World Economic and Human Geography MCQ Quiz - Objective Question with Answer for World Economic and Human Geography - Download Free PDF

The correct answer is Kazakhstan.

Key Points

• In 2021 Kazakhstan produced the largest share of uranium from mines (45% of world supply), followed by Namibia (12%) and Canada (10%). Uzbekistan (est.) China (est.) India (est.)
• Over two-thirds of the world's production of uranium from mines is from Kazakhstan, Canada, and Australia.
• An increasing amount of uranium, now over 50%, is produced by in situ leachings.

Important Points

• About Uranium:
  • Uranium is a very important element because it provides us with nuclear fuel used to produce electricity in nuclear power stations.
  • It is also the major material from which other synthetic transuranium elements are made.
  • Naturally occurring uranium consists of 99% uranium-238 and 1% uranium-235.
  • Uranium is generally used in reactors in the form of uranium dioxide or uranium metal.

The correct answer is Sedimentary rock.

• Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams.
  • Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other elements; chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen.
  • It is also called black gold.
  • Mostly used for power generation and metallurgy.
  • Coal reserves are six times greater than oil and petroleum reserves.

Key Points

• Coal formed millions of years ago when the earth was covered with huge swampy forests where plants – giant ferns and mosses – grew.
• As the plants grew, some died and fell into the swamp waters.
• New plants grew up to take their places and when these died still more grew.
• In time, there was a thick layer of dead plants rotting in the swamp.
• The surface of the earth changed and water and dirt washed in, stopping the decaying process.
• Heat and pressure produced chemical and physical changes in the plant layers which forced out oxygen and left rich carbon deposits.
• In time, material that had been planted became coal.
• Coals are classified into three main ranks or types:
  • ​Lignite
  • Bituminous Coal
  • Anthracite

Additional Information

• China is the highest coal producer in the world.
• India ranks second in coal production.
• Five countries, namely China, the United States, Russia, India and Japan accounted for over 75% of worldwide coal consumption. 

The correct answer is Africa.

Key Points

• Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most-populous continent.
• With more than 2000 district languages, Africa has a third of the world's languages with less than a seventh of the world's population.
• Africa's continent's terrain was inhabitable and remained unknown for thousands of years, earning it the name of 'Dark Continent'.
• Other Facts
  • The world's longest river -The Nile.
  • The world's largest desert -The Sahara

Additional Information

• Asia is separated from Africa by the Red Sea and Suez Canal.
• Asia is the largest continent and occupies around 30% of the total area of the globe.

The correct answer is China.

Key Points

• China is the largest producer of tomatoes globally, producing over 60 million metric tons annually, as per the latest FAO data.
• The country contributes approximately 35%-40% of the global tomato production.
• Regions such as Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia in China are major hubs for tomato cultivation due to their favorable climatic conditions.
• China's tomato production is a mix of fresh consumption and processing for products like tomato paste and ketchup, which are major exports.
• Tomatoes are a vital agricultural product in China's economy, contributing significantly to both domestic markets and global exports.

Additional Information

• Tomato Production Globally
  • Other major tomato-producing countries include India, the United States, Turkey, and Egypt.
  • Global tomato production exceeds 180 million metric tons annually, as per the FAO's latest statistics.
• Importance of Tomatoes
  • Tomatoes are rich in essential nutrients such as vitamins A, C, and K, and are a key source of antioxidants like lycopene.
  • They are widely used in cuisines worldwide, in fresh form or processed products like sauces, soups, and juices.
• China's Agricultural Dominance
  • China leads in the production of several crops, including rice, wheat, and vegetables, due to its extensive agricultural infrastructure and focus on food security.
  • The country has implemented advanced farming techniques, including greenhouse cultivation and drip irrigation, to boost yields.
• Tomato Processing Industry
  • Tomatoes are widely processed into value-added products, such as tomato paste, ketchup, and canned tomatoes.
  • China is one of the leading exporters of processed tomato products globally, catering to markets in Europe, Asia, and Africa.

The correct answer is the Handloom industry.

