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Questions :
List I List II
(Crops) (Largest producer)
A. Wheat 1. Brazil
B. Cotton 2. China
C. Sugarcane 3. U.S.A.
D. Tea 4. India
Codes: A B C D

(a) 2 3 1 4

(b) 2 4 3 1

(c) 1 2 3 4

(d) 4 1 2 3

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (a)

  1. China is the largest producer of wheat. Roughly two-thirds of the total wheat production came from the north China plain and nearly another third from the central provinces. Winter wheat accounts for about 94% of China’s total wheat output.
  2. U.S.A. is the largest producer of cotton. In its January report, USDA estimated a ‘13-14 US crop of 13.19 million bales. Upland production was estimated at 12.55 million bales and extra-long staple production at 636,000 bales.
  3. Brazil is the largest producer of sugarcane. Brazil’s sugarcane industry association UNICA estimates Brazil’s sugar cane production in 2012/13 at 531.4 million ton which is 8% up from the 493.2 million ton produced in 2011/12.
  4. India is the largest producer of tea. Tea Board of India shows that from January to August, tea production has risen by 6.2% to 705 million kg in 2013.

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Question : 1

The most populous and oil-rich country in Africa is

a) Sudan

b) Nigeria

c) Kenya

d) Uganda

Answer: (b)

Nigeria is the most populous and oil rich country in Africa.

Question : 2

Consider the following areas:

  1. Central Africa
  2. Borneo and Papua New Guinea
  3. Amazon Basin
In which of the above areas is the primitive agriculture, such as shifting cultivation or bush-fallow type of cultivation, found?

a) 1 and 2

b) 2 and 3

c) 1 only

d) 1, 2 and 3

Answer: (d)

In all the above three options primitive agriculture such as shifting cultivation or bush fallow type of cultivation is found.

Question : 3

The longest railway line in the world connects _______

a) Leningrad and Vladivostok

b) Trivandrum and Guwahati

c) New York and Seattle

d) Perth and Sydney

Answer: (a)

The Trans-Siberian Railway, a network of railways connecting Moscow with the Russian Far East, is the longest railway line in the world with a length of 9,289 kilometres. The main route of the Trans-Siberian Railway begins in Moscow and connects Vladivostok via southern Siberia.

Question : 4

Which is the shortest route from Moscow to San Francisco?

a) over land

b) over the South Pole

c) via Canada

d) over the North Pole

Answer: (d)

Question : 5

Which one of the following countries has no mineral deposits ?

a) Austria

b) Norway

c) Switzerland

d) Sri Lanka

Answer: (c)

Switzerland has no mineral resources; two third of its area is covered with forests, lakes and mountains. Due to the paucity of mineral resources, it has to import, process and resell them as products.

Question : 6

Which one of the following characteristics is associated with the ‘Bread Basket’ area of the USA?

a) Heavy rainfall throughout the year

b) Low rainfall in summer

c) Moderate rainfall in winter

d) Long winter with snow

Answer: (c)

The Great Plains region of the US is called 'the Breadbasket of the US' because of its huge production of grain, particularly wheat, which is used in making bread.

This region is called the Corn Belt, or (occasionally) the 'Grain Belt', the most intensively agricultural region of the Midwest.

These are the areas of moderate rainfall as rainfall decreases from east to west, resulting in different types of prairies.

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