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The traditional industry of Norway is _____________.

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  1. Agriculture

  2. Forestry

  3. Iron and Steel

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Norway has vast forests, and timber is the most important raw material for its forestry-based industries. Around half of the timber felled is used by the timber industry, which manufactures wood products for housebuilding, glued-wood structures, doors, window-frames and furniture. Timber that is less suitable for this is sold to the pulp and paper industry for making pulp.

Although the timber industry is spread over large parts of the country, the highest concentrations of it are in eastern and mid Norway. Over the past few years, this sector has undergone restructuring through mergers and acquisitions. Since taking over Norske Skog’s timber operations, Moelven has become one of the largest timber companies in Europe.

The pulp and paper industry consumes a lot of energy, so the companies in this sector have traditionally been located along the major rivers in eastern and mid Norway. This sector is extremely export-oriented and exposed to international competition. Norske Skog has bought factories in Central Europe and Asia over the past few years. The Norwegian pulp and paper industry has long industrial experience and high levels of expertise in the further processing of forestry resources. Paper based on fresh fibre from Nordic conifers is often of a better quality than that based on new, quick-growing plantation trees or paper that has a high recycled-paper content. The new paper-recycling facility at Norske Skog’s mill at Skogn ensures a market for Norwegian recycled paper. Developments in the price of electricity will be of great significance to the Norwegian pulp and paper industry’s competitive ability in the future.

Regular itineraries on which sea transport is based are classified as ___________.

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  1. green routes

  2. maritime routes

  3. freight routes

  4. stack routes

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Maritime routes
Maritime routes are a function of obligatory points of passage, which are strategic locations that act as chokepoints. Physical constraints (coasts, winds, marine currents, depth, reefs, ice) and political borders also play an important role in shaping maritime routes.

The main fishes of European countries are ______________.

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  1. Herring

  2. Haddock

  3. Cod

  4. All of these

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Cod, haddock and bass are all common examples of round fish. The majority of these fish species can be found in relatively shallow water; as a result they are regularly caught by sea anglers across the Europe.

Species found in these waters include redfish, sea trout, snook and striped bass. Some fish live in saltwater, but swim up streams and rivers to spawn (lay their eggs). These fish are called anadromous fish. They include shad, salmon, and some types of trout.

Mercury and sulfur is the main mineral of  ____________.

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  1. temperate region

  2. volcanic regions of the Mediterranean sea

  3. Ukraine

  4. None of thses

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Correct Option: B
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Mercury and sulfur is the main mineral of volcanic regions of the Mediterranean sea.
Cinnabar has been found in locations worldwide, usually near the earth's surface in areas of moderate volcanic activity. It tends to be associated with hot springs, deposited by superheated water laden with elements like sulfur and mercury. 
Cinnabar is a toxic mercury sulfide mineral with a chemical composition of HgS. It is the only important ore of mercury. It has a bright red color that has caused people to use it as a pigment and carve it into jewelry and ornaments for thousands of years in many parts of the world.

The chief wine producer of the world is ________.

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  1. Great Britain

  2. Norway

  3. France

  4. Germany

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Italy
According to statistics provided in the FAO report, Italy is the biggest wine producer in the world, with an annual wine production of 4.796 million tons of wine. Italian wine is renowned around the globe for its world-class finesse. Grapes, which are the primary ingredients in winemaking, are grown locally and the country has an ideal climate suited for grape cultivation. There are over one million vineyards located across every region of the country. The domestic wine consumption in Italy is about 42 liters per capita, a testament to the popularity of the commodity locally. The history of winemaking in Italy stretches thousands of years, as the ancient Romans practiced commercial wine-making and large-scale grape growing.

Gauls and Celts are the part of which group of people in Europe?

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  1. Nordic

  2. Alpine

  3. Mediterranean

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: B
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The Celts were a European cultural group first evident in the 7th or 8th century B.C. The Romans called them Galli and the Greeks called them Keltoi-- both meaning barbarians. Their maximum expansion was in the 3rd to 5th century B.C., when they occupied much of Europe north of the Alps.

Which of the following industries is famous in the Ruhr industrial region of Europe?

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  1. Textile and Chemicals

  2. Steel and Engineering

  3. Cement and Paper

  4. Ship building

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Steel and Engineering,

In 1923 German government was unable to pay the reparations required under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles. The French and Belgian governments responded by sending in troops to the Ruhr, the main centre of Germany's coal, iron and steel production.

The German people were outraged and Fritz Thyssen and other industrialists who had investments in the Ruhr, organized a passive resistance campaign. The French responded by bringing in their own workers to operate the mines and began arresting leaders of the resistance movement.

The occupation of the Ruhr led to a collapse of the German economy. There was massive inflation and large increase in unemployment. Germany was now unable to pay any reparations.

Charles G. Dawes, an American banker, was asked by the Allied Reparations Committee to investigate the problem. His report, published in April, 1924, proposed a plan for instituting annual payments of reparations on a fixed scale. He also recommended the reorganization of the German State Bank and increased foreign loans.

Gustav Stresemann, the German chancellor called off the passive resistance and began paying reparations again. The French and Belgian troops withdrew from the Ruhr in 1925.

The biggest meat market of the world is in _______.

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  1. London

  2. Kingston

  3. Chicago

  4. Winnipeg

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Correct Option: A
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LARGEST MEAT MARKET IN WORLD.
The London Smlthfleld Central Marketa Is the largest dead meat and poultry market In the world, the rea that within a radius of 12 miles there Is a population of over 8,000,000 people. Four out of every five carcases of mutton and lamh ex ported to England trom Australia and New Zealand and halt the exports to South American mutton and lamb were landed in London last year.

Ruhr region is situated in ______.

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  1. Poland

  2. Russia

  3. Germany

  4. France

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Ruhr Area (German: Ruhrgebiet) is an urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Many of the cities in the Ruhrgebiet used to have a lot of heavy industry. The Ruhr Area is bordered by the rivers Ruhr River to the south, Rhine River to the west, and Lippe to the north. Southwest it borders the Bergisches Land.

What is the population of Europe as of the year 2015?

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  1. 650 million

  2. 710 million

  3. 741 million

  4. 785 million

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
741 million
The population of Europe in 2015 was estimated to be 741 million according to the United Nations, which was slightly less than 11% of the world population. The precise figure depends on the exact definition of the geographic extent of Europe. The population of the European Union (EU) was 509 million as of 2015.