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Questions : Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List I List II
(Countries new name) (Countries old name)
A. Thailand 1. Nippon
B. Ghana 2. Gold Coast
C. Zambia 3. Siam
D. Japan 4. Northern Rhodesia
Codes: A B C D

(a) 1 2 3 4

(b) 2 3 1 4

(c) 3 2 4 1

(d) 4 3 2 1

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (c)

  1. In 1939, the name of the kingdom, “Siam”, was changed to “Thailand”. Before 1957 Ghana was called the Gold Coast. Portuguese explorers in the 15th century found a vast amount of precious metal there, but it was English colonizers who dubbed the country the Gold Coast.
  2. The territory of what is now Zambia was known as Northern Rhodesia from 1911. It was renamed Zambia at independence in 1964.
  3. The new name of Zambia was derived from the Zambezi river. The official Japanese language name is Nippon koku or Nihon koku, literally “State of Japan”.
  4. From the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II, the full title of Japan was the “Empire of Greater Japan”.

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Question : 1

Which of the following mountains separate Asia from Europe in the east?

a) The Ural Mountains

b) The Scandinavian Mountains

c) The Alpine Mountain Ranges

d) The Hercynian Mountain chains

Answer: (a)

The Ural mountains separates Asia from Europe in the east.

Question : 2

Intensive subsistence farming is prevalent in

a) China

b) USA

c) Canada

d) Ukraine

Answer: (a)

Question : 3

Detroit is famous for?

a) copper industry

b) mining industry

c) motor car industry

d) fishing industry

Answer: (c)

Question : 4

The Ruhr basin is the famous industrial region of

a) Japan

b) Germany

c) China

d) United Kingdom

Answer: (b)

The Ruhr basin is the famous Industrial region of Germany. Formerly Germany’s coal-mining region, the ‘Ruhrgebiet’ forms one of the largest conurbations in Europe with 5 million residents and is now known for its diverse and vibrant cultural scene.

Question : 5

The ‘Wheat Crescent’ lies in

a) Argentina

b) Canada

c) Australia

d) U.S.A.

Answer: (a)

Argentina’s wheat area is a crescent shaped, Argentine wheat is of good quality and is harvested in November, December and January.

Question : 6

Consider the following statements regarding bauxite mineral:

  1. It is light and is rust-resistant material.
  2. It is bad conductor of electricity.
  3. It is used in refining kerosene, abrasives and cement.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

a) 1 and 2

b) 1 and 3

c) 2 only

d) 1, 2 and 3

Answer: (b)

India is the largest producer of bauxite in South Asia. Bauxite is considered an important mineral as

  1. the mineral bauxite has variously used in refining kerosene, abrasives and cement.
  2. it is a light and is rust-resistant material.
  3. it is a good conductor of electricity
  4. used in aircraft.
  5. used in automobiles and the aluminium industry.
  6. aluminium has a variety of applications from domestic to industrial.

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