THE WATER WORLD / FACTS AND COUNTRIES MCQS 29

THE WATER WORLD / FACTS AND COUNTRIES MCQS 29

1. Match List-I and List-II and select the correct Answer from the code given below the
lists:
Iron-Steel Centre Country
A. Hamilton 1. China
B. Birmingham 2. Canada
C. Essen 3. U.K.
D. Anshan 4. Germany
A B C D
(a) 4 3 1 2
(b) 2 1 4 3
(c) 2 3 4 1
(d) 3 4 2 1
Ans: (c)
2. The broken hill famous for zinc and lead are located in
(a) Turkey
(b) France
(c) Germany
(d) Australia
Ans: (d)
3. Where is ‘Ninety East Ridge’ situated?
(a) Pacific Ocean
(b) Indian Ocean
(c) Atlantic Ocean
(d) Arctic Ocean
Ans: (b)
4. The highest coal-producing country in the world is
(a) India
(b) USA
(c) China
(d) Russia
Ans: (c)
5. Major source of oceanic salinity is
(a) rivers
(b) land
(c) wind
(d) ash from volcanoes
Ans: (a)
6. Commercial sources of energy purely consist of
(a) power, coal, oil, gas, hydro-electricity and uranium
(b) coal, oil, firewood, vegetable waste and agricultural waste
(c) power, coal, animal dung and firewood
(d) coal, gas, oil and firewood
Ans: (a)
7. Match the following:
A. North Atlantic route 1. Santos, Buenos Aires
B. The Cape route 2. Yokohama, Osaka
C. South Atlantic route 3. Port Elizabeth, Cape Town
D. Pacific route 4. New York, Boston
A B C D
(a) 1 3 4 2
(b) 2 3 1 4
(c) 4 1 3 2
(d) 4 3 1 2
Ans: (d)

8. The Canals in Western Europe are mainly used for:
(a) irrigation
(b) inland navigation
(c) ship building
(d) trade
Ans: (b)
9. The largest and the busiest inland waterways in the world is :
(a) R. Rhine in Germany
(b) R. Ganga in India
(c) The Great Lakes and the rivers St. Lawrence in U.SA
(d) R. Lena and Lake Baikal in Russia
Ans: (c)
10. Sea water is saltier than rain water because:
(a) sea animals are salt producing
(b) the air around the sea is saltish
(c) river wash away salts from earth and pour them into the sea
(d) sea beds have salt producing mines
Ans: (d)