Key Points

• The handloom industry is the largest industry in Uttar Pradesh.
• Uttar Pradesh has over 2,50,000 handloom weavers operating about 1,10,000 handlooms with natural clusters developed over hundreds of years.
• Varanasi and Mubarakpur are world-renowned for silk sarees of the highest quality.​

Additional Information

• Major Industries in Uttar Pradesh:

The correct answer is Soviet.

• The Bokaro Steel Plant was set up in India in 1964 with Soviet collaboration.

The correct answer is Australia.

Important Points

• Bauxite:
  • It is an ore of aluminium.
  • It is a light and versatile material, having wide industrial uses such as in aeroplane industry, machine tools, electricals and utensil industry.
  • It is mostly mined in tropical regions but aluminium is manufactured in developed countries where cheap electricity is abundantly available.
  • Australia is the largest producer of Bauxite in the world, accounts for 32% (approx) of the world's production and also has about 40% of Bauxite reserves.
  • Australia produces nearly 100 million metric tons in the year 2019. 
  • Guinea is the second-largest producer of Bauxite in the world for the year 2019 with a production of nearly 80 million metric tons, while China is the third followed by Brazil and India with fourth and fifth positions respectively.

The correct answer is Kazakhstan.

Important Points

• For more than 50 years, Kazakhstan has been a major producer of uranium.
• Kazakhstan has 12% of the uranium deposits in the world.
• Output grew from 2022 to about 22,550 U tonnes per year between 2001 and 2013, making Kazakhstan the world's leading producer of uranium.
• It became the world's top producer of uranium in 2009, with approximately 28% of world supply.
• The volume is approximately 25,000 tU/yr.
• Production was 22,808 tU in 2019, which constituted 43% of the uranium in the world. 

Additional Information

Facts about Kazakhstan:

The correct answer is China.

Key Points

• In 2020, China became the first country to produce over one billion tons of steel.
• In 2019, total world crude steel production was 1869.9 million tonnes (Mt).
• The biggest steel-producing country is currently China, which accounted for 53.3% of world steel production in 2019. 
• The crude steel industry produces blooms, billets, slabs, or plates that are transformed through mechanical processes into rails, structural elements, bars, sheets, or wires.
• Iron ore-based steelmaking accounts for more than two-thirds of the production of crude steel in the world.

Hence, the correct answer is China.

The correct answer is Shangai.

Key Points

• The largest Sea Port in the world is situated in Shangai, China.
• The port is located at the mouth of the Yangtze River.

Important Points

• In India there are currently 13 Major ports and 200 notified minor and intermediate ports.
• The Kolkata Port Trust now known as Syama Prasad Mukherjee Port.
  • Syama Prasad Mukherjee Port is riverine port.

The correct answer is Black.

Key Points

• The railway lines and telephone lines shown in the topographic map are in black color.
• Black Color in the topographic map: All riverbanks, broken grounds, dry streams, surveyed trees, heights and their numbering, railway tracks, telephone and telegraph lines.

Additional Information

• Other Colors used in Topographic map:
  • Yellow: All cultivated lands.
  • Green: All forested areas.
  • Brown: Sand features.
  • Blue: Water bodies.
  • Red: Grid lines and their numberings.

The correct answer is Africa.

Key Points

• Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most-populous continent.
• With more than 2000 district languages, Africa has a third of the world's languages with less than a seventh of the world's population.
• Africa's continent's terrain was inhabitable and remained unknown for thousands of years, earning it the name of 'Dark Continent'.
• Other Facts
  • The world's longest river -The Nile.
  • The world's largest desert -The Sahara

Additional Information

• Asia is separated from Africa by the Red Sea and Suez Canal.
• Asia is the largest continent and occupies around 30% of the total area of the globe.

The Correct Answer is limonite

Key PointsIron Ore:

• It is a metallic mineral and is found in the form of ore or a compound in nature.
• Earth's most important iron ore deposits are found in sedimentary rocks.
• They are formed by chemical reactions that combine iron and oxygen in marine and freshwaters.
• There are different types of iron ore:
  • Haematite: 
    • It contains about 60 to 70% iron.
    • It is massive, hard, compact, and lumpy ore with reddish or ochre red in color.
  • Magnetite:
    • It is the best type of iron ore and contains up to 72.4% iron in itself.
    • It is dark brown to blackish in color and is termed black ore.
  • Limonite:
    • The ferrous content of limonite ore varies from 35-50%.It is called brown ore
  • Siderite:
    • It contains iron ranging from 10-48%.
    • It is an inferior variety of iron ore.

