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Questions : Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List I List II
(Volcano) (Country)
A. Mount Etna 1. India
B. Kilimanjaro 2. U S A
C. Katmai 3. Tanzania
D. Barren Island 4. Italy
Codes: A B C D

(a) 4 2 3 1

(b) 1 2 3 4

(c) 1 3 2 4

(d) 4 3 2 1

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (d)

  1. Mount Etna is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, in the Metropolitan City of Catania, between the cities of Messina and Catania.
  2. Mount Kilimanjaro, with its three volcanic cones, “Kibo”, “Mawenzi”, and “Shira”, is a dormant volcano in Tanzania.
  3. Mount Katmai is a large stratovolcano on the Alaska Peninsula in southern Alaska (USA), located within Katmai National Park and Preserve.
  4. Barren Island is an island located in the Andaman Sea. It is the only confirmed active volcano in South Asia and the only active volcano along a chain of volcanoes from Sumatra to Myanmar.

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Question : 1

Extensive areas of grape cultivation in France are especially called

a) Grape fields

b) Grape farms

c) Wine cellars

d) Vineyards

Answer: (d)

A vineyard is a plantation of grape-bearing vines, grown mainly for winemaking, but also raisins, table grapes and non-alcoholic grape juice.

A vineyard is often characterised by its terroir, a French term loosely translating as 'a sense of place' that refers to the specific geographical and geological characteristics of grapevine plantations, which may be imparted in the wine.

Question : 2

Which of the following is/are the chief characteristics of commercial grain farming of the middle latitude grasslands?

  1. The size of farms are generally large.
  2. Cultivation is highly mechanized.
  3. It is a type of extensive farming.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:

a) 2 only

b) 1, 2 and 3

c) 1 and 2 only

d) 1 and 3 only

Answer: (b)

Middle latitude grassland farming have very large farms, are mechanised and fall in the category of extensive cultivation.

Grasslands are found all across the globe.

Question : 3

Which one of the following countries has a market based steel industry?

a) England

b) India

c) Germany

d) Japan

Answer: (d)

Question : 4

Detroit, USA, is famous for which of the following industries?

a) Automobile

b) Petro-chemical

c) Iron and Steel

d) Cotton textile

Answer: (a)

Known as the world's traditional automotive centre, 'Detroit' is a metonym for the American automobile industry and an important source of popular music legacies.

Detroit and the surrounding region constitute a major centre of commerce and global trade, most notably as home to America's 'Big Three' automobile companies, General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler.

Question : 5

Birmingham in U.K. is famous for

a) Sugar industry

b) Paper industry

c) Iron and Steel industry

d) Aluminium industry

Answer: (c)

Birmingham, one of the seats of the Industrial Revolution, has traditionally been known for its iron and steel industry. Famous as “the first manufacturing town in the world” in 1791, today the city’s products include:

  1. motor vehicles,
  2. vehicle components and accessories,
  3. weapons,
  4. electrical equipment,
  5. plastics,
  6. machine tools,
  7. chemicals, food,
  8. jewellery and
  9. glass.

Question : 6

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

List I List II
(Iron-Steel Centre) (Country)
A. Hamilton 1. China
B. Birmingham 2. Canada
C. Essen 3. U.K.
D. Anshan 4. Germany
Codes: A B C D

a) 2 1 4 3

b) 2 3 4 1

c) 4 3 1 2

d) 3 4 2 1

Answer: (b)

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