Soal Simak UI Kelas Internasional 2015 Integrated Social Sciences
The researchers studying data from 24 expedition ships that sailed around the world for six years revealed that there are already 269,000 tons of plastic pollutants in the ocean. Assorted plastic pollutants such as shopping bags, bottles, bottle caps, toys, pacifiers, toothbrushes, boots, buckets, umbrella handles, fishing poles, and even toilet seats have entered the ocean.
Research suggests 92% of the plastic arrives in the form of microplastic particles – which originate from larger objects which breakdown due to sunlight and are torn or split into pieces by the waves, sharks, and other fish. In recent years the experts have expressed their concern about how plastic pollutants kill many sea birds, marinemammals, and other creatures by tarnishing marine ecosystems. Plastic goods such as fish nets have trapped and killed dolphins, sea turtles, and other animals. The researchers say the plastic waste enters into the sea from rivers and densely populated coastal areas and shipping lanes.
Bigger plastic goods found in abundance along the shoreline often float into five subtropical strands of the world - a large area of rotating currents in the North and South Pacific, North and South Atlantic, and Indian oceans. According to the data based on expeditions to the five subtropical strands, coastal Australia, the Bay of Bengal, and the Mediterranean Sea, there is an estimated 5.25 trillion particles of plastic waste.
Use Instruction A to answer question(s) number 66 to 70.
66. During the West Monsoon the pollutants as stated in the text could settle particularly on the coast of ... .
(A) Surabaya
(B) Balikpapan
(C) Medan
(D) Manado
(E) Palembang
67. The commodities produced in the areas polluted by plastic as stated in the text can be categorized as ... industries.
(A) primary
(B) secondary
(C) tertiary
(D) manufacturing
(E) services
68. On average, each expedition ship finds ... of plastic pollutants in ocean per year.
(A) 1789 tons
(B) 1868 tons
(C) 1890 tons
(D) 1923 tons
(E) 1958 tons
69. During World War II, the ocean in the third paragraph which became the war zone in the war between Japan and the Allies was ... .
(A) Australian Ocean
(B) Pacific Ocean
(C) Atlantic Ocean
(D) Indian Ocean
(E) Mediterranean Ocean
70. A country in the Bay of Bengal which had the first female prime minister in the world is ... .
(A) India
(B) Palestine
(C) Bangladesh
(D) Srilanka
(E) Myanmar
The Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs states that Indonesia’s ornamental fish have the potential to contribute as much as 1.5 billion US dollars to the country. However, this has not been optimized, so that Indonesia as a maritime country is not able to compete with Singapore and Spain.
Hence, the government has encouraged all stakeholders to take part in the development of ornamental fish, to be able to have a competitive edge in export. Nevertheless, exporters are obliged to use certain flights to sell their goods overseas, such as Garuda Indonesia, which set higher airfares than other airlines. Coordination with other ministries, such as the Ministry of Transportation, is therefore necessary to overcome the problem.
Besides, the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs has requested all the ministries to have ornamental fish in their buildings. TheMinister hopes that theMinister of Tourism also recommends that hotels have ornamental fish in aquariums, fish ponds, etc., to decorate their hotels. As a result, the cultivation of freshwater and seawater ornamental fish can grow and the business can be more fascinating.
Based on the data from theMinistry ofMarine Affairs and Fisheries, the export of ornamental fish has risen by 26% from the previous year, while the export performance from 1996 to 2013 reached 62.46%.
71. In the 7th-8th centuries, there was a maritime kingdom in Indonesia with Buddhist characteristics. The name of this kingdom was ... .
(A) Malayu
(B) Majapahit
(C) Sriwijaya
(D) Mataram
(E) Singosari
72. The condition described in the fourth paragraph in the text above caused ... .
(A) the State Budget of 2014 to increase
(B) the State Budget of 2014 to decrease
(C) an increase in the 2014 Gross Domestic Product calculated based on the revenue method
(D) an increase in the 2014 Gross Domestic Product calculated based on the expenditure method
(E) an increase in the 2014 Gross Domestic Product calculated based on the production method
73. The potential of domestic ornamental fish that has been absorbed and utilized by entrepreneurs amounts to ... .
(A) US$ 390 million
(B) US$ 563.1 million
(C) US$ 936.9 million
(D) US$ 1,110 million
(E) US$ 1,326.9million
74. In the text about the cultivation of ornamental fish, the resources for fish is limited to 12 nautical miles fromthe outer islands to each province.
BECAUSE
The Indonesian territorial sea limit is 12 nautical miles from the outer islands.
75. The Coordinating Minister’s request of the whole ministry is a means of making use of space as a function of ... .
(1) information
(2) business
(3) promotion
(4) services
Gutaperca, a very rare plant in the world, has a high economic value. A cultivator of the plant, PTPN VIII Sukamaju, Sukabumi, has exported the leaves to as far as European countries. The leaves of gutaperca are used as the main ingredient of dental stuff, such as bones and artificial teeth, and golf balls. Therefore, a number of European manufacturies regularly place a request on the leaves.
The price of a kilo of gutaperca leaves is quite high, up to 300 US dollars. This is resulted fromthe fact that the plant is difficult to find and the good quality of processed leaves as a basic material used in the production of false teeth and bones, as well as golf balls cannot yet be replaced by any othermaterial.
Eachmonth, PTPN VIII exports only 50–100 kg of gutaperca leaves because the production rate of the leaves is still very low, and yielding the leaves too early, before the time to harvest, can harmthe plant and reduce the production. PTPN VIII Sukamaju cultivates gutaperca on a land of 282 hectares.
In addition, this plant has been used as an object of research and in education in that there have been a lot of domestic and foreign researchers from different universities coming to conduct research on the plant that only grows in the Sukabumi Regency. Although it actually originated from Brazil, but can no longer be found in that country.
76. The highest income of PTPN VIII Sukamaju in a year from the export of gutaperca leaves is ... .
(A) US$ 15,000
(B) US$ 22,500
(C) US$ 30,000
(D) US$ 270,000
(E) US$ 360,000
77. With reference to the origins of the tree and the location of PTPN, one of the requirements for the growth of the plant discussed in the text above is ... .
(A) high humidity
(B) calcareous soils
(C) swamp land
(D) low lands
(E) AWtype of climate
78. At the beginning of the 16th Century, the people from the continent mentioned in the first paragraph, particularly the Spanish and the Portuguese , crossed the oceans in search of trade commodities that they needed. The first Portuguese explorer who succeeded in landing in the Cape of Good Hope is ... .
(A) Bartolomeus Diaz
(B) Vasco da Gama
(C) FerdinandMagelhaens
(D) Herman Cortez
(E) Pizarro
79. The commodity mentioned in the text above is an economic good because ... .
(A) the commodity can be sold
(B) one needs money to obtain it
(C) it is scarce
(D) it provides benefits
(E) it is scarce and provides benefits
80. Export of the commodity to Europe mentioned in the third paragraph of the text is recorded in the balance of trade.
BECAUSE
If the increase of export of a country is smaller than the decrease of its imports, then there is a surplus in the balance of trade.
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