World Economic Industry Trade Agriculture Section 1 Practice Questions Answers Test With Solutions & More Shortcuts

Answer: (b)

Canada is credited with the establishment of Uranium city. Uranium City is a settlement in northern Saskatchewan, Canada. Located on the northern shores of Lake Athabasca near the border of the Northwest Territories it is 230 m (750 ft) above sea level.

The settlement is 760 km (470 mi) northwest of Prince Albert, 760 km (470 mi) northeast of Edmonton and 48 km (30 mi) south of the Northwest Territories-Saskatchewan boundary.

Answer: (c)

Australia is the country with largest uranium reserve but due to opposition against uranium mining it is the third Uranium producer country behind Kazakhstan and Canada.

Answer: (a)

Answer: (c)

1. Hydropower associated with the Congo Democratic Republic. The Democratic Republic of the Congo has a reserve of petroleum, natural gas, coal, and a potential hydroelectric power generating capacity of around 100,000 MW. The Inga Dam, alone on the Congo River, has the potential capacity to generate 40,000 to 45,000 MW of electric power, sufficient to supply the electricity needs of the whole southern Africa region.
2. Coal associated with Poland.
3. Today Iraq’s reserve to production ratio is 158 years.
4. Nuclear power associated with France. France derives over 75% of its electricity from nuclear energy. This is due to a longstanding policy based on energy security.

Answer: (c)