world economic industry trade agriculture section 4 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

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.

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.

Answer: (c)

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.

Answer: (d)

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.