Practice Quiz set 7 - indian geography mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams

Q-1)   Which among the following is leading commercial crop of the tropical Monsoon regions?

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Q-2)   Which country has market based locations of iron and steel industries?

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Q-3)   The greatest producer of Apples in the world is

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(d)

Explanation:

About 69 million tonnes of apples were grown worldwide in 2010, and China produced almost half of this total. The United States is the second-leading producer, with more than 6% of world production. The largest exporters of apples in 2009 were China, the U.S., Poland, Italy, Chile, and France while the biggest importers in the same year were Russia, Germany, the UK and the Netherlands.


Q-4)   Major producer of sugar is

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(d)

Explanation:

Sugarcane is the world's largest crop. In 2010, FAO estimated it was cultivated on about 23.8 million hectares, in more than 90 countries, with a worldwide harvest of 1.69 billion tonnes. Brazil was the largest producer of sugar cane in the world.

The next five major producers, in decreasing amounts of production, were India, China, Thailand, Pakistan and Mexico.


Q-5)   Which one of the following cities is known as the Pittsburg of Japan?

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(b)

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Q-6)   Asbestos is found maximum in which of the following countries?

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(b)

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(d)

Explanation:

Russia is the largest producer of asbestos in the world, a trend which it has maintained since 2000. It had about 55% world share in 2015 followed by China (20%), Brazil (15.6%), and Kazakhstan (10.8%). Russian company Uralasbest is the world’s largest producer of chrysotile asbestos.


Q-7)   Which one among the following is not a landlocked country in Africa?

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(b)

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(d)

Explanation:

Nigeria is not a landlocked country in Africa. Its coast in the south lies on the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean.


Q-8)   The largest producer of silver in the world is

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(b)

(c)

(d)

Explanation:

The largest producer of Silver in the world is Mexico.


Q-9)   Which country’s airlines is ‘Lufthansa’?

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Q-10)   Grozny is famous for the production of

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