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Study of continents - north america - class-VIII

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Chief Industry of Canada is _________.

  1. Wine

  2. Dairy

  3. Iron

  4. Wood pulp and paper


Correct Option: D

River Mississippi drains ___________.

  1. Russia

  2. Africa

  3. USA

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Mississippi River is the second-longest river and the chief river of the second-largest drainage system on the North American continent, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system.

Which one of the following towns is not the railway station of Canadian Pacific Railway?

  1. Regina

  2. Winning

  3. San Francisco

  4. Vancouver


Correct Option: C

Honululu is the capital of ____________.

  1. Hawaii

  2. Alaska

  3. California

  4. Kansas


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Hawaii is the capital and largest city of the Hawaii. It is an unincorporated part of and the county seat of the City and County of Honolulu along the southeast coast of the island of Oʻahu

 Winnipeg is famous in the world for _______.

  1. Natural scenery

  2. Wheat centre

  3. High buildings

  4. Film industry


Correct Option: B

Red Indians are the original inhabitants of ______.

  1. Africa

  2. North America

  3. Asia

  4. Europe


Correct Option: B

What is the chief agricultural product of the U.S.A.? 

  1. Maize

  2. Cotton

  3. Barley

  4. Rice


Correct Option: A

The Indian River Lagoon is a group of three lagoons: Mosquito Lagoon, Banana River, and the Indian River.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A

The river Mississipi falls in _____.

  1. The Gulf of Mexico

  2. Atlantic Ocean

  3. Pacific Ocean

  4. Superior lake


Correct Option: A

North America is surrounded by which ocean in the North?

  1. Arctic ocean

  2. Pacific ocean

  3. Atlantic ocean

  4. Indian ocean


Correct Option: A

What is the latitudinal extend of North America?

  1. $5^0N-72^0N$ latitude

  2. $7^0N-84^0N$ latitude

  3. $10^0N-88^0N$ latitude

  4. $10^0N-90^0N$ latitude


Correct Option: B

What is the East West extent of North America?

  1. 6,000 km

  2. 6,200 km

  3. 6,400 km

  4. 6,600 km


Correct Option: C

What is the North South extent of North America?

  1. 7,500 km

  2. 8,000 km

  3. 8,500 km

  4. 8,700 km


Correct Option: C

In which year North America was discovered by Christopher Columbus?

  1. 1457

  2. 1482

  3. 1492

  4. 1498


Correct Option: C

What is the longitudinal extent of North America?

  1. $23^0W-72^0W$ latitude

  2. $30^0W-110^0W$ latitude

  3. $53^0W-150^0W$ latitude

  4. $53^0W-180^0W$ latitude


Correct Option: D

What is the area of North America?

  1. 23.21 million sq km

  2. 24.25 million sq km

  3. 25.12 million sq km

  4. 25.87 million sq km


Correct Option: B

Which is the highest peak of North America?

  1. Mount Lucania

  2. Mount Charleston

  3. Mount Foraker

  4. Mount McKinley


Correct Option: D

Which strait separates North America from Asia?

  1. Strait of Gibraltar

  2. Bering Strait

  3. Sunda Strait

  4. Strait of Otranto


Correct Option: B

Which is the largest continent in North America?

  1. U.S.A

  2. Canada

  3. Mexico

  4. Costa Rica


Correct Option: B

The Niagra fall is between which of the following lakes?

  1. Lake Superior and lake Huron

  2. Lake Erie and lake MIchigan

  3. Lake Erie and lake Ontario

  4. Lake Huron and lake Erie


Correct Option: C

The term 'Cordillera' in Spanish means ____________.

  1. a river

  2. a city

  3. a chain of parallel mountain ranges

  4. a lake


Correct Option: C

Isthmus of Panama connects which of the following continents?

  1. Asia and Africa

  2. Asia and Europe

  3. North America and South America

  4. North America and Europe


Correct Option: C

Which is the largest intermontane plateau of North America?

  1. Alaska plateau

  2. Great Basin

  3. Columbia plateau

  4. Colorado plateau


Correct Option: B

The Canadian shield is also known as __________.

  1. American shield

  2. Labrador shield

  3. Laurentian shield

  4. Saint Lawrence valley


Correct Option: C

Which ocean surrounds North America in the West?

