world economic industry trade agriculture section 1 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (a)

Answer: (c)

1. Hydropower associated with the Congo Democratic Republic. The Democratic Republic of the Congo has a reserve of petroleum, natural gas, coal, and a potential hydroelectric power generating capacity of around 100,000 MW. The Inga Dam, alone on the Congo River, has the potential capacity to generate 40,000 to 45,000 MW of electric power, sufficient to supply the electricity needs of the whole southern Africa region.
2. Coal associated with Poland.
3. Today Iraq’s reserve to production ratio is 158 years.
4. Nuclear power associated with France. France derives over 75% of its electricity from nuclear energy. This is due to a longstanding policy based on energy security.

Answer: (c)

Answer: (b)

Canada is credited with the establishment of Uranium city. Uranium City is a settlement in northern Saskatchewan, Canada. Located on the northern shores of Lake Athabasca near the border of the Northwest Territories it is 230 m (750 ft) above sea level.

The settlement is 760 km (470 mi) northwest of Prince Albert, 760 km (470 mi) northeast of Edmonton and 48 km (30 mi) south of the Northwest Territories-Saskatchewan boundary.

Answer: (a)

The two largest producers of sugarbeet in the world are France and Russia.

Answer: (d)

The line passes through Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, Namibia, Botswana, South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar, Australia and French Polynesia, clipping New Caledonia, Fiji, Tonga and the Cook Islands before landfall at Pitcairn.