List of top Environmental Studies Questions on Minerals and Rocks

Measure of the minerals and salts that can be dissolved in water is referred to as

Match List I with List II

List I (Soil Colour)		List II (Characteristic compound)
A.	Black	I.	Organic matter and Iron Oxides
B.	Red/Brown/Yellow	II.	Quartz
C.	Brown	III.	Titeniferous and magnetite compounds
D.	White/Lighter colours	IV.	Iron and manganese oxides

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Determination of water content of a salt sample suspected to contain gypsum is made by drying the sample for longer period at a temperature not more than

Basalt is

Which one of the following mineral has a single chain structure ?