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Who introduced the plantation agriculture in the equatorial regions?

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  1. Germans

  2. France

  3. Dutch

  4. Europeans

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Plantation farming involves the growing and processing of single cash crop for export to temperature lands. The plantation is organized on an efficient basis. The land is devoted to single crop and the entire production is exported to temperate land. During the time of colonization, the European introduced plantation agriculture in the equatorial regions. Areas of plantation farming, for the most part, lie near the sea because of ocean transport.

The blood sucking fly called the tsetse in the equatorial region causes __________.

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  1. malaria

  2. typhoid

  3. sleeping sickness

  4. dengue

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Tsetse, sometimes spelled also known as tik-tik flies, are large biting flies that inhabit much of tropical Africa. The bite leads to transmission of sleeping sickness and nagana.

Which of the cities is the largest in the equatorial region?

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  1. Djakarta

  2. Buenos Aires

  3. Singapore

  4. Rio de Janeiro

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Following are the cities on Equator.

1. Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (4° 19′ 30″ S)

2. Bogota, Colombia (4° 35′ 53″ N)

3. Kaula lumpur, Malasia(3°8′ 51″N)

4. Singapore (1° 17′ 0″ N)

5. Medan, Indonesia (3° 35′ 0″ N)

6. Guayaquil, Ecuador (2° 11′ 0″ S)

7. Fortaleza, Brazil (3° 43′ 6″ S)

8. Cali, Colombia (3° 25′ 14″ N)

9. Nairobi, Kenya (1°17′0″S)

10. Quito, Ecuador (0° 15′ 0″ S)