Q88 · UPPSC Prelims 2020 · Set A · General Studies

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In Malaysia, the 'Kinta Valley' is famous for

A Rubber Production
B Tea Production
C Tin Production
D Coffee Production

Correct answer: (c) Tin Production

Explanation

  1. A

    Rubber Production

    (a) Rubber Production. Malaysia grows rubber, but Kinta Valley’s fame is tin, not rubber estates of the west-coast plains.

  2. B

    Tea Production

    (b) Tea Production. Tea is not the mineral identity of Kinta Valley.

  3. C

    Tin Production

    (c) Tin Production. The Kinta Valley of Perak, Malaysia, is a classic alluvial tin (cassiterite) field. That is the official key.

  4. D

    Coffee Production

    (d) Coffee Production. Coffee is not the Kinta speciality.

Summary. Official key is (c). Malaysia’s Kinta Valley is famous for tin. Rubber, tea and coffee are not that valley’s mineral identity.