world economic industry trade agriculture section 5 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (d)

The Suez Canal allows transportation by water between Europe and Asia without navigation around Africa.

The northern terminus is Port Said and the southern terminus is Port Tawfiq at the city of Suez. Ismailia lies on its west bank, 3 km north of the halfway point. Under international treaty, it may be used “in time of war as in the time of peace, by every vessel of commerce or of war, without distinction of flag. By 1955 approximately two-thirds of Europe’s oil passed through the canal. About 7.5% of world sea trade is carried via the canal today.

In 2008, a total of 21,415 vessels passed through the canal and the receipts from the canal totalled $5.381 billion, with the average cost per ship at roughly $251,000.

Answer: (c)

The mid-latitude grasslands are called the world’s bread baskets regions of grain and livestock production. They are found in the middle latitudes of South America, North America, Africa and Asia.

Answer: (b)

The best cotton for comfort, durability, and silky softness is the cotton with the longest, strongest fibres. Pima, Sea-Island, and Egyptian cotton are all referred to as extra-long-staple cotton (ELS cotton).

They all lead to better cotton comfort than other cotton varieties, yet Egyptian cotton wins the contest for having the longest, strongest fibres. This cotton is used in making thread, raincoats, underwear, and hosiery.

Answer: (c)

Atacama desert is famous for its nitrate deposits. The desert is littered with approximately 170 abandoned nitrate (or “saltpetre”) mining towns, almost all of which were shut down decades after the invention of synthetic nitrate in Germany at the turn of the 20th century.

The towns include Chacabuco, Humberstone, Santa Laura, Pedro de Valdivia, Puelma, María Elena, and Oficina Anita.

Answer: (a)

1. Shensi in the coalfield of China. It is a province of the People’s Republic of China, officially part of the Northwest China region. Saar is known as coal mining in Germany.
2. The Saarland is one of Germany’s sixteen federal states. Its capital is at Saarbrücken.
3. Donetz Basin is the coalfield of Ukraine. It comprises the Donbas Foldbelt, which is the uplifted and compressional deformed part of the Pripyat–Dniepr–Donets (PDD) Basin.
4. Pennsylvania is known for coal mining in the U.S.A. Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state that is located in the northeastern and mid-Atlantic regions of the United States, and the Great Lakes region.

Answer: (b)

Friedrich Ratzel is regarded as the Father of Modern Political Geography.