world economic industry trade agriculture section 6 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts
World Economic Geography (Industry, Trade, Transportation & Agriculture) PRACTICE TEST [8 - EXERCISES]
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Question : 1
Which among the following monoculture crops provide(s) immediate cash to the farmers?
- Tea in Assam
- Rubber in Africa
- Sugarcane in Malaysia
- Coffee in Brazil
a) 2 and 3
b) 3 and 4
c) Only 1
d) 1 and 4
Answer »Answer: (b)
A cash crop is an agricultural crop which is grown for sale to return a profit. It is typically purchased by parties separate from a farm.
Question : 2 [SSC CML 2001]
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 »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.
Question : 3 [SSC CAPFs 2014]
Which one of the following countries has no mineral deposits ?
a) Austria
b) Norway
c) Switzerland
d) Sri Lanka
Answer »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 : 5
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 |
a) 2 3 1 4
b) 2 4 3 1
c) 1 2 3 4
d) 4 1 2 3
Answer »Answer: (a)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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