SEASONS ON EARTH / FACTS ON AGRICULTURE, MINERALS AND INDUSTRIES MCQS SET 21

SEASONS ON EARTH / FACTS ON AGRICULTURE, MINERALS AND INDUSTRIES MCQS SET 21

1. Match the following :
Mineral Producing Area
A. Iron ore 1. Arkansas
B. Copper 2. Cuba
C. Aluminium 3. Kazakhstan
D. Nickel 4. Krivoy Rog
A B C D
(a) 1 2 4 3
(b) 1 3 4 2
(c) 4 2 1 3
(d) 4 3 1 2
Ans: (d)
2. Which one of the following countries has the largest known reserves of oil ?
(a) Kuwait
(b) Iran
(c) Iraq
(d) Nigeria
Ans: (a)
3. Among the following countries, the only one to have about half of its area under
cultivation is :
(a) China
(b) India
(c) Japan
(d) US
Ans: (b)

4. Wind power is employed prominently in:
(a) France
(b) Holland
(c) Saudi Arabia
(d) Canada
Ans: (b)

5. Match the following :
Cities Industries
A. Anshan 1. Dairying
B. Chicago 2. Woollen Textiles
C. Belfast 3. Shipbuilding
D. Leeds 4. Meat packing
5. Iron and steel
A B C D
(a) 1 4 3 5
(b) 2 1 3 5
(c) 5 4 3 2
(d) 3 4 1 2
Ans: (c)

6. Match the following :
Weathering Affected Morphogenetic Region
A. Maximum frost action 1. Humid tropics
B. Maximum Mechanical weathering 2. Tropical wet-dry (Savanna)
C. Maximum chemical weathering 3. Arid
D. Seasonal Maximum chemical weathering 4. Periglacial
A B C D
(a) 4 3 1 2
(b) 1 2 4 3
(c) 4 2 1 3
(d) 1 3 4 2
Ans: (a)

7. Put the following ores in descending order of their iron content:
1. Haemetite
2. Magnetite
3. Limonite
4. Siderite
(a) 1, 2, 3, 4
(b) 2, 1, 3, 4
(c) 2, 1, 4, 3
(d) 1, 2, 4, 3
Ans: (b)
8. Match the following:
Minerals Major Mining Countries
A. Bauxite 1. India
B. Manganese 2. Japan
C. Mica 3. Jamaica
D. Tin 4. Russia
5. Malaysia
A B C D
(a) 5 4 1 3
(b) 3 1 2 5
(c) 5 1 2 3
(d) 3 4 1 5
Ans: (d)
9. Which of the following minerals and their ores are correctly matched?
1. Zinc-calamine
2. Platinum-iridium
3. Tin-cassiterite
4. Copper-carnolite
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 4
(c) 2, 3 and 4
(d) 1 and 3
Ans: (d)

10. Cooperative farming is well-developed in:
1. Denmark
2. Belgium
3. Russia
4. Sweden
(a) I and IV
(b) I, III and IV
(c) II, III and IV
(d) I, II and IV
Ans: (d)