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World Facts and Geography

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World facts and geography encompass global statistics, technological history, and international political systems. This includes facts about research, natural resources, and democratic structures worldwide. Such questions are common in the general awareness papers of SSC, UPSC, and banking exams.

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World Facts and Geography Questions

Multiple choice commercial applications bioenergy biofuels making biofuels technological and industrial development

One of the country where alcohol has been very successfully used as motor fuel is?

  1. U.S.A

  2. Brazil

  3. Japan

  4. Germany
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
Alcohol has been used as biofuel in many countries especially Brazil. The alcohols that are used as biofuels are methanol, ethanol, propanol and butanol. Ethanol is most commonly used as biofuel. Brazil has highest production of ethanol as biofuel. Ethanol in brazil is produced from sugarcane. The bagasse of sugar cane i.e. residual cane waste is fermented to produce ethanol. In 2015/16, Brazil raised about 80 billion gallons of ethanol. Ethanol is the blended in gasoline and used as fuel for engines.
So, the correct answer is 'Brazil'.
Multiple choice commercial applications bioenergy biofuels making biofuels technological and industrial development

Number one country in the production of gasohol through biotechnology is 
__________.

  1. China

  2. Japan

  3. Brazil

  4. India
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
  •  The most common grains that are used to produce ethanol are corn, barley and wheat. Ethanol is also called ethyl alcohol or grain alcohol.
  • It is usually blended with gasoline to create a fuel called gasohol. 
  • Brazil is the number one country in the production of gasohol through biotechnology.
  • Hence, Number one country in the production of gasohol through biotechnology in Brazil.
  • So, the correct answer is 'Brazil'.
Multiple choice commercial applications bioenergy biofuels making biofuels technological and industrial development

The Jatropha curcas, source of inedible vegetable oil that is used to produce biofuel and which works as a carbon sink is native to which of the following regions of the world?

  1. Europe

  2. Central Africa

  3. Central America

  4. South America
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Jatropha curcas is native to the tropical regions of the Americas, specifically Central America and Mexico.

Multiple choice biology selection and evolution ethology animal behaviour natural selection

Which is known as "The living laboratory of evolution"?

  1. Galapagos islands

  2. Western Ghats

  3. Mediterranean sea

  4. Atlantic forest
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Galapagos Islands are famous for their unique biodiversity and the role they played in inspiring Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection.

Multiple choice geography natural vegetation and communities dependent on forest forests and their conservation biotic resources: natural vegetation and wildlife natural vegetation and animals in india

Steppe grassland is found in __________.

  1. S. Africa

  2. Australia

  3. Central Asia

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Central Asia,

The world's largest steppe region, often referred to as "the Great Steppe", is found in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and neighboring countries stretching from Ukraine in the west through Russia, Kazakhstan, China, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan to the Altai, Koppet Dag and Tian Shan ranges.