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Question 51. Which factor influences the plant growth most profoundly?
  1.    Moisture
  2.    Soil fertility
  3.    Temperature
  4.    Soil depth
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Temperature
Answer: (c)Temperature influences the plant growth most profoundly. Temperature effects on plant growth and development is defendent upon plant species. The most obvious are the effects of heat on photosynthesis.
Question 52. Japan is one of the leading industrial countries in the world because it has:
  1. developed hydel power
  2. large deposits of metallic mineral
  3. high technological capability
  4. insular location
Of these statements:
  1.    1, 2 and 3 are correct
  2.    1 and 3 are correct
  3.    1, 2 and 4 are correct
  4.    2 and 4 are correct
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 1 and 3 are correct
Answer: (b)
Question 53. The shortest air-route from Perth to London is
  1.    Perth, Ankara, Paris, London
  2.    Perth, Aden, Paris, London
  3.    Perth, Bombay, Rome, London
  4.    Perth, Mombasa, Rome, London
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Perth, Bombay, Rome, London
Answer: (c)
Question 54. A geographic region has the following distinct characteristics:
  1. 1. Warm and dry climate
  2. Mild and wet winter
  3. Evergreen Oak trees
The above features are distinct characteristics of which one of the following regions?
  1.    Eastern China
  2.    Central Asia
  3.    Mediterranean
  4.    Atlantic coast of North America
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Mediterranean
Answer: (c) Mediterrian climate have mild, rainy winter and hot, dry summers and Evergreen, Oak trees.
Question 55. One of the leading producers of asbestos in the world is
  1.    Russia
  2.    Canada
  3.    Australia
  4.    Armenia
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Russia
Answer: (a)As per the statistics for world mine production of asbestos from 2010 to 2015, Russia is the world’s largest producer of asbestos, with an annual production of around 1.1 million metric tons. Russia’s share in the global production is about 55%. China, Brazil, Kazakhstan and Canada come next.
Question 56. Which one of the following ‘City River’ pairs is not correctly matched?
  1.    London — Thames
  2.    New York — Hudson
  3.    Berlin — Rhine
  4.    Vienna — Danube
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Berlin — Rhine
Answer: (c)
The Rhine is a European river that begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps, forms part of the Swiss-Austrian, Swiss-Liechtenstein, Swiss-German and then the Franco-German.
Question 57. Arrange the following countries of South Asia in descending order of their population density and use the codes to select the correct answer:
  1. India
  2. Bangladesh
  3. Pakistan
  4. Srilanka
Codes:
  1.    2, 1, 3, 4
  2.    2, 1, 4, 3
  3.    1, 3, 4, 2
  4.    4, 2, 1, 3
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 2, 1, 4, 3
Answer: (b)Population density of Bangladesh is 1118 sq. Km, India - 364 sq. Km, Sri Lanka is 308 sq. Km, Pakistan is 245 sq. Km.
Question 58. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List I
List II
(Centres)
(Industries)
A. Nagoya
1. Iron and Steel
B. Salem
2. Aircraft
C. Los Angeles
3. Cotton Textiles
D. Abadan
4. Oil Refinery
Codes: A B C D
  1.    4 2 3 1
  2.    1 4 2 3
  3.    2 3 4 1
  4.    3 1 2 4
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 3 1 2 4
Answer: (d)
Question 59. Which one of the following is correctly matched?
  1.    Gulf of Sidra — Libya
  2.    Gulf of Po hai — Thailand
  3.    Gulf of Carpentaria — Italy
  4.    Gulf of Tonking — Malaysia
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Gulf of Sidra — Libya
Answer: (a)
The Gulf of Carpentaria is a large, shallow sea enclosed on three sides by northern Australia and bounded on the north by the Arafura Sea.
Gulf of Sirte, or the Gulf of Sidra after the port of Sidra, is a body of water in the Mediterranean Sea on the northern coast of Libya. Historically it has been also known as the Great Sirte or Greater Syrtis.
Gulf of Po hai is located in China. The Gulf of Tonkin incident, also known as the USS Maddox incident, drew the U.S. more directly into the Vietnam War. It involved two separate confrontations involving North Vietnam and the United States in the waters of the Gulf of Tonkin.
Question 60. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: 
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 mines occur in Westphalia which is is a region in northwestern Germany and one of the three historic parts of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
It has an area of 7,802 sq mi and 7.9 million inhabitants Copper Ore occur in Bisbee. Bisbee is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States, 92 miles southeast of Tucson.
Iron Ore occur in Mesabi. The Mesabi Iron Range is an elongate trend containing large deposits of iron ore and the largest of four major iron ranges in the region collectively known as the Iron Range of Minnesota. Petroleum occurs in Baku. Baku, the capital and commercial hub of Azerbaijan, is a low-lying city with a coastline along the Caspian Sea

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