Economic Geography of the World — GK Questions with Answers

1. Choose the correctly matched pair(s) — 1. Iron ore : Port Radium 2. Mineral oil : Bingham 3. Copper : Baku 4. Uranium : Mesabi
   1. 1, 2 and 3
   2. 2, 3 and 4
   3. 1, 3 and 4
   4. None of these
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   Answer: (D) None of these

   Correct pairs — Port Radium : uranium, Bingham : copper, Baku : oil, Mesabi : iron ore.

2. Which pair is NOT correctly matched?
   1. Detroit — automobiles
   2. Magnitogorsk — iron and steel
   3. Johannesburg — gold mining
   4. Birmingham — shipbuilding
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   Answer: (D) Birmingham — shipbuilding

   Birmingham (UK) is known for metals and engineering and Birmingham (USA) for iron and steel — not for shipbuilding.

3. Which is the world’s busiest ocean trade route?
   1. Indian Ocean route
   2. North Atlantic route
   3. South Atlantic route
   4. Pacific route
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   Answer: (B) North Atlantic route

   It links Western Europe with the eastern seaboard of the USA — the two most developed regions.

4. Which of these is the longest railway?
   1. Trans-Caucasian
   2. Trans-Indian
   3. Southern Transcontinental
   4. Trans-Siberian
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   Answer: (D) Trans-Siberian

   Moscow to Vladivostok, ≈ 9,289 km.

5. What is the main feature of mixed farming? (IAS 2012)
   1. Cash and food crops together
   2. Two or more crops in one field together
   3. Crop production and animal rearing together
   4. None of these
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   Answer: (C) Crop production and animal rearing together

   Sowing several crops together in one field is “mixed cropping”, not mixed farming.

6. The Itaipu dam on the Paraná is a joint project of which two countries? (IAS 2005)
   1. Brazil and Peru
   2. Paraguay and Ecuador
   3. Brazil and Paraguay
   4. Colombia and Paraguay
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   Answer: (C) Brazil and Paraguay

   Itaipu is one of the world’s largest hydroelectric dams.

7. Consider — 1. Primary-sector workers are called “gold collar”. 2. “Pink collar” workers are in the secondary sector. 3. “Red collar” workers are in the tertiary sector. 4. Quaternary-service workers are called “white collar”. Correct —
   1. 1 only
   2. 1, 2 and 4
   3. 3 and 4
   4. 4 only
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   Answer: (D) 4 only

   Primary = red, secondary = blue, tertiary = pink, quaternary = white, quinary = gold.

8. Which tribes live by hunting? 1. Eskimo 2. Pygmy 3. Bushmen 4. Semang
   1. 1, 2 and 3
   2. 2, 3 and 4
   3. 1, 3 and 4
   4. All of these
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   Answer: (D) All of these

   All four are hunters — tundra, Congo Basin, Kalahari and the forests of Malaya.

9. Names of shifting cultivation — choose the correct pairs: 1. Ladang — Malaysia 2. Caingin — Philippines 3. Chena — Sri Lanka 4. Conuco — Madagascar
   1. 1 and 2
   2. 2 and 3
   3. 1, 2 and 3
   4. All of these
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   Answer: (C) 1, 2 and 3

   Conuco is the Venezuelan name; in Madagascar it is “Tavy”.

10. Choose the correct pairs — 1. Viticulture : grapes 2. Apiculture : commercial honey 3. Pisciculture : flowers 4. Olericulture : vegetables
    1. 1, 2 and 4
    2. 2, 3 and 4
    3. 1, 3 and 4
    4. All of these
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    Answer: (A) 1, 2 and 4

    Pisciculture is fish farming; flower growing is floriculture.

11. Consider — 1. Most of China’s iron ore is low grade. 2. China is today the largest producer of iron ore. Correct —
    1. 1 only
    2. 2 only
    3. 1 and 2
    4. Neither
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    Answer: (A) 1 only

    The largest producer today is Australia (USGS 2026); China imports most of the ore it needs.

12. In 2025 the largest producers of bauxite and manganese respectively are —
    1. Australia, China
    2. Guinea, South Africa
    3. India, Gabon
    4. Jamaica, Brazil
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    Answer: (B) Guinea, South Africa

    USGS MCS 2026 — bauxite: Guinea (150 Mt); manganese: South Africa.

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