FUNDAMENTAL OF WORLD GEOGRAPHY MCQS SET 28

FUNDAMENTAL OF WORLD GEOGRAPHY MCQS SET 28

1. Which is the largest fishing ground in the world?
(a) Japan Sea
(b) North Sea
(c) North-East Pacific
(d) Newfoundland Water
Ans: (b)

2. Scandinavia is a suitable country for exploiting hydroelectricity because of the presence of
(a) lakes
(b) steep slopes
(c) great rivers
(d) waterfalls
Ans: (a)


3. Which of the following are not pastoral nomads?
(a) Pygmies
(b) Kazaks
(c) Masai
(d) Lapps
Ans: (a)

4. The essential feature of shifting cultivation is
(a) rotation of crops
(b) rotation of fields
(c) single cropping
(d) use of plenty of fertilizer
Ans: (b)


5. Mixed farming involves
(a) both crops and livestock
(b) growing a series of different crops
(c) specialised cultivation of vegetables and fruits
(d) pooling land voluntarily and managing it jointly under a democratic constitution
Ans: (a)

6. In USA rice is grown
(a) in Texas
(b) in the West
(c) in Colorado
(d) nowhere
Ans: (a)

7. The Rhur-Complex is a major Industrial centre in
(a) North America
(b) Germany
(c) Europe
(d) Former USSR (now defunct)
Ans: (b)


8. A short cut sea route between the European and-Asian countries was provided by
(a) Cape of Good Hope route
(b) Seuz Canal
(c) Panama Canal
(d) North Atlantic route
Ans: (b)


9. The construction of Panama Canal in 1913 eliminated the long and hazardous voyage
(a) round the stormy Cape Horn
(b) round the Cape of Good Hope
(c) between North and South America
(d) in the stormy Atlantic Ocean
Ans: (a)


10. Which of the following is the busiest of ocean trade routes?
(a) Suez Canal
(b) Cape of Good Hope
(c) North Atlantic
(d) Panama Canal
Ans: (c)