1. The world’s largest hot desert is:
A) Kalahari
B) Sahara
C) Atacama
D) Thar
Answer: B
Explanation: The Sahara covers ~9.2 million sq. km across North Africa.
2. The Sahara Desert is spread across how many countries?
A) 5
B) 7
C) 9+
D) 3
Answer: C
Explanation: Sahara spans ~11 countries, including Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Mali.
3. The Kalahari Desert is located in:
A) South Africa, Botswana, Namibia
B) Kenya and Tanzania
C) Ethiopia and Sudan
D) Morocco
Answer: A
4. The Namib Desert is found in:
A) Egypt
B) Libya
C) Namibia
D) Algeria
Answer: C
Explanation: Namib is one of the oldest deserts in the world.
5. Which desert lies mostly in Libya and Egypt?
A) Nubian Desert
B) Sinai Desert
C) Libyan Desert
D) Algerian Desert
Answer: C
6. The Nubian Desert lies in:
A) Sudan and Egypt
B) Kenya
C) Algeria
D) Chad
Answer: A
7. Which desert is known for the world’s driest climate in Africa?
A) Kalahari
B) Namib
C) Sahara
D) Nubian
Answer: B
Explanation: Namib Desert’s coastal fog makes it extremely arid.
8. The Sahel region lies:
A) South of Sahara Desert
B) North of Sahara Desert
C) In East Africa
D) Along Nile Delta
Answer: A
Explanation: Sahel is a semi-arid belt between Sahara and savannas.
9. Which African desert has red sand dunes?
A) Kalahari
B) Sahara
C) Namib
D) Nubian
Answer: A
10. The Erg Chebbi sand dunes are part of which desert?
A) Kalahari
B) Sahara (Morocco)
C) Namib
D) Nubian
Answer: B
11. The Tenere Desert is part of:
A) Niger and Chad (Sahara)
B) Egypt
C) Namibia
D) Sudan
Answer: A
12. Which desert is famous for the Skeleton Coast?
A) Sahara
B) Namib
C) Kalahari
D) Nubian
Answer: B
13. Which desert lies between the Nile and Red Sea?
A) Nubian
B) Sinai
C) Libyan
D) Namib
Answer: A
14. The Sinai Desert is part of:
A) Egypt (Sinai Peninsula)
B) Libya
C) Morocco
D) Sudan
Answer: A
15. Which desert is home to the Bushmen (San) people?
A) Sahara
B) Kalahari
C) Namib
D) Nubian
Answer: B
16. The Algerian Desert is part of:
A) Kalahari
B) Sahara
C) Nubian
D) Namib
Answer: B
17. Which desert has the famous Tassili n’Ajjer rock art?
A) Kalahari
B) Sahara (Algeria)
C) Nubian
D) Namib
Answer: B
18. The Great Sand Sea is located in:
A) Egypt & Libya (Sahara)
B) Namibia
C) Kenya
D) Sudan
Answer: A
19. The Chalbi Desert is in:
A) Kenya
B) Namibia
C) Morocco
D) Algeria
Answer: A
20. Which desert in Djibouti is one of the hottest places on Earth?
A) Sahara
B) Danakil (Afar) Desert
C) Nubian
D) Kalahari
Answer: B
21. The Qattara Depression (below sea level) is part of:
A) Sahara Desert (Egypt)
B) Namib
C) Kalahari
D) Nubian
Answer: A
22. Which desert has salt flats and volcanic activity in Africa?
A) Nubian
B) Danakil (Afar)
C) Namib
D) Kalahari
Answer: B
23. The oldest desert in the world is considered to be:
A) Sahara
B) Namib
C) Gobi
D) Atacama
Answer: B
Explanation: Namib is ~55–80 million years old.
24. The Erg of Bilma is part of which desert?
A) Sahara (Niger)
B) Namib
C) Nubian
D) Kalahari
Answer: A
25. The Selima Sand Sheet is located in:
A) Sudan (Sahara)
B) Namibia
C) Algeria
D) Morocco
Answer: A
26. The Thar Desert is located in:
A) India and Pakistan
B) Iran
C) Afghanistan
D) Saudi Arabia
Answer: A
Explanation: Also called the Great Indian Desert, it covers Rajasthan and parts of Pakistan.
27. The Gobi Desert is shared between:
A) India and Pakistan
B) Mongolia and China
C) Iran and Iraq
D) Afghanistan and Turkmenistan
Answer: B
Explanation: It is a cold desert, known for dinosaur fossils.
28. Which desert is known as the “Empty Quarter” (Rub’ al Khali)?
A) Thar
B) Syrian
C) Arabian Desert
D) Gobi
Answer: C
Explanation: Rub’ al Khali in the Arabian Peninsula is the world’s largest continuous sand desert.
29. The Karakum Desert is located in:
A) Kazakhstan
B) Turkmenistan
C) Mongolia
D) Uzbekistan
Answer: B
30. The Kyzylkum Desert lies in:
A) Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan
B) India
C) China
D) Iran
Answer: A
Explanation: “Kyzylkum” means “red sand” in Turkic languages.
31. The Dasht-e Kavir (Great Salt Desert) is in:
A) Afghanistan
B) Iran
C) Saudi Arabia
D) Kazakhstan
Answer: B
32. The Dasht-e Lut Desert, one of the hottest places on Earth, is in:
A) Iran
B) Afghanistan
C) Pakistan
D) Iraq
Answer: A
Explanation: Recorded surface temperature >70°C in satellite data.
33. The Negev Desert is in:
A) Saudi Arabia
B) Israel
C) Iran
D) Iraq
Answer: B
34. The Syrian Desert extends into:
A) Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia
B) Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan
C) China and Mongolia
D) Turkey only
Answer: A
35. The Taklamakan Desert is located in:
A) India
B) Afghanistan
C) China (Xinjiang)
D) Mongolia
Answer: C
Explanation: Known as “the desert of death,” surrounded by the Tien Shan and Kunlun mountains.
36. Which desert lies in Ladakh (India)?
A) Thar
B) Karakoram
C) Cold desert of Ladakh
D) Kyzylkum
Answer: C
Explanation: Ladakh is a high-altitude cold desert.
37. The Cholistan Desert is found in:
A) Pakistan (Punjab region)
B) India
C) Afghanistan
D) Saudi Arabia
Answer: A
38. Which desert surrounds the ancient city of Petra?
A) Thar
B) Negev
C) Arabian
D) Syrian
Answer: D
Explanation: Petra lies in Jordan, within the Syrian Desert.
39. The Badain Jaran Desert (with tallest sand dunes) is in:
A) India
B) China (Inner Mongolia)
C) Iran
D) Saudi Arabia
Answer: B
40. The Gurbantünggüt Desert is located in:
A) Mongolia
B) China (Xinjiang)
C) Afghanistan
D) Kazakhstan
Answer: B
41. The Thal Desert is in:
A) Pakistan (Punjab)
B) India (Rajasthan)
C) Iran
D) Saudi Arabia
Answer: A
42. The Arabian Desert is spread mainly across:
A) UAE, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
B) Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan
C) Turkey, Syria, Jordan
D) Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Answer: A
43. The Gobi Desert is an example of:
A) Hot desert
B) Cold desert
C) Tropical desert
D) Coastal desert
Answer: B
Explanation: The Gobi has cold winters with snow.
44. The Ordos Desert is located in:
A) China (Inner Mongolia)
B) India
C) Afghanistan
D) Pakistan
Answer: A
45. Which desert is famous for the Silk Road route?
A) Gobi and Taklamakan
B) Thar
C) Sahara
D) Kalahari
Answer: A
46. The Thar Desert receives an average rainfall of:
A) 10–20 mm
B) 100–500 mm
C) 1000 mm
D) 2000 mm
Answer: B
Explanation: Semi-arid desert with annual rainfall mostly <300 mm.
47. The Dasht-e Margo (Desert of Death) is located in:
A) Pakistan
B) Iran
C) Afghanistan
D) Saudi Arabia
Answer: C
48. The Registan Desert is in:
A) Afghanistan
B) Saudi Arabia
C) Mongolia
D) Iran
Answer: A
49. The Sinai Desert is part of which peninsula?
A) Arabian Peninsula
B) Sinai Peninsula (Egypt)
C) Anatolia
D) Horn of Africa
Answer: B
50. Which desert separates Mongolia from Tibet?
A) Taklamakan
B) Gobi
C) Karakum
D) Kyzylkum
Answer: B
51. The Atacama Desert is located in:
A) Argentina
B) Chile and Peru
C) Mexico
D) Brazil
Answer: B
Explanation: Atacama is the driest hot desert in the world, along Chile–Peru coast.
52. The Atacama Desert is mainly dry because of:
A) Equatorial climate
B) Humboldt (Peru) cold ocean current
C) Monsoon winds
D) Trade winds
Answer: B
53. Which desert is known as the driest non-polar desert in the world?
A) Sahara
B) Atacama
C) Sonoran
D) Mojave
Answer: B
54. The Sonoran Desert lies in:
A) USA (Arizona, California) and Mexico
B) Argentina
C) Chile
D) Brazil
Answer: A
55. The Mojave Desert is located in:
A) Chile
B) USA (California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona)
C) Canada
D) Mexico
Answer: B
56. The Mojave Desert contains which famous national park?
A) Yellowstone
B) Joshua Tree
C) Yosemite
D) Grand Canyon
Answer: B
57. The Chihuahuan Desert extends across:
A) USA (New Mexico, Texas) and Mexico
B) Canada
C) Chile and Peru
D) Argentina
Answer: A
58. The Great Basin Desert is located in:
A) Chile
B) USA (Nevada, Utah)
C) Argentina
D) Mexico
Answer: B
Explanation: Largest desert in USA by area.
59. The Colorado Plateau desert region includes:
A) Painted Desert
B) Atacama Desert
C) Mojave Desert
D) Patagonia Desert
Answer: A
60. The Patagonian Desert is in:
A) USA
B) Chile and Argentina
C) Brazil
D) Mexico
Answer: B
Explanation: Largest desert in South America.
61. The Patagonian Desert is also called:
A) Magellanic Steppe
B) Pampas
C) Altiplano
D) Gran Chaco
Answer: A
62. Which desert lies in northern Mexico and southwestern USA?
A) Mojave
B) Sonoran
C) Chihuahuan
D) Atacama
Answer: C
63. The Sechura Desert is in:
A) Peru
B) Chile
C) Argentina
D) Mexico
Answer: A
64. Which desert borders the Pacific Ocean in South America?
A) Atacama
B) Chihuahuan
C) Mojave
D) Great Basin
Answer: A
65. The Monte Desert is found in:
A) Argentina (east of Andes)
B) Chile
C) Brazil
D) Mexico
Answer: A
66. Which desert covers Nevada and Utah in the USA?
A) Mojave
B) Chihuahuan
C) Great Basin
D) Sonoran
Answer: C
67. The Painted Desert is famous for:
A) Fossils and colorful rocks (Arizona, USA)
B) Sand dunes (Chile)
C) Salt flats (Argentina)
D) Volcanoes (Mexico)
Answer: A
68. Which desert is home to cacti such as the giant saguaro?
A) Mojave
B) Sonoran
C) Atacama
D) Chihuahuan
Answer: B
69. The Colorado Desert is part of which larger desert system?
A) Atacama
B) Mojave
C) Sonoran
D) Great Basin
Answer: C
70. The Desert of Altar is part of:
A) Atacama
B) Chihuahuan
C) Sonoran Desert (Mexico)
D) Patagonian
Answer: C
71. The Patagonian Desert is mainly a:
A) Cold desert
B) Hot desert
C) Semi-arid monsoon desert
D) Coastal desert
Answer: A
Explanation: Strong westerly winds, rain shadow of Andes → cold desert.
72. The Atacama Desert contains large deposits of:
A) Petroleum
B) Nitrates (sodium nitrate)
C) Coal
D) Iron ore
Answer: B
73. Which desert is closest to the Andes Mountains?
A) Mojave
B) Atacama
C) Chihuahuan
D) Sonoran
Answer: B
74. The largest desert in North America is:
A) Mojave
B) Great Basin
C) Chihuahuan
D) Sonoran
Answer: C
Explanation: The Chihuahuan Desert covers ~500,000 sq. km.
75. The Pampas grasslands border which desert in Argentina?
A) Monte Desert
B) Atacama Desert
C) Patagonian Desert
D) Sechura Desert
Answer: C
76. The Great Victoria Desert is located in:
A) Australia
B) South Africa
C) Chile
D) USA
Answer: A
Explanation: Largest desert in Australia, spanning Western & South Australia.
