UPSC World Geography – Chapter 9: Industrial Regions of the World (20 MCQs)

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UPSC World Geography – Chapter 9: Industrial Regions of the World (20 MCQs) – 20 questions, subject: Geography. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.

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1.  

The term "Rust Belt" refers to the old industrial region of:

Correct Answer: D [the north-eastern USA and the Great Lakes]

Explanation:

The old manufacturing belt from the north-east to the Great Lakes lost jobs from the 1970s as plants closed and industry moved south and abroad.

2.  

Maquiladoras are assembly plants located mainly in:

Correct Answer: D [Mexico]

Explanation:

along the US border.

3.  

Which of the following cities is NOT part of Italy's Po valley industrial triangle?

Correct Answer: B [Naples]

Explanation:

in the south.

4.  

The Chukyo industrial region of Japan is centred on:

Correct Answer: D [Nagoya]

Explanation:

Chukyo is the Nagoya region, home of Toyota City and the centre of Japan's car industry.

5.  

The term "Blue Banana" refers to:

Correct Answer: A [Europe's core belt of population and industry]

Explanation:

named by Brunet, 1989.

6.  

Magnitogorsk is an important metallurgical centre in the:

Correct Answer: C [Urals]

Explanation:

Magnitogorsk, built on Urals iron ore, is a leading metallurgical centre of the Urals along with Yekaterinburg and Chelyabinsk.

7.  

Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Dongguan are part of the:

Correct Answer: D [Pearl River Delta]

Explanation:

Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Dongguan lie in the Pearl River Delta of Guangdong, China's hub of export electronics and consumer goods.

8.  

The growth pole theory was put forward by:

Correct Answer: D [François Perroux]

Explanation:

1955.

9.  

The industrial heartland of Canada lies along the:

Correct Answer: C [Windsor–Quebec City corridor]

Explanation:

The Windsor–Quebec City corridor along the Great Lakes and St Lawrence, with Toronto and Montreal, holds most of Canada's industry.

10.  

Consider the following statements:

1. The Ruhr developed on a coalfield and the Rhine waterway.
2. The Ruhr has shifted from coal and steel towards services and logistics.
3. The Ruhr is the largest industrial region of France.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Correct Answer: B [1 and 2 only]

Explanation:

The Ruhr grew on its coalfield and the Rhine and has shifted towards services and logistics; statement 3 fails because it is in Germany.

11.  

Assertion (A): Japan's industries are concentrated along its Pacific coast.

Reason (R): Japan depends on imported raw materials, and the Pacific coast has flat land and deep harbours.

Correct Answer: A [Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A]

Explanation:

Imported raw materials need deep harbours and flat coastal land, which the Pacific coast offers, so R explains why industry clusters there.

12.  

Gauteng, the industrial heartland of South Africa, grew on the basis of:

Correct Answer: B [gold mining]

Explanation:

Witwatersrand.

13.  

Ulsan in South Korea is known for:

Correct Answer: D [cars, ships and petrochemicals]

Explanation:

Ulsan on South Korea's south-east coast is a heavy-industry port city known for car making, shipbuilding and petrochemicals.

14.  

Japan's first modern steel works were set up in 1901 at:

Correct Answer: C [Yawata]

Explanation:

in Kitakyushu.

15.  

Which of the following is an industrial region of the US Sun Belt?

Correct Answer: A [The Gulf Coast around Houston]

Explanation:

The Gulf Coast around Houston grew with oil refining and petrochemicals and is a leading industrial region of the southern Sun Belt.

16.  

The Kuzbass is a coal and steel region of:

Correct Answer: A [Russia]

Explanation:

western Siberia.

17.  

Arrange the following in chronological order:

1. USMCA replaces NAFTA
2. Mexico's Border Industrialization Program begins
3. "Blue Banana" concept named
4. NAFTA comes into force

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Correct Answer: C [2-3-4-1]

Explanation:

1965, 1989, 1994, 2020.

18.  

Anshan and Shenyang belong to which industrial region of China?

Correct Answer: B [The north-east (Liaoning)]

Explanation:

Anshan (steel) and Shenyang (machinery) in Liaoning formed China's 1950s heavy-industry base in the north-east, now a rust belt.

19.  

Which of the following is the industrial triangle of Brazil?

Correct Answer: C [São Paulo–Rio de Janeiro–Belo Horizonte]

Explanation:

Brazil's industrial core is the south-eastern triangle of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte, near Minas Gerais iron ore.

20.  

The Donbas, a coal and steel region badly affected by war, is in:

Correct Answer: C [Ukraine]

Explanation:

The Donbas, or Donets Basin, is the coal and steel region of eastern Ukraine, badly hit by war since 2014.

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