Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 6 (ICSE) · Geography
Chapter: Chapter 7 — Chapter 7: Minerals and Ores
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What is a mineral? [1]
(A) A naturally occurring substance in Earth's crust
(B) A man-made material
(C) A type of plant
(D) A type of animal
2. What is an example of a mineral? [1]
(A) Iron
(B) A tree
(C) A river
(D) A cloud
3. What is an ore? [1]
(A) A rock with enough mineral to mine profitably
(B) A type of plant
(C) A type of tool
(D) A type of soil only
4. What does mining do? [1]
(A) Extracts ores from the ground
(B) Plants crops
(C) Builds roads only
(D) Nothing useful
5. What does processing an ore do? [1]
(A) Separates and purifies minerals
(B) Destroys the minerals
(C) Nothing useful
(D) Plants new minerals
6. What are minerals used for? [1]
(A) Construction, manufacturing and technology
(B) Only decoration
(C) Nothing useful
(D) Only farming
7. What is gold an example of? [1]
(A) A valuable mineral
(B) A type of plant
(C) A type of crop
(D) A type of water body
8. Why are minerals and ores important? [1]
(A) They support many industries worldwide
(B) They have no importance
(C) Only for decoration
(D) Only for jewellery
9. What is a mineral? [1]
(A) A naturally occurring substance in Earth's crust
(B) A man-made material
(C) A type of plant
(D) A type of animal
10. What is an example of a mineral? [1]
(A) Iron
(B) A tree
(C) A river
(D) A cloud
11. What is an ore? [1]
(A) A rock with enough mineral to mine profitably
(B) A type of plant
(C) A type of tool
(D) A type of soil only
12. What does mining do? [1]
(A) Extracts ores from the ground
(B) Plants crops
(C) Builds roads only
(D) Nothing useful
13. What does processing an ore do? [1]
(A) Separates and purifies minerals
(B) Destroys the minerals
(C) Nothing useful
(D) Plants new minerals
14. What are minerals used for? [1]
(A) Construction, manufacturing and technology
(B) Only decoration
(C) Nothing useful
(D) Only farming
15. What is gold an example of? [1]
(A) A valuable mineral
(B) A type of plant
(C) A type of crop
(D) A type of water body
16. Why are minerals and ores important? [1]
(A) They support many industries worldwide
(B) They have no importance
(C) Only for decoration
(D) Only for jewellery