  1. Indian ocean

  2. Pacific ocean

  3. Atlantic ocean

  4. Arctic ocean


Correct Option: B

Labradore current is a ______________.

  1. jet stream

  2. cold current

  3. warm current

  4. river


Correct Option: B

The Appalachian mountains have rich deposits of which of the following? 

  1. Coal

  2. Copper

  3. Lead

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D

The process of harvesting of forests and utilizing the forest products for commercial purpose is called ____________.

  1. agriculture

  2. horticulture

  3. floriculture

  4. lumbering


Correct Option: D

Which areas of North America experiences Tundra type of climate?

  1. Northern part of Alaska and Canada

  2. Interior plains of North America

  3. Gulf coast of Florida

  4. Southern Clifornia


Correct Option: A

From where river Mississippi originates?

  1. Lake Atlin

  2. Colorado plateau

  3. Lake Itasca

  4. Rocky mountain


Correct Option: C

Which area of North America experiences warm temperate climate?

  1. North west coast of North America

  2. Gulf coast especially Florida

  3. Central America, southern Mexico

  4. East of Saint Lawrence


Correct Option: B

Which is the longest river of North America?

  1. Missouri

  2. Mississippi

  3. Rio Grande

  4. Colorado


Correct Option: A

The temperate forests of North America are called ______________.

  1. mangrove

  2. taiga or boreal forest

  3. savana

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: B

What percent of the land area in Canada is covered with coniferous forests?

  1. 25%

  2. 30%

  3. 35%

  4. 40%


Correct Option: D

What is the work of the high riggers in lumbering?

  1. Cutting smaller logs

  2. Felling or cutting of trees

  3. Skid the chopped logs

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B

Lumberjacks who transport the logs to the mills or factories are called _____________.

  1. high riggers

  2. sawyers

  3. haulers

  4. skidders


Correct Option: C

In which season the lumbering activity is carried out in Canada?

  1. Summer

  2. Winter

  3. Spring

  4. Autumn


Correct Option: B

The people who are engaged in lumbering activities are called _____________.

  1. farmers

  2. gardener

  3. lumberjack

  4. lumberer


Correct Option: C

Felling, limbing, skidding and hauling are the activities of _____________.

  1. agriculture

  2. fishing

  3. mining

  4. lumbering


Correct Option: D

Lumberjacks who drag the chopped logs out of the forest for transportation are called _____________.

  1. haulers

  2. skidders

  3. headfellers

  4. buckers


Correct Option: B

What are the major lumbering products of Canada?

  1. Wood pulp

  2. Paper

  3. Newsprint

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D

Which of the following is not a lumbering industry?

  1. Logging

  2. Plywood

  3. Paper

  4. Textile


Correct Option: D

High riggers, sawyers or buckers, skidders and haulers or transporters are the categories of which profession?

  1. Agriculture

  2. Miners

  3. Fishermans

  4. Lumberjacks


Correct Option: D

The trees to be felled in lumbering are selected by ____________.

  1. chief-feller

  2. high-rigger

  3. head-feller

  4. head-rigger


Correct Option: C

Which of the following is the first stage of the lumbering activity?

  1. Limbing

  2. Felling

  3. Skidding

  4. Hauling


Correct Option: B

Which country is the largest producer of Millet in the world?

  1. China

  2. U.S.A

  3. Mexico

  4. Argentina


Correct Option: B

How much of the total land area of North America is under agriculture?

  1. One-fourth

  2. One-fifth

  3. One-seventh

  4. One-twelth


Correct Option: D

Which country is the largest producer of Barley in the world?

  1. U.S.A

  2. Mexico

  3. Australia

  4. Canada


Correct Option: D

Which of the following is the chief crop of North America?

  1. Millet

  2. Barley

  3. Wheat

  4. Maize


Correct Option: C

Which of the following factors help in the agricultural development of North America?

  1. The fields are big in size and shape

  2. Big machines are used for farming

  3. New scientific techniques is used for farming

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D

What is the rank of North America in the production of wheat in the world?

  1. First

  2. Second

  3. Fifth

  4. Seventh


Correct Option: B

What percent of the zinc production of the world is produced in North America?