The correct answer is Sedimentary rock.

• Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams.
  • Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other elements; chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen.
  • It is also called black gold.
  • Mostly used for power generation and metallurgy.
  • Coal reserves are six times greater than oil and petroleum reserves.

Key Points

• Coal formed millions of years ago when the earth was covered with huge swampy forests where plants – giant ferns and mosses – grew.
• As the plants grew, some died and fell into the swamp waters.
• New plants grew up to take their places and when these died still more grew.
• In time, there was a thick layer of dead plants rotting in the swamp.
• The surface of the earth changed and water and dirt washed in, stopping the decaying process.
• Heat and pressure produced chemical and physical changes in the plant layers which forced out oxygen and left rich carbon deposits.
• In time, material that had been planted became coal.
• Coals are classified into three main ranks or types:
  • ​Lignite
  • Bituminous Coal
  • Anthracite

Additional Information

• China is the highest coal producer in the world.
• India ranks second in coal production.
• Five countries, namely China, the United States, Russia, India and Japan accounted for over 75% of worldwide coal consumption. 

The correct answer is Plateau.

An extensive elevated area of relatively flat land is called a plateau.

Key Points

Plateau

• Plateau is extensive upland areas characterized by the flat and rough top surface and steep walls which rise above the neighboring ground surface at least for 300m.
  • Intermountainous Plateau: Plateaus formed between mountains.
    • An example is Tibetan Plateau.
  • Mountainstep Plateau: The flat region between a plain and the base of a mountain.
  • Continental Plateaus: These are formed when the Lacolith inside the Earth comes to the surface due to weathering.
    • An example is Southern Plateau.
  • Bank Plateaus: These are the plateaus on the banks of the ocean.
  • Domelike Plateaus: These are formed due to the movement of man and animals on the surface.
    • An example is Ramgarh Plateau.

Additional Information

Glacier

• Glacier is a mass of ice sliding down the slope from a snow-clad region.
• While a glacier is moving, the friction of the ice at the bottom slows down the movement of the bottom layers.
• Continental glaciers and Alpine glaciers are the two main types of glaciers.
  • Continental Glacier: An extensive sheet of ice spreading across a vast region sometimes begins to move due to the pressure of the ice.
    • Such glaciers are seen in Antarctica and Greenland.
  • Alpine Glacier: The mass of ice sliding down from the mountains. There are snow-field in the mountainous regions of the Himalayas, the Andes, the Rocky Mountain etc.

Mountain

• The height of the mountains is over 600m and it has conical peaks.
• The four types of mountains are Block mountains, Fold mountains, Accumulated mountains, Residual mountains.
  • ​Block mountains: It is formed when a great block of the earth's crust may be raised or lowered due to tectonic activities. The land between the parallel faults either rises to form Block mountains or horsts or subsides into a depression termed as Rift valley or Garben. Examples are Black forest (Germany), Satpura and Vindhya Range (India), Salt Range Pakistan.
  • Fold mountains: These are formed due to the compressive forces generated by endogenetic forces like earthquakes and landslides. Examples are the Himalayas, Andes, Alps, Rockies, Atlas.
  • Accumulated mountains: These are formed due to the accumulation of sand, soil, rocks, lava etc on the earth's crust. Sand Dunes is an example.
  • Residual mountains: These are formed as a result of erosion of plateaus and high planes by various agents of erosion. Examples are Aravalli, Nilgiri, Deccan Plateau, Rajmahal of India, Sierra (Spain)​

Lagoon

• The shallow lake is formed between the sand and the sea coast.
• Such a lake is called Kayal in Kerala.

Important Points

• The highest plateau in the world - Tibetan Plateau (5000m).
• The highest mountain in the world - Mount Everest (8848m).
• The highest glacier in the world - Lambert-Fisher.