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World Fisheries

20 MCQ questions with answers and explanations

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Q1. Fishing is which type of economic activity?

  1. Aprimary
  2. BSecondary
  3. Ctertiary
  4. Dquartile
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Answer: A) primary

Q2. What is the commercial fishing business called?

  1. AViticulture
  2. BSericulture
  3. CApiculture
  4. Dpisciculture
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Answer: D) pisciculture

Q3. 'Blue Revolution' is related to which of the following?

  1. Aspace research
  2. BFisheries
  3. CIndigo cultivation
  4. Dnone of these
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Answer: B) Fisheries

Q4. 'Plankton' is-

  1. AForest
  2. BComet
  3. CArtificial satellite
  4. Dmarine fish food
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Answer: D) marine fish food

Q5. Known as 'Hering Pond' -

  1. APacific Ocean
  2. BAtlantic Ocean
  3. CIndian Ocean
  4. DArctic Ocean
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Answer: B) Atlantic Ocean

Q6. The highest concentration of fish is found in shallow coastal waters because the contributing factor in these areas is?

  1. Ahot water
  2. Bclean water
  3. Cexcessive plankton
  4. Dprotection from ocean currents
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Answer: C) excessive plankton

Q7. The reason for the development of fishing industry especially in the Northern Hemisphere is-

  1. Ashallow sea
  2. Babundance of land masses
  3. Cmeeting of warm and cold currents
  4. Dall of the above
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Answer: D) all of the above

Q8. The major fishing areas of the world do not include-

  1. Anorthwest pacific ocean
  2. BNorth-West Atlantic Ocean
  3. Cnorth-eastern atlantic ocean
  4. DSouth Indian Ocean
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Answer: D) South Indian Ocean

Q9. About one-third of the world's fish production is obtained from-

  1. Afrom the North-West Atlantic Ocean
  2. Bfrom the Northeast Atlantic Ocean
  3. Cfrom the North-West Pacific Ocean
  4. Dfrom the South-East Pacific Ocean
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Answer: C) from the North-West Pacific Ocean

Q10. Which country is important from the point of view of fisheries industry?

  1. AChina
  2. BBangladesh
  3. CIndonesia
  4. DIndia
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Answer: A) China

Q11. The largest fishing area in the world is-

  1. ACaribbean Sea
  2. BChesapeake Bay
  3. CGrand Banks
  4. DNova Scotia
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Answer: C) Grand Banks

Q12. The famous fishing area "Grand Bank" is located in-

  1. Ain the Pacific Ocean
  2. Bin the Atlantic Ocean
  3. Cin the Indian Ocean
  4. Din the Arctic Ocean
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Answer: B) in the Atlantic Ocean

Q13. Where is the "Dogger Bank", a major fishing area of the world, located?

  1. Ain the Baltic Sea
  2. Bin the North Sea
  3. Cin the Gulf of Bothnia
  4. Din the English Channel
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Answer: B) in the North Sea

Q14. The Chesapeake Bay, which is famous for oyster fishing, is located in-

  1. Anear the coast of France
  2. Bnear the Norwegian coast
  3. Cnear the coast of the U.N.A.
  4. Dnear the coast of Canada
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Answer: C) near the coast of the U.N.A.

Q15. Where is the fisheries related "George Bank" located?

  1. ANova Scotia
  2. Bnewfoundland
  3. CNorth Sea
  4. DHudson Bay
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Answer: A) Nova Scotia

Q16. The correct descending order of freshwater fish producing countries in the world is-

  1. AChina, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia
  2. BChina, Indonesia, India, Vietnam
  3. CIndia, China, Bangladesh, Indonesia
  4. DIndia, Bangladesh, China, Indonesia
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Answer: B) China, Indonesia, India, Vietnam

Q17. The most important fishing grounds of the world are found in those areas where-

  1. AWarm and cold atmospheric currents meet
  2. BRivers carry abundant fresh water into the oceans
  3. CThe cold and cool ocean currents meet
  4. DThe continental shelf is undulating
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Answer: C) The cold and cool ocean currents meet

Q18. The development of fisheries in tropical oceans has been very low, the reason for this is-

  1. ALack of shallow seas
  2. Black of a mother
  3. Clack of infrastructure
  4. Dall of the above
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Answer: D) all of the above

Q19. The 'Grand Bank' is

  1. Acentral bank of the United Nations
  2. BGreat Britain's safe food stock
  3. Cconfluence of the Gulfstream and Labrador currents
  4. DBoth banks of the English Channel
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Answer: C) confluence of the Gulfstream and Labrador currents

Q20. Which one of the following fishing banks is located off the coast of the United Kingdom?

  1. AGreat Fish Bank
  2. BGrand Banks
  3. CDogger Bank
  4. DReed Bank
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Answer: C) Dogger Bank

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