world economic industry trade agriculture section 7 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (c)

Answer: (b)

Answer: (b)

Answer: (a)

The country at the top in terms of percentage of total coffee production in the world is Brazil.

Coffee production in Brazil is responsible for about a third of all coffee produced in the world making Brazil the world’s largest producer, a position the country has held for the last 150 years.

Coffee plantations, covering some 27,000 km2 (10,000 sq mi), are mainly located in the southeastern states of Minas Gerais, São Paulo and Paraná where the environment and climate provide ideal growing conditions.

Answer: (a)

Answer: (d)

About 69 million tonnes of apples were grown worldwide in 2010, and China produced almost half of this total. The United States is the second-leading producer, with more than 6% of world production. The largest exporters of apples in 2009 were China, the U.S., Poland, Italy, Chile, and France while the biggest importers in the same year were Russia, Germany, the UK and the Netherlands.