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Question 21. Which country is the largest producer of raw jute ?
  1.    Bangladesh
  2.    Pakistan
  3.    India
  4.    Myanmar
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Bangladesh
Answer: (a)Currently the largest producer of raw Jute in the world is India.
Question 22. The river also known as Tsangpo in Tibet is
  1.    Indus
  2.    Sutlej
  3.    Brahmaputra
  4.    Teesta
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Brahmaputra
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.
Question 23. Which of the following pairs of straits and the countries they separate is wrongly matched?
  1.    Bering strait — Sumatra and Malaysia
  2.    Magellan strait — Chile and Tiera del fuego
  3.    Gibraltar strait — Spain and Morocoo
  4.    Bass strait — Australia and Tasmania
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Bering strait — Sumatra and Malaysia
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.
Question 24. Consider the following statements:

  1. International Date Line lies on the Greenwich Meridian.

  2. The date of Alaska is ahead of the date of Siberia.


Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
  1.    2 only
  2.    Both 1 and 2
  3.    1 only
  4.    Neither 1 nor 2
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Neither 1 nor 2
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.
Question 25. The largest iron-ore producing region in the U.S.A. is
  1.    Albama region
  2.    Lake superior region
  3.    North East Appalachian region
  4.    Sierra Nevada region
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Lake superior region
Answer: (b)US iron ore mining is dominated by the precambrian banded iron formation deposits around lake superior in Michigan.
Question 26. The largest producer of Milk in the world is
  1.    U.S.A.
  2.    India
  3.    China
  4.    Brazil
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> India
Answer: (b)The largest producer of Milk in the world is India.
Question 27.
List I
List II
(City)
(Important Industry)
A. Shanghai
1. Shipbuilding
B. Chicago
2. Iron and steel
C. Sheffield
3. Cotton textile
D. Yokohama
4. Engineering
Codes: A B C D
  1.    1 3 4 2
  2.    4 3 2 1
  3.    3 2 1 4
  4.    3 2 4 1
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 3 2 4 1
Answer: (d)
Cotton textile industry belongs to Shanghai.
Iron and steel industry belongs to Chicago.
Engineering industry belongs to Sheffield.
Shipbuilding industry belongs to Yokohama.
Question 28. Which one of the following is known as the ‘Coffee Port’ of the world?
  1.    Santos
  2.    Rio-de-Janeiro
  3.    Sao Paulo
  4.    Buenos Aires
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Santos
Answer: (a)
Question 29. Name the country with the largest cattle population.
  1.    Argentina
  2.    India
  3.    USA
  4.    Australia
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> India
Answer: (b)India has the largest cattle inventory in the world.
Question 30.
List I
List II
(Country)
(Oil field)
A. Iran
1. Bargan
B. Iraq
2. Damam
C. Kuwait
3. Kirkuk
D. Saudi Arabia
4. Masjid Sulaiman
Codes: A B C D
  1.    3 4 1 2
  2.    2 3 4 1
  3.    4 3 2 1
  4.    4 3 1 2
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 4 3 1 2
Answer: (d)
Masjid-e-Suleiman is the oil field of Iran.
Kirkuk is the oil field of Iraq.
Bargan is the oil field of Kuwait.
Deman is the oil field of Saudi Arabia.

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