Practice Test: World Geography - 8

Which volcanic eruption in recorded history drastically effected solar radiation and brought about major weather changes all over the earth?    

Soyabean is a native of:    

Watermelon is a native of:    

Christopher Columbus brought some native grains from Cuba to Europe, where they were cultivated and then distributed to the entire world. What were those grains?    

Eucalyptus was brought to Europe from:    

Cocoa is a native of:    

Bananas are a native of:    

Which fish was introduced into several tropical regions to control malaria?    

Which animal was introduced into Jamaica from India in 1872 to control the rat population there?    

india is the source of this plant whose root contains a tranquilizer:    

Which part of the whale is used as a perfume base?    

Which is the main agent of food-borne disease in industrialized countries?    

Which dal, a common food of poor people in India, causes Lathyrism?    

Where is krill– the future food for millions– found in plenty?    

What percentage of solar energy received on the surface of the earth is reflected back into space?    

Which is the ideal site for an Ocean Thermal Energy plant?    

Which country has committed itself to phasing out its nuclear power stations by 2010?    

where is the worls's largest solar power plan located?    

Which country has installed the largest number of biogas plants?    

Of the following important industrial chemicals, tell which one increases a person's chance of developing leukemia?    

Leakage of Methyl isocyanate caused the biggest industrial disaster of the recent times. What did the industrial plant manufacture where the leakage occurred?    

When did the first recorded instance of biological warfare occur?