Q.191. The country which tops in the production of cocoa is
(a) Ghana
(b) Brazil
(c) Ivory Coast
(d) Nigeria
Ans: (C)
Notes: The Ivory Coast supplies 30 per cent of the world’s total cocoa, leading the rest of the world by over half a million metric tons with a total crop of 1,448,992 tonnes. Companies like Nestle and Cadbury receive much of their cocoa from the Ivory Coast. Ghana is the second leading producer of cocoa in the world. Top Cocoa Producing Countries in the world Rank Country Production (tonnes) 1 Cote of d’Ivoire 1,448,992 2 Ghana 835,466 3 Indonesia 777,500 4 Nigeria 367,000 5 Cameroon 275,000
192. The longest railway line in the world connects _______
(a) New York and Seattle
(b) Leningrad and Vladivostok
(c) Trivandrum and Guwahati
(d) Perth and Sydney
Ans: (B)
Notes: The Trans-Siberian Railway, a network of railways connecting Moscow with the Russian Far East, is the longest railway line in the world with a length of 9,289 kilometres. The main route of the Trans-Siberian Railway begins in Moscow and connects Vladivostok via southern Siberia.
Q.193. Three crops that contribute maximum to global food grain production are _________
(a) wheat, rice, barley
(b) rice, maize, sorghum
(c) wheat, maize, sorghum
(d) wheat, rice, maize
Ans: (D)
Notes: Maize (corn), rice and whet are the three major foodgrains of the world. As per the 2012 figures, maize was the most important crop with production of 873 million metric tons. Rice and what came next with 738 and 671 million metric tons.
Q.194. The world’s largest and deepest rail tunnel Gotthard Base Tunnel is located in which country?
(a) Belgium
(b) Austria
(c) Switzerland
(d) Sweden
Ans: (C)
Notes: The Gotthard Base Tunnelis a railway base tunnel through the Alps in Switzerland. It opened on 1 June 2016, and full service began on 11 December 2016.With a route length of 57.09 km, it is the world’s longest and deepest traffic tunnel and the first flat, low-level route through the Alps.
Part–IV : Political, Urban and Rural Geography
Q.195. Which of the following countries does not have a border with Afghanistan?
(a) Iran
(b)Georgia
(c) Turkmenistan
(d) Uzbekistan
Ans: (B)
Notes: Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country forming part of South Asia, Central Asia, and to some extent Western Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan in the south and the east, Iran in the west, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in the north, and China in the far northeast.
Q.196. New Britain and New Ireland are parts of–
(a) USA
(b) Canada
(c) Australia
(d) Papua New Guinea
Ans: (D)
Notes: Papua New Guinea is in the South Pacific and lies directly north of Australia. To the north east of mainland Papua New Guinea lies the mysterious and beautiful New Ireland Province. New Ireland is the long narrow Island north of New Britain and the province also includes a number of islands off the north west end, the largest being New Hanover. To the East lie a further string of islands including Lihir, one of the world’s largest gold mines.
Q.197. The countries separated by the Mac-Mahon Line are
(a) Afghanistan and Pakistan
(b) Bangladesh and India
(c) China and India
(d) Pakistan and India
Ans: (C)
Notes: The McMahon Line is a line agreed to by Britain and Tibet as part of the Shimla Accord, a treaty signed in 1914. It is the effective boundary between China and India, although its legal status is disputed by the Chinese government. The line is named after Sir Henry McMahon, foreign secretary of the British-run Government of India and the chief negotiator of the convention. It extends for 550 miles (890 km) from Bhutan in the west to 160 miles (260 km) east of the great bend of the Brahmaputra River in the east, largely along the crest of the Himalayas. The McMahon Line is regarded by India as the legal national border. It is disputed by China. As recently as 2003, the Dalai Lama said that the disputed region was part of Tibet, but he reversed his position in 2008, acknowledging the legitimacy of the McMahon Line and the Indian claim to the region.
Q.198. Bosnia-Herzegovina formed the parts of
(a) Czechoslovakia
(b) Yugoslavia
(c) Bulgaria
(d) Azerbaijan
Ans: (B)
Notes: Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes called Bosnia- Herzegovina, is a country in Southeastern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Following the dissolution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the country proclaimed independence in 1992, which was followed by the Bosnian War, lasting until late 1995.
Q.199. Name the sea whose boundaries touch three Continents.
(c) Mediterranean Sea
(b) Red Sea
(c) Caspian Sea
(d) Caribbean Sea
Ans: (A)
Notes: The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant which includes most of modern Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, State of Palestine, Israel, Cyprus, Hatay Province of Turkey, some regions of northwestern Iraq and the Sinai Peninsula.
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200. The two countries connected by a tunnel under the sea are
(a) England and France
(b) France and Denmark
(c) Australia and New Zealand
(d) Spain and Italy
Ans: (A)
Notes: The Channel Tunnel is a 50.5-kilometre (undersea rail tunnel) linking Folkestone, Kent, in the United Kingdom with Coquelles, Pas-de-Calais, near Calais in northern France beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover.