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1. Which is the largest desert in the world?
A. Sahara
B. The Arctic
C. The Antarctic
D. The Gobi
ANSWER: C.The Antarctic
SOLUTION :The Antarctic Desert is the largest desert in the world in terms of its size.
2. Which of the given deserts is the largest cold desert?
A. Sahara
B. Antarctic
C. Thar
D. The Gobi
ANSWER: B.Antarctic
SOLUTION:As already mentioned, Antarctic Desert is the largest desert in the world, it is located in the southern hemisphere in the continent of Antarctica. It expands across 14,000,000 kilometres(5,500,000 square miles).
3. Which of the given below is the hottest desert in the world?
A. Sahara
B. Antarctic
C. Thar
D. The Gobi
ANSWER : A.Sahara
SOLUTION:The Sahara Desert in North Africa is generally considered the hottest desert in the world.
4. The Gobi Desert lies in which among the following countries?
A. Magnolia
B. Pakistan
C. Afghanistan
D. Shri Lanka
ANSWER: A.Magnolia
SOLUTION:The Gobi Desert is located in both northern China and southern Mongolia, covering an area of about 1.295 million square kilometers (500,000 square miles). The Gobi is Asia’s largest desert and the sixth largest in the world.
5. Name the largest desert in South Africa.
A. Chalbi desert
B. Thar desert
C. Kalahari Desert
D. None of these
ANSWER: C.Kalahari Desert
SOLUTION:The Kalahari Desert is a large semi-arid sandy savanna in Southern Africa extending for 900,000 square kilometres (350,000 sq mi), covering much of Botswana, as well as parts of Namibia and South Africa.
6. Where is the situated in the Sahara Desert?
A. USA
B. Australia
C. North Africa
D. South Africa
ANSWER: C.North Africa
SOLUTION:The Sahara desert is located in Africa and spreads across many countries in Northern Africa. Cold Antarctica and Arctic deserts are bigger in size than the Sahara desert.
7. The great Victoria Desert is situated in _____.
A. Africa
B. North America
C. Europe
D. Australia
ANSWER: D.Australia
SOLUTION: The Great Victoria Desert, an interim Australian bioregion, is a sparsely populated desert area in Western Australia and South Australia.
8. What is desertification?
A. The process of land losing vegetation
B. The process of land losing nutrients
C. The process of land turning into a desert as the quality of the soil declines over time
D. None of these
ANSWER: C.The process of land turning into a desert as the quality of the soil declines over time
SOLUTION: The process of land turning into a desert as the quality of the soil declines over time
9. Great Victoria desert is present in _____.
A. New Zealand
B. England
C. Australia
D. South Africa
ANSWER: C.Australia
SOLUTION: The Great Victoria Desert, an interim Australian bioregion, is a sparsely populated desert area in Western Australia and South Australia.
10. Which desert of the world is known as “Friendly desert”?
A. Thar Desert
B. Sahara Desert
C. Gobi Desert
D. None of these
ANSWER: A.Thar Desert
SOLUTION:Another incredible fact about Thar is that despite its harsh natural environments, the desert is inhabited by around 30 million people, making it one of the most populated, easily accessible and least inhospitable deserts in the world. Due to these factors, it is often dubbed as the “Friendly Desert”.