  1. 15%

  2. 24%

  3. 32%

  4. 38%


Correct Option: C

What percent of the coal production of the world is produced in North America?

  1. 15%

  2. 18%

  3. 24%

  4. 27%


Correct Option: D

Which country is the largest producer of Cotton in the world?

  1. India

  2. U.S.A

  3. Australia

  4. Mexico


Correct Option: B

Which country is the largest producer of silver in the world?

  1. Nigeria

  2. Brazil

  3. Mexico

  4. Peru


Correct Option: C

Which of the following are the inter-continental rail routes of North America?

  1. Canadian-Pacific Rail-Helifax to Vancouver

  2. Union and Central Pacific Rail New York to San Francisco

  3. South Pacific rail - New York to Los Angeles

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D

What percent of the petroleum production of the world is produced in North America?

  1. 15%

  2. 20%

  3. 25%

  4. 30%


Correct Option: C

The Canadian prairies are drained by the river _______.

  1. Mississippi

  2. Saskatchewan

  3. Ohio

  4. Panama


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The prairies cover parts of the United States of America and parts of Canada. They are bound by the Rocky Mountains in the West and the Great Lakes in the East. The prairies in the USA are drained by the tributaries of Mississippi and the Canadian prairies are drained by the tributaries of Saskatchewan Rivers.

The Mississippi Ohio waterway connects the interior parts of the USA with _______.

  1. Gulf of Mexico in the South

  2. Sargosa sea in South east

  3. Gulf of California in South West

  4. Pacific Ocean in the West


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Ohio River is a 981-mile (1,579 km) long river in the United States.

It is located in the midwestern United States, flowing southwesterly from western Pennsylvania south of Lake Erie to its mouth on the Mississippi River at the southern tip of Illinois. The Ohio River drains to the Mississippi River which flows to the Gulf of Mexico on the Atlantic Ocean. 

Tick the correct answer:
River Mississippi drains the ______________.

  1. Canada

  2. Africa

  3. USA

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

River Mississippi drains the USA.

The Mississippi River has the world's fourth-largest drainage basin ("watershed" or "catchment"). The basin covers more than 1,245,000 square miles (3,220,000 km2), including all or parts of 32 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces. The drainage basin empties into the Gulf of Mexico, part of the Atlantic Ocean.

Sierra Nevada is the name of _______________.

  1. An animal of America

  2. A disease found in America

  3. A fruit found in America

  4. A mountain in America


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The Sierra Nevada is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin.

Which of the following rivers has a birds foot delta?

  1. The Amazon

  2. The Brahmaputra

  3. The Mississippi

  4. The Nile


Correct Option: C

The Capital of U.S A is ________.

  1. St. Louis

  2. San Francisco

  3. Washington D.C.

  4. New York


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

As the capital of the United States, Washington, D.C. seats the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government. It is also referred to formally as the District of Columbia or more informally as D.C. or Washington.

What is the chief agricultural product of the U.SA?

  1. Maize

  2. Cotton

  3. Barley

  4. Rice


Correct Option: A

Missouri is a river located in _____.

  1. USA

  2. Brazil

  3. Britain

  4. Angola


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Missouri River is the longest river in North America. Rising in the Rocky Mountains of western Montana, the Missouri flows east and south for $2,341$ miles$ (3,767 km)$ before entering the Mississippi River north of St. Louis, Missouri.

U-Seymight is a name of waterfall located in __________.

  1. New Zealand

  2. South Africa

  3. Switzerland

  4. USA


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

U-Seymight is a name of waterfall located in USA.
U-Seymight Falls is the highest waterfall in U-Seymight National Park, dropping a total of 2,425 feet from the top of the upper fall to the base of the lower fall. Located in the Sierra Nevada of California, it is a major attraction in the park, especially in late spring when the water flow is at its peak

Which of the following is the largest producer of sugar in the world?

  1. Cuba

  2. India

  3. France

  4. U.S.A.


Correct Option: D

Which of the following countries is the largest producer of silver?

  1. USA

  2. South Africa

  3. Mexico

  4. Brazil


Correct Option: C

Ranches are ____________________.

  1. big cattle farms of commercial herdsmen having large animal breeding establishments

  2. rubber plantations in Malaysia

  3. large wheat forms in Australia

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
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