Previous year MCQs

UPPSC 2017 GS-I World Geography
Question

Large coffee plantations in Brazil are called:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option D: Fazendas

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Fazendas”.
Large coffee plantations in Brazil are called Fazendas.

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Which of the following seas has the highest salinity?
  1. A) Caspian Sea
  2. B) Mediterranean Sea
  3. C) Red Sea
  4. D) Dead Sea
In the Suez canal region, the correct order of lakes lying from North to South direction is:
  1. A) Lake Timsah – Little Bitter Lake – Great Bitter Lake – Lake Manzala
  2. B) Great Bitter Lake – Little Bitter Lake – Lake Timsah – Lake Manzala
  3. C) Lake Manzala – Great Bitter Lake – Little Bitter Lake – Lake Timsah
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  3. C) Durgapur
  4. D) Salem
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  2. B) Witwatersrand - Gold
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Code:
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  3. C) Italy
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  2. B) Deccan Kisan revolt - 1875
  3. C) Sanyasi revolt - 1894
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Assertion [A]: India is a democratic country.
Reason [R]: India has a constitution of its own
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  2. B) Both [A] and [R] are true but [R] is not the correct explanation of [A]
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