World Facts and Geography

Britain became the world's leading mass manufacturer of cotton textiles during the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century, overtaking India's traditional textile industry.

Scotland Yard is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police, which serves Greater London, Britain. The United States, France, and Russia have their own separate police systems and headquarters.

South Africa is the correct answer in the context of this exam question, as it has historically been the largest producer of natural diamonds and remains a major producer. While Russia now leads in production, South Africa is the conventional answer in educational materials.

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Brazil is the world's largest producer of coffee, accounting for about one-third of global production. Coffee has been Brazil's most famous agricultural export for over 150 years, with major growing regions in Minas Gerais, São Paulo, and Paraná states. While Brazil also produces other commodities, coffee remains its signature crop.

This is the correct answer. India and China were among the world's richest and were also pre-eminent in Asian trade until the eighteenth century.

Many expeditions set out for searching El Dorado, the fabled city of gold in South America.

This is the correct answer as in Eastern Europe, Russia, America and Australia, lands were cleared and food production expanded to meet the British demand.

This is the correct answer. The US became a colonial power in the late 1890s by taking over some colonies, earlier held by Spain in Africa.

This is the correct answer. In Africa, in the 1890s, a fast-spreading disease of cattle plague or rinderpest had a terrifying impact on people’s livelihoods and the local economy.

This is the correct answer. Siam or Thailand was not one of the main destinations of Indian indentured labour.

Salman Rushdie, the British-Indian author born in India, was knighted by the United Kingdom in 2007 for his services to literature. The honor was controversial due to protests from some Muslim countries over his novel 'The Satanic Verses'. France, Italy, and Germany do not have knighthoods in the British system.

The Netherlands became the first country to legalize euthanasia and medically assisted suicide in 2002 under the 'Termination of Life on Request and Assisted Suicide Act'. Switzerland allows assisted suicide but has different legal framework. New Zealand and USA have varying state laws but weren't the first to legalize nationally.