Nov 7th, 2021 - Daily Quiz
1. Which of the following state has the largest reserve of Monazite resources?
(a) Orissa
(b) Kerala
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Tamil Nadu
2. Petrapole Integrated Check Post is located on the border of
(a) Indo-Pak
(b) Indo-China
(c) Indo-Bangladesh
(d) India-Myanmar
3. Which of the following is/are true?
1. While a strait lies between two land masses and connects two larger bodies of water, an isthmus lies between two bodies of water and connects two larger land masses.
2. While the isthmus of Panama connects North America with South America, it also separates the Pacific and the Atlantic Ocean.
3. Marginal seas are more susceptible to pollution.
4. The Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea are marginal seas found in proximity to one another.
(a) 1, 2
(b) 1, 3, 4
(c) 2, 3, 4
(d) 1, 2, 3, 4
4. Strait of Hormuz connects
(a) Red Sea and Arabian Sea
(b) Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf
(c) Red Sea and Gulf of Aden
(d) Iran and Saudi Arabia
5. Which of the following nations are involved in the South China Sea dispute?
1) Vietnam
2) Philippines
3) Japan
4) Indonesia
(a) 1, 2, 3
(b) 1, 3, 4
(c) 2, 3, 4
(d) 1, 2, 3, 4
Answers
1.(c)
Atomic Minerals Directorate (AMD), a constituent unit of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), has surveyed and identified resources of the mineral monazite (an ore mineral of thorium rare earth elements and phosphate) in beach and inland sand areas of the country.
The reserves in descending order are – Andhra Pradesh > Tamil Nadu > Orissa > Kerala > West Bengal > Bihar.
2. (c)
Petrapole-Benapole is an important land border crossing for India-Bangladesh trade.
More than 50 per cent of the India-Bangladesh trade passes through Petrapole.
Trade worth more than Rs. 15000 Crore takes place through the Petrapole ICP, which is more than all the other Indian Land Ports and Land Customs Stations put together.
Petrapole is the Indian side of Petrapole-Benapole border checkpoint between India and Benapole of Bangladesh near Bongaon in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal.
It is also the largest land customs station in Asia. Petrapole ICP will be the second ICP on the India-Bangladesh border after the Agartala ICP at the Agartala (India)-Akhaura (Bangladesh) land border. It will also be the biggest land port in South Asia.
3. (d)
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.624322/full
https://ssec.si.edu/stemvisions-blog/why-are-seas-named-black-white-and-yellow
4. (b)
The Strait of Hormuz is a strait between the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf.
It provides the only sea passage from the Persian Gulf to the open ocean and is one of the world's most strategically important choke points.
On the north coast lies Iran, and on the south coast the United Arab Emirates and Musandam, an exclave of Oman.
About 20% of the world's petroleum (about 35% of the petroleum traded by sea) passes through the strait, making it a highly important strategic location for international trade.
5.(a)
The nations involved are – China, Philippines, Vietnam, Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan.
The disputed Islands are – Spratly Islands, Paracel islands, Pratas, Macclasfield Bank and Scarborough Shoal.
https://news.yahoo.com/everything-know-south-china-sea-233846369.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAHbtJaer6Wa6LYcni3V5Un1I-aq6zjF571A6TQ_Oi17YkIW4dTt2_cb7KfbGdB3jmZJ_jsmwa-8-vS1aMkFwMIWgENtvIefMh137hsaPM9_7ZzqOy-MaLtX5P14UhWpVfwJhqXsb0NrDrwWuVFYsZX8DDRfZKGLGKWEUHpKGjTGr
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