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Questions : Which one of the following is correctly matched?

(a) Gulf of Sidra — Libya

(b) Gulf of Po hai — Thailand

(c) Gulf of Carpentaria — Italy

(d) Gulf of Tonking — Malaysia

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (a)

The Gulf of Carpentaria is a large, shallow sea enclosed on three sides by northern Australia and bounded on the north by the Arafura Sea.

Gulf of Sirte, or the Gulf of Sidra after the port of Sidra, is a body of water in the Mediterranean Sea on the northern coast of Libya. Historically it has been also known as the Great Sirte or Greater Syrtis.

Gulf of Po hai is located in China. The Gulf of Tonkin incident, also known as the USS Maddox incident, drew the U.S. more directly into the Vietnam War. It involved two separate confrontations involving North Vietnam and the United States in the waters of the Gulf of Tonkin.

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Question : 1

Disko Island of Greenland has deposits of

a) Silver

b) Coal

c) Cryolite

d) Iron ore

Answer: (d)

Question : 2

Three crops that contribute maximum to global food grain production are _________

a) rice, maize, sorghum

b) wheat, maize, sorghum

c) wheat, rice, barley

d) wheat, rice, maize

Answer: (d)

Maize (corn), rice and whet are the three major foodgrains of the world. As per the 2012 figures, maize was the most important crop with production of 873 million metric tons. Rice and what came next with 738 and 671 million metric tons.

Question : 3

Largest producer of Bauxite in the world is

a) Jamaica

b) Chile

c) U.S.A.

d) Australia

Answer: (d)

In 2009, Australia was the top producer of bauxite with almost one-third of the world’s production, followed by China, Brazil, India, and Guinea.

In November 2010, Nguyen Tan Dung, the Prime Minister of Vietnam, announced that Vietnam’s bauxite reserves might total 11000 Mt; this would be the largest in the world.

Question : 4

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

List I List II
(Centres) (Industries)
A. Nagoya 1. Iron and Steel
B. Salem 2. Aircraft
C. Los Angeles 3. Cotton Textiles
D. Abadan 4. Oil Refinery
Codes: A B C D

a) 4 2 3 1

b) 1 4 2 3

c) 2 3 4 1

d) 3 1 2 4

Answer: (d)

Question : 5

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 : 6

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

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