NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Geography MCQs (Practice_Test 72 of 118)
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- The ‘Horn of Africa’ includes
- Namibia, Botswana and Republic of South Africa
- Ethiopia, Djibouti and Somali Republic
- Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia
- Libya, Egypt and Sudan
- The shift of the cotton textile industry from New England to the Southern Appalachians, was mainly due to
- warmer climate
- uniform working hours
- abundant supply of raw cotton
- low standard of living of the people
- Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists:
Table Supporting: NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, Etc.) , GATE, CUET, Olympiads Etc. : Geography MCQs (Practice_Test 72 of 118) List-I (Country) List-II (Capital) - Angola
- Morocco
- Namibia
- Zaire
- Kinshasa
- Luanda
- Rabat
- Windhoek
- A
- B
- C
- D
- 1
- 3
- 4
- 2
- 1
- 3
- 2
- 4
- 2
- 1
- 3
- 4
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 1
- The geographical importance of South-East Asia is mainly due to
- its religious diversity
- its strategic location with reference to trade routes
- its production of tin and oil
- its exposure to western influences
- Which one of the following statements regarding South-West Asia is NOT correct?
- United Arab Emirates is made up of six Emirates
- Yemen produces the best quality coffee
- Rice is cultivated in Iraq
- Jordan grows cotton
- The only important rail-road which connects the Caspian Sea coast with the Persian gulf area, passes through
- Tabriz
- Shiraz
- Teheran
- Esfahan
- The Mesopotamia valley produces large quantities of
- wheat and orange
- rice and date
- maize and apple
- barley and oat
- The major coconut oil producing country in South-East Asia is
- Laos
- Cambodia
- Malaysia
- Philippines
- The lakes labelled I, II, II, IV and V in the given map are respectively
- Ontario, Superior, Huron, Erie, Michigan
- Michigan, Ontario, Huron, Superior, Erie
- Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, Ontario
- Superior, Michigan, Erie, Huron
- Ontario
- The heart of American Agriculture and the most important agricultural region in the world is the
- corn belt
- cotton belt
- hay and dairy belt
- truck-farming belt
- The Appalachian Highlands are economically important mainly because of
- ready source of timber and water power
- natural passes facilitating easy movement
- rich mineral wealth formig the basis off lourishing industries
- large number of both summer and winter tourist centres
- Which one of the following is the main reason for the industrial backwardness of Myanmar?
- Easy livelihood from agriculture
- Uneven surface of land
- Limited local market
- Lack of coal and iron ore
- Moscow՚s engineering workshops and textile factories are supplied with coal from the
- Valdai hills to the north
- Tula coalfield to the south
- Ural mountains
- Caucasus mountains
- Ukraine is an ideal industrial centre of Eastern Europe because the region is rich in
- iron ore, coal and manganese
- copper, zinc and oil
- natural gas, iron ore and manganese
- iron ore, limestone and copper
- The erstwhile USSR became one of the leading industrial power of the world because of her
- vast population
- large number of skilled manpower
- vast area
- vast mineral and power resources