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Questions : 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.

The correct answers to the above question in:

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.

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Question : 1

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 : 2

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: 

List I List II
(Mineral) (Occurrence)
A. Coal 1. Bisbee
B. Copper ore 2. Baku
C. Iron ore 3. Mesabi
D. Petroleum 4. Westphalia
Codes: A B C D

a)

4 1 3 2

b) 3 1 2 4

c) 4 2 3 1

d) 1 4 3 2

Answer: (a)

coal mines occur in Westphalia which is is a region in northwestern Germany and one of the three historic parts of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

It has an area of 7,802 sq mi and 7.9 million inhabitants Copper Ore occur in Bisbee. Bisbee is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States, 92 miles southeast of Tucson.

Iron Ore occur in Mesabi. The Mesabi Iron Range is an elongate trend containing large deposits of iron ore and the largest of four major iron ranges in the region collectively known as the Iron Range of Minnesota. Petroleum occurs in Baku. Baku, the capital and commercial hub of Azerbaijan, is a low-lying city with a coastline along the Caspian Sea

Question : 3

Arrange the following countries of South Asia in descending order of their population density and use the codes to select the correct answer:

  1. India
  2. Bangladesh
  3. Pakistan
  4. Srilanka
Codes:

a) 2, 1, 3, 4

b) 2, 1, 4, 3

c) 1, 3, 4, 2

d) 4, 2, 1, 3

Answer: (b)

Population density of Bangladesh is 1118 sq. Km, India - 364 sq. Km, Sri Lanka is 308 sq. Km, Pakistan is 245 sq. Km.

Question : 4

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 : 5

The largest producer of wool in the world is

a) China

b) Argentina

c) Australia

d) New Zealand

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.

Question : 6

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.

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