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Distinguish between the following in not more than 30 words.

(a) ferrous and non-ferrous minerals.

(b) conventional and non conventional sources of energy.

Answer:

(a)

Ferrous Minerals	Non-Ferrous Minerals
(i) Minerals which have iron content.	(i) Minerals which does not have iron content.
(ii) They help in the development of metallurgical industries. e.g., Iron ore, manganese.	(ii) they play important role in a number of metallurgical, engineering and electrical industries like copper, lead, zinc, gold.

(b)

Conventional sources of energy	Non-conventional sources of energy
(i) Traditional source of energy produced from coal, petroleum.	(i) Recently developed source of energy developed from Sun, wind, water, tides.
(ii) It is non-renewable.	(ii) It is renewable.
(iii) Generation is expensive.	(iii) They are chapest source of energy.
(iv) They pollute the atmosphere on large scale.	(iv) They are pollution free sources.