ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

ECONOMICS

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Chalk and gypsum deposits found in the United Kingdom are sources of what type of resource?
A
human capital
B
entrepreneurship
C
a capital resource
D
a natural resource
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The key natural resources of the UK include limestone, petroleum, coal, iron ore, lead, natural gas, tin, gold, slate, silica land, potash, chalk, gypsum and clay.

Detailed explanation-2: -Natural gas, oil, and coal are all produced in the United Kingdom. Coal is mined from many areas in the United Kingdom from both deep mines and surface mines. In addition to the coal being mined on land, large reserves of oil and natural gas are being tapped in the North Sea.

Detailed explanation-3: -Geological: coal, petroleum, natural gas, limestone, chalk, gypsum, silica, rock salt, china clay, iron ore, tin, silver, gold, lead. Agricultural: arable land, wheat, barley, sheep.

Detailed explanation-4: -Tin and tungsten from Devon. Hemerdon in Devon has the fourth biggest reserve of tungsten in the world. Lithium in Cornwall. Gold from Scotland. Polyhalite in Yorkshire. Tin in Cornwall. Fluorspar and lead in Derbyshire. Barite in Perthshire. Coal mining in Cumbria. 23-Jan-2018

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