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Questions : The largest producer of wool in the world is

(a) China

(b) Argentina

(c) Australia

(d) New Zealand

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (c)

The country with the largest production of wool is Australia. Australia’s production is 25% of the world’s total production or equivalent to 475 million kg. The next largest wool-producing country is China – 18% of the world’s production.

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Question : 1

Match the two columns and select the correct alternative Mineral Information related to that mineral.

List I List II
A. Bauxite i. Non-Metallic mineral
B. Haematite ii. Aluminium
C. Mica iii. Found in Malaysia
D. Tin iv. Best quality Iron Ore
Codes: A B C D

a) A - ii, B - iii, C- i, D - iv

b) A - ii, B - iv, C - i, D - iii

c) A - iv, B - iii, C - ii, D - i

d) A - i, B- ii, C - iii, D - iv

Answer: (b)

  1. Bauxite – Aluminium
  2. Haematite – Best quality iron ore
  3. Mica – Non–Metallic mineral
  4. Tin – Found in Malaysia

Question : 2

Statement I:
Grand Banks are one of the major fishing grounds of the world due to the presence of a vast continental shelf.
Statement II:
Planktons grow in the shallow waters. :

a) Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I.

b) Statement I is true but Statement II is false

c) Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I.

d) Statement I is false but Statement II is true.

Answer: (a)

The Grand Banks is a large area of submerged highlands southeast of Newfoundland and east of the Laurentian Channel on the North American continental shelf.

It is in this area that the cold Labrador Current mixes with the warm waters of the Gulf Stream. The mixing of these waters and the shape of the ocean bottom lifts nutrients to the surface.

These conditions created one of the richest fishing grounds in the world. Plankton is organisms that live in the water. They are carried by waves, tides and currents. They are usually found in shallow surface waters.

Question : 3

Which one of the following ‘City River’ pairs is not correctly matched?

a) London — Thames

b) New York — Hudson

c) Berlin — Rhine

d) Vienna — Danube

Answer: (c)

The Rhine is a European river that begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps, forms part of the Swiss-Austrian, Swiss-Liechtenstein, Swiss-German and then the Franco-German.

Question : 4

Which one of the following matches in case of shifting cultivation is not correct?

a) Ray – Vietnam

b) Milpa – Mexico

c) Ladang – Indonesia

d) Tamrai – Brazil

Answer: (d)

Shifting Cultivation is known as Ladang in Indonesia, Caingin in Philippines, Milpa in central America & Mexico, Ray in Vietnam, Taungya In Myanmar , Tamrai in Thailand, Chena in Sri Lanka, Conuco in Venezuela, Roca in Brazil, Masole in central Africa.

Question : 5

The given map shows location of airports labelled as 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. What is the correct sequence of the airports in which the hijacked Indian Airlines plane IC-814 landed after its initial take off from Kathmandu in December 1999?

a) 2, 4, 1, 3

b) 5, 4, 2, 3

c) 3, 1, 2, 4

d) 5, 1, 3, 2

Answer: (b)

Question : 6

A geographic region has the following distinct characteristics:

  1. 1. Warm and dry climate
  2. Mild and wet winter
  3. Evergreen Oak trees
The above features are distinct characteristics of which one of the following regions?

a) Eastern China

b) Central Asia

c) Mediterranean

d) Atlantic coast of North America

Answer: (c)

Mediterrian climate have mild, rainy winter and hot, dry summers and Evergreen, Oak trees.

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