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Question 311. The given map shows location of airports labelled as 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. What is the correct sequence of the airports in which the hijacked Indian Airlines plane IC-814 landed after its initial take off from Kathmandu in December 1999?
  1.    2, 4, 1, 3
  2.    5, 4, 2, 3
  3.    3, 1, 2, 4
  4.    5, 1, 3, 2
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 5, 4, 2, 3
Answer: (b)
Question 312. Match the two columns and select the correct alternative Mineral Information related to that mineral.
List I
List II
A. Bauxite
i. Non-Metallic mineral
B. Haematite
ii. Aluminium
C. Mica
iii. Found in Malaysia
D. Tin
iv. Best quality Iron Ore
Codes: A B C D
  1.    A - ii, B - iii, C- i, D - iv
  2.    A - ii, B - iv, C - i, D - iii
  3.    A - iv, B - iii, C - ii, D - i
  4.    A - i, B- ii, C - iii, D - iv
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> A - ii, B - iv, C - i, D - iii
Answer: (b)
Bauxite – Aluminium
Haematite – Best quality iron ore
Mica – Non–Metallic mineral
Tin – Found in Malaysia
Question 313. Which one of the following matches in case of shifting cultivation is not correct?
  1.    Ray – Vietnam
  2.    Milpa – Mexico
  3.    Ladang – Indonesia
  4.    Tamrai – Brazil
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Tamrai – Brazil
Answer: (d)Shifting Cultivation is known as Ladang in Indonesia, Caingin in Philippines, Milpa in central America & Mexico, Ray in Vietnam, Taungya In Myanmar , Tamrai in Thailand, Chena in Sri Lanka, Conuco in Venezuela, Roca in Brazil, Masole in central Africa.
Question 314. The largest producer of wool in the world is
  1.    China
  2.    Argentina
  3.    Australia
  4.    New Zealand
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Australia
Answer: (c)The country with the largest production of wool is Australia. Australia’s production is 25% of the world’s total production or equivalent to 475 million kg. The next largest wool-producing country is China – 18% of the world’s production.
Question 315. Statement I:
Grand Banks are one of the major fishing grounds of the world due to the presence of a vast continental shelf.
Statement II:
Planktons grow in the shallow waters. :
  1.    Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I.
  2.    Statement I is true but Statement II is false
  3.    Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I.
  4.    Statement I is false but Statement II is true.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I.
Answer: (a)
The Grand Banks is a large area of submerged highlands southeast of Newfoundland and east of the Laurentian Channel on the North American continental shelf.
It is in this area that the cold Labrador Current mixes with the warm waters of the Gulf Stream. The mixing of these waters and the shape of the ocean bottom lifts nutrients to the surface.
These conditions created one of the richest fishing grounds in the world. Plankton is organisms that live in the water. They are carried by waves, tides and currents. They are usually found in shallow surface waters.
Question 316. Disko Island of Greenland has deposits of
  1.    Silver
  2.    Coal
  3.    Cryolite
  4.    Iron ore
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Iron ore
Answer: (d)
Question 317. Assertion (A):
North Atlantic sea route is the busiest sea route in the world.
Reason (R):
It connects two major industrial zones of the world.
In the context of above statements, which of the following is correct?
Code
  1.    Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
  2.    (A) is true, but (R) is false
  3.    Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
  4.    (A) is false, but (R) is true
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
Answer: (c)
Question 318. Largest producer of Bauxite in the world is
  1.    Jamaica
  2.    Chile
  3.    U.S.A.
  4.    Australia
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Australia
Answer: (d)
In 2009, Australia was the top producer of bauxite with almost one-third of the world’s production, followed by China, Brazil, India, and Guinea.
In November 2010, Nguyen Tan Dung, the Prime Minister of Vietnam, announced that Vietnam’s bauxite reserves might total 11000 Mt; this would be the largest in the world.
Question 319.
List I
List II
(Mineral)
(Occurrence)
A. Coal
1. Bisbee
B. Copper ore
2. Baku
C. Iron ore
3. Mesabi
D. Petroleum
4. Westphalia
Codes: A B C D
  1.    4 1 3 2
  2.    3 1 2 4
  3.    4 2 3 1
  4.    1 4 3 2
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 4 1 3 2
Answer: (a)
Coal mining occurs in Westphalia. It is a region in Germany. Copper ore occurs in Bisbee. Bisbee is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States, 82 miles southeast of Tucson. Iron ore occurs in Mesabi.
The Mesabi Iron Range is a vast deposit of iron ore and the largest of four major iron ranges in the region collectively known as the Iron Range of Minnesota. Discovered in 1866, it is the chief deposit of iron ore in the United States. Baku is famous for petroleum exploration.
Baku is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region.
Question 320. Three crops that contribute maximum to global food grain production are _________
  1.    rice, maize, sorghum
  2.    wheat, maize, sorghum
  3.    wheat, rice, barley
  4.    wheat, rice, maize
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> wheat, rice, maize
Answer: (d)Maize (corn), rice and whet are the three major foodgrains of the world. As per the 2012 figures, maize was the most important crop with production of 873 million metric tons. Rice and what came next with 738 and 671 million metric tons.

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