinc Lead Tin 5. Minerals are mainly divided into: Two types Three types Four types Five types 6. Metallic minerals generally show: Brittleness Lustre Transparency Radioactivity 7. Which of the following is a metallic mineral? Limestone Gypsum Manganese Mica 8. Ferrous minerals contain: Copper Zinc Iron Aluminium 9. Which of the following is a ferrous mineral? Chromite Gold Copper Lead 10. Non-ferrous minerals do not contain: Sulphur Oxygen Iron Carbon 11. Which among the following is a non-metallic mineral? Bauxite Limestone Magnetite Manganese 12. Which mineral property refers to the color of powdered mineral? Lustre Cleavage Streak Hardness 13. Malachite gives which color streak? White Blue Green ellow 14. Malachite gives which color streak? White Blue Green ellow 15. Malachite gives which color streak? White Blue Green ellow 16. Malachite gives which color streak? White Blue Green ellow 17. Malachite gives which color streak? White Blue Green ellow 18. Minerals that are naturally self-colored are called Allochromatic Pseudochromatic Idiocromatic Silicates 19. Azurite is generally: Blue Green Yellow White 20. Quartz is an example of Idiocromatic mineral Allochromatic mineral Metallic mineral Radioactive mineral 21. Pseudochromatic minerals are: True coloured False coloured Radioactive Magnetic 22. Labradorite shows: Radioactivity Shiller reflection Magnetism Conductivity 23. The most common metal ores are the following: Carbonates and nitrates Oxides and sulphides Silicates and phosphates Chlorides and fluorides 24. Iron ore makes up nearly how much of Earth’s crust? 1% 2% 5% 10% 25. Chile saltpetre is an ore of: Sodium Potassium Tin Silver 26. Carnallite is an ore of: Sodium Potassium Nickel Tin 27. Argentine is an ore of: Zinc Silver Tin Nickel 28. Cassiterite is an ore of: Copper Tin Iron Lead 29. Stibnite is an ore of Antimony Nickel Mercury Aluminium 30. Hardness of minerals is measured on: Richter Scale Celsius Scale Mohs Scale Kelvin Scale Your score is Restart quiz Send feedback