Q1. Which of the following is the largest desert in the world?
- AArabian
- BKalahari
- CSupport
- DThar
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Answer: C) Support
Deserts of the World
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Q2. The largest desert of South Asia is-
- AAtacama
- BColorado
- CKalahari
- DThar
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Answer: D) Thar
Q3. In which country is the Gobi Desert located?
- Ain Australia
- BIn India
- CIn Mongolia
- Din West Africa
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Answer: C) In Mongolia
Q4. Which of the following is not a desert?
- ATharu
- BKalahari
- CSupport
- DGobi
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Answer: A) Tharu
Q5. Where is the Nubian Desert located?
- AEthiopia
- BEgypt
- CSomalia
- DSudan
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Answer: D) Sudan
Q6. In which country is the Al Gezira desert located?
- ASaudi Arabia
- BIran
- CSudan
- DEgypt
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Answer: C) Sudan
Q7. In which country is the Sonoran Desert located?
- AMexico
- Bguatemala
- CU.N.A.
- DHonduras
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Answer: A) Mexico
Q8. In which country is the Patagonia Desert located?
- Aargentina
- BBotswana
- CSudan
- DSomalia
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Answer: A) argentina
Q9. In which country is the Sechura Desert located?
- APeru
- BChile
- Cargentina
- DBrazil
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Answer: A) Peru
Q10. In which country is the Taklamakan Desert located?
- AKazakhstan
- BTurkmenistan
- CUzbekistan
- DChina
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Answer: D) China
Q11. In which country is the Kalahari Desert located?
- AZambia
- BD. Africa
- CNamibia
- DBotswana
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Answer: D) Botswana
Q12. Rub-al-Khali is-
- AA desert in Saudi Arabia
- Ba desert in Iraq
- Ca plateau in Iran
- DAn oil field in Oman
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Answer: A) A desert in Saudi Arabia
Q13. Dast-e-Kabir Desert is located in which of the following countries?
- ASudan
- BJordan
- Ca plateau in Iran
- DSaudi Arabia
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Answer: C) a plateau in Iran
Q14. Which desert is spread in Southern California (USA)?
- ASonoran
- BMojave
- CKyzyl Kum
- DSechura
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Answer: B) Mojave
Q15. 'Rann of Kutch', one of the largest saline deserts in the world, is located in which Indian state?
- AGujarat
- BAssam
- CTelangana
- DMadhya Pradesh
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Answer: A) Gujarat
Q16. By what other name are the cold deserts of the world known?
- ATaiga
- Btundra
- CSteppe
- Dprairie
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Answer: B) tundra
Q17. Which of the following is the largest temperate desert in the world?
- APatagonian Desert
- BTaklamakan Desert
- CIranian desert
- DTurkmen Desert
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Answer: B) Taklamakan Desert
Q18. Where is the Taklamakan Desert located?
- Ain Western Asia
- Bon the southern edge of the Sahara in Africa
- Cin South America
- Din Central Asia
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Answer: D) in Central Asia
Q19. Which of the following does not provide an example of a hot desert?
- ASupport
- BThar
- CKalahari
- DGobi
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Answer: D) Gobi
Q20. In which part of the continents are deserts generally found?
- ANorthern
- BSouthern
- CEastern
- DWestern
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Answer: D) Western
Q21. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
- AGobi Desert - Mongolia
- BKalahari Desert - Botswana
- CAtacama Desert - Northern Chile
- DMojave Desert - Mexico
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Answer: D) Mojave Desert - Mexico
Q22. How much of the Earth's land surface is desert?
- A10th
- B5th
- Cone-third
- DSixth
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Answer: B) 5th
Q23. The Indian desert is called -
- AThar
- BSupport
- CGobi
- DAtacama
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Answer: A) Thar
Q24. The largest cold desert in the world is-
- AGobi
- BLoot
- CKavir
- DTaklamakan
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Answer: A) Gobi
Q25. The driest desert in the world is-
- AAtacama
- BKalahari
- CSupport
- DThar
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Answer: A) Atacama