world economic industry trade agriculture section 2 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Answer: (a)

Currently the largest producer of raw Jute in the world is India.

Answer: (c)

About 1,800 miles (2,900 km) long, the Brahmaputra is an important river for irrigation and transportation.

The average depth of the river is 124 feet (38 m) and the maximum depth is 380 feet (120 m).

The river is prone to catastrophic flooding in spring when the Himalayan snows melt.

Answer: (d)

The International Date Line, established in 1884, passes through the mid-Pacific Ocean and roughly follows a 180 degrees longitude north-south line on the Earth.

It is located halfway around the world from the prime meridian—the zero degrees longitude established in Greenwich, England, in 1852. Alaska is in west and Siberia is in East, so date of Siberia is ahead of date of Alaska.

Answer: (a)

The Bering Strait is a strait of the Pacific, which borders with the Arctic to north. It is located between Russia and the United States.

Answer: (b)

US iron ore mining is dominated by the precambrian banded iron formation deposits around lake superior in Michigan.