12th Class Geography Solved Paper - Geography 2012 Delhi Set-I

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    Describe the uneven distribution of mineral and energy resources in India by giving suitable examples.

    Answer:

    In India the distribution of minerals has not been even. These are mainly confined in the peninsular region of the country leaving aside the Northern Great Plains and the Himalayan region almost devoid of mineals, Jharkhand, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Karnataka, West Bengal, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu states have large potentials of mineral resources in the country.
                Most of the deposits of iron ore found in the Achaean rocks of Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu; of manganese in Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Maharashtra; of mica in Jharkhand, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan and Karnataka; of bauxite in Jharkhand, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat; of cyanide in Jharkhand, Bihar and Sillimanite in Meghalaya. The states of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and West Bengal are deficient in mineral resources.


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