world economic industry trade agriculture section 5 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

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.

Answer: (a)

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

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.

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”.

Answer: (a)

The Ural mountains separates Asia from Europe in the east.