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Question 1.
Which of the following mineral is not found in the Sahara desert among the following?
(a) Gold
(b) Phosphate
(c) Manganese

Answer

Answer: (a) Gold

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Question 2.
Which of the following country is not touched by the Sahara desert?
(a) Egypt
(b) Libya
(c) Saudi Arabia

Answer

Answer: (c) Saudi Arabia

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Question 3.
Ladakh is located in the:
(а) Western side of the Jammu and Kashmir
(b) Eastern side of the Jammu and Kashmir
(c) Northern side of Jammu and Kashmir

Answer

Answer: (b) Eastern side of the Jammu and Kashmir

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Question 4.
An animal found in Sahara is:
(a) Jackal
(b) Ostrich
(c) Lion

Answer

Answer: (a) Jackal

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Question 5.
The altitude in Ladakh varies from 3000 m in Kargil to more than ………….. m in Karakoram.
(a) 7,000
(b) 8,000
(c) 9,000

Answer

Answer: (b) 8,000

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Question 6.
Sahara desert touches how many countries?
(a) 12
(b) 11
(c) 9

Answer

Answer: (b) 11

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Question 7.
The world’s largest desert is:
(a) Sahara
(b) Thar
(c) Ladakh

Answer

Answer: (a) Sahara

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Question 8.
One animal whose hair is not used to make woollen clothes is:
(a) Sheep
(b) Goat
(c) Lion

Answer

Answer: (c) Lion

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Question 9.
The cold desert is:
(a) Ladakh
(b) Sahara
(c) Thar

Answer

Answer: (a) Ladakh

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Question 10.
Nile valley is located in:
(a) Egypt
(b) Ghana
(c) Mali

Answer

Answer: (a) Egypt

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Question 11.
What is another name of Khapa-chan?
(a) Sahara
(b) Ladakh
(c) Egypt
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (b) Ladakh
Ladakh is also known as Khapa-chan that means snow lan(d)

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Question 12.
Where is Drass located?
(a) In Ladakh
(b) In Sahara
(c) In Egypt
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (a) In Ladakh
Drass one of the coldest inhabited places on earth is located in Ladakh.

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Question 13.
What do you mean by the Gangri?
(a) River
(b) Glacier
(c) Pond
(d) Waterfall

Answer

Answer: (b) Glacier
The rivers form deep valleys and gorges. Several glaciers are found in Ladakh, for example the Gangri glacier.

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Question 14.
How many countries touch Sahara desert?
(a) 11
(b) 12
(c) 20
(d) 17

Answer

Answer: (a) 11
The Sahara desert touches eleven countries. These are Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia and Western Sahar(a)

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Question 15.
Sahara is located in which part of Africa?
(a) Eastern
(b) Northern
(c) Western
(d) Southern

Answer

Answer: (b) Northern
Sahara desert covering a large part of North Afric(a) It is the world’s largest desert. It has an area of around 8.54 million sq. k m.

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Question 16.
Where is the highest temperature recorded?
(a) 67.7°C
(b) 47.7°C
(c) 57.7°C
(d) 37.7°C

Answer

Answer: (c) 57.7°C
Al Azizia in the Sahara desert, south of Tripoli, Libya recorded the highest temperature of 57.7°C in 1922.

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Question 17.
What is the climatic conditions of desert?
(a) Low rainfall
(b) Scanty vegetation
(c) Extreme temperature
(d) All of the above

Answer

Answer: (d) All of the above
Climatic conditions of desert are low rainfall, scanty vegetation and extreme temperatures.

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Question 18.
What are the types of deserts found in the world?
(a) Cold
(b) Hot
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (c) Both a and b
The two types of the deserts found in the world are the cold deserts and the hot deserts.

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Question 19.
Egypt is famous for growing what?
(a) Wheat
(b) Maize
(c) Cotton
(d) All of these

Answer

Answer: (c) Cotton
Egyptian cotton is famous worldwide is grown in Egypt. Crops such as rice, wheat, barley and beans are also grown.

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Question 20.
What are the mainly inhabited of the Ladakh desert?
(a) Christians and Muslims
(b) Buddhists and Muslims
(c) Christians and Buddhists
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (b) Buddhists and Muslims
The mainly inhabited of the Ladakh desert were Buddhists and Muslims.

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Match the following

1.

Column I	Column II
1. Sahara desert	(a) Africa
2. Lion	(b) Egypt
3. Nile valley	(c) Willow trees
4. Cricket bats	(d) Shahtoosh
5. Tibetan antelope	(e) Ladakh

Answer

Answer:

Column I	Column II
1. Sahara desert	(a) Africa
2. Lion	(e) Ladakh
3. Nile valley	(b) Egypt
4. Cricket bats	(c) Willow trees
5. Tibetan antelope	(d) Shahtoosh

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Fill in the blanks

1. Cactus is found in ……………. desert.

Answer

Answer: Sahara

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2. Gravel plains are found in ……………. .

Answer

Answer: Sahara

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3. ……………. is the capital of Ladakh.

Answer

Answer: Leh

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4. Khapa-chan means ……………. .

Answer

Answer: snow land

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5. Lamayuru is a famous ……………. monastery.

Answer

Answer: Buddhist

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6. People get water from the ……………. in the Sahara desert.

Answer

Answer: oasis

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7. Drass is located in ……………. .

Answer

Answer: Ladakh

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8. The finest cricket bat is made from the wood of the ……………. trees.

Answer

Answer: willow

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9. The night temperature in Sahara desert is nearing ……………. degrees.

Answer

Answer: zero

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10. Ladakh desert lies in the rain shadow of the ……………. .

Answer

Answer: Himalayas

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11. Vegetation is ……………. in Ladakh desert.

Answer

Answer: scanty

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12. The countries associated with oil are ……………., ……………. and ……………. .

Answer

Answer: Algeria, Libya and Egypt

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13. The Sahara desert experience ……………. and ……………. climate.

Answer

Answer: scorching hot and parch dry

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14. Depressions are formed when the ……………. blows away the san(d)

Answer

Answer: wind

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15. Tafilalet oasis in morocco is a large oasis with an area of about ……………. sq km.

Answer

Answer: 13,000

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Picture Based Questions

1. On an outline map of India, show Ladakh desert.

Answer

Answer:

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