77. The Simpson Desert is famous for:
A) Red sand dunes in central Australia
B) Salt flats in Chile
C) Fossils in USA
D) Cacti in Mexico
Answer: A
78. The Great Sandy Desert is in:
A) Northern Australia
B) Western Australia
C) Both A and B
D) South Australia
Answer: C
79. The Gibson Desert is situated in:
A) Northern Territory, Australia
B) Western Australia
C) Queensland
D) South Australia
Answer: B
80. The Tanami Desert lies in:
A) Northern Territory & Western Australia
B) Queensland
C) New South Wales
D) Victoria
Answer: A
81. The Strzelecki Desert is in:
A) South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales
B) Victoria only
C) Tasmania
D) Western Australia
Answer: A
82. The Channel Country of Australia is partly covered by:
A) Simpson Desert
B) Great Victoria Desert
C) Tanami Desert
D) Strzelecki Desert
Answer: D
83. Which desert lies between the Great Sandy and Great Victoria deserts?
A) Gibson Desert
B) Tanami Desert
C) Simpson Desert
D) Strzelecki Desert
Answer: A
84. The largest desert in Australia is:
A) Simpson
B) Great Sandy
C) Great Victoria
D) Gibson
Answer: C
85. The McMurdo Dry Valleys are deserts in:
A) Greenland
B) Antarctica
C) Arctic Ocean islands
D) Alaska
Answer: B
Explanation: One of the driest polar deserts on Earth.
86. The largest cold desert in the world is:
A) Ladakh
B) Arctic Desert
C) Gobi
D) Atacama
Answer: B
Explanation: Arctic Desert covers ~13.9 million sq. km.
87. The Antarctic Desert is the:
A) Smallest desert in the world
B) Largest desert in the world
C) Hottest desert
D) Coastal desert only
Answer: B
Explanation: Antarctica is the world’s largest desert (~14 million sq. km).
88. Which desert covers Greenland?
A) Antarctic Desert
B) Arctic Desert
C) Sahara
D) None
Answer: B
89. Which of the following is NOT a cold desert?
A) Ladakh
B) Gobi
C) Atacama
D) Arctic
Answer: C
Explanation: Atacama is a hot coastal desert.
90. The Ladakh Desert is an example of:
A) Hot desert
B) Cold high-altitude desert
C) Coastal desert
D) Rainforest desert
Answer: B
91. Which desert is nicknamed “the desert of death”?
A) Taklamakan (China)
B) Sahara
C) Atacama
D) Mojave
Answer: A
92. Which desert is known for having snow in winter despite being arid?
A) Thar
B) Gobi
C) Sahara
D) Namib
Answer: B
93. Which desert lies mainly in Namibia and Angola along the Atlantic coast?
A) Sahara
B) Namib
C) Kalahari
D) Nubian
Answer: B
94. Which desert lies partly in Rajasthan and partly in Pakistan?
A) Nubian
B) Thar
C) Kyzylkum
D) Sonoran
Answer: B
95. Which desert in Chile is used by NASA to test Mars equipment due to dryness?
A) Atacama
B) Patagonia
C) Sechura
D) Monte
Answer: A
96. Which desert has the world’s tallest sand dunes (up to 500m)?
A) Sahara
B) Badain Jaran (China)
C) Namib
D) Simpson
Answer: B
97. The Gobi Desert is spread across:
A) India & Pakistan
B) Mongolia & China
C) Afghanistan & Iran
D) Saudi Arabia & Iraq
Answer: B
98. Which desert is expanding fastest due to desertification in Africa?
A) Sahara
B) Kalahari
C) Namib
D) Nubian
Answer: A
99. Which desert hosts the Uluru (Ayers Rock) landmark?
A) Simpson Desert (Australia)
B) Mojave Desert
C) Thar Desert
D) Great Basin Desert
Answer: A
100. Which statement about deserts is correct?
A) Deserts only occur in hot regions
B) Deserts exist in both hot and cold regions
C) All deserts have sand dunes
D) Deserts are uninhabited
Answer: B
Explanation: Deserts are defined by low rainfall, not just heat. They exist in hot (Sahara, Atacama) and cold (Arctic, Antarctic) regions.