Q1. The main producers of coffee in Africa include:
(a) Algeria, Libya and Egypt
(b) Somalia and Mozambique
(c) Ethiopia, Ivory Coast and Uganda
(d) French West Africa, Botswana and Libya
Q2. Africa is rich in hydroelectric potentialities but lagging in the production of hydro-electricity. This is due to the lack of:
(a) good sites for power plants
(b) healthy climate for work
(c) human efforts for development
(d) raw materials for industry
Q3. The continent that has occupied the largest area in the equatorial belt is
(a) South America
(b) Africa
(c) Australia
(d) Asia
Q4. Biogeography includes
(a) Study of biology in association with geography
(b) Use of biology and deals with the distribution of plant and animal life.
(c) Both of these
(d) None of these
Q5. The Katanga copper and gold mines are located in:
(a) The Republic of South Africa
(b) The Republic of Congo
(c) Zimbabwe
(d) Zambia
Q6. The Amazon basin remains a backward region because of its:
(a) lack of natural resources
(b) inaccessibility
(c) primitive tribal ways of life
(d) climatic hazards
Q7. Lake Van is situated in:
(a) Iran
(b) Iraq
(c) Jordan
(d) Turkey
Q8. Political geography
(a) Is an application of political science
(b) Deals with human social activities
(c) Deals with human social activities that are related to the locations and boundaries of cities, nations and groups of nations.
(d) All of these
Q9. Geographers collect data with the help of which tool?
(a) Censuses and statistical surveys
(b) Maps and photographs
(c) Radar, artificial satellites, bathyspheres and deep drilling
(d) All of these
Q10. Cartography is
(a) Mapmaking
(b) Mapmaking through graphic representation
(c) Mapmaking through measurement of the surfaces of the Earth
(d) All of these
Solutions
S1. Ans.(c)
S2. Ans.(c)
S3. Ans.(b)
S4. Ans.(b)
S5. Ans.(b)
S6. Ans.(b)
S7. Ans.(d)
S8. Ans.(d)
S9. Ans.(d)
S10. Ans.(d)
