This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Geography > Relief > Great Indian Desert – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Great Indian Desert Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. During summers, hot winds which blow in a desert are called ..... A) Sand storms. B) Caravans. C) Caravans. D) Loo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Loo. 2. The desert is an undulating sandy plain covered with ..... A) Mountains. B) Rivers. C) Sand dunes. D) Cactus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sand dunes. 3. ..... is the only river in Thar desert. A) Ganga. B) Luni. C) Indus. D) Yamuna. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Luni. 4. The climate of Rajasthan is: A) Wet. B) Harsh. C) Pleasant. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harsh. 5. What will a traditional Rajasthani man wear? A) Jeans and T-shirt. B) Pant and Shirt. C) Dhoti, Kurta and Turban. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dhoti, Kurta and Turban. 6. Which of the below statements describe the climate of the Thar Desert A) Hot days and nights during summer and winter. B) Hot days, cold nights during summer and winter. C) Hot days, cool nights in summer and cool days and cold nights in winter. D) Hot days and nights during summer and cold days and nights during winter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hot days, cool nights in summer and cool days and cold nights in winter. 7. Thar Desert lies in ..... in Rajasthan? A) Eastern. B) Western. C) Northern. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Western. 8. The Thar Desert is present in the ..... part of Rajasthan and ..... of Aravalli Hills. A) South-east, west. B) North-west, west. C) South-west, west. D) North-east, east. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) North-west, west. 9. Areas in a desert where water is found and agriculture is carried out are called ..... A) Oases. B) Caravans. C) Forts. D) Banjaras. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oases. 10. What is an important salt water lake in the Great Indian Desert. A) Lonar Lake. B) Sambha Lake. C) Panchbhadra Lake. D) Pangong Lake. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sambha Lake. 11. Which is the only largest river in this desert? A) Sutlej river. B) Indira Gandhi Canel. C) Luni river. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Luni river. 12. Villages in the desert come up ..... A) In places where there are camels. B) Where there is water. C) Where the sand dunes are formed. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Where there is water. 13. What has a property of losing and gaining heat quickly? A) Water. B) Soil. C) Sand. D) Cactus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sand. 14. Identify a famous festival of Rajasthan. A) Teej. B) Ghoomar. C) Fire. D) Kalbelia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Teej. 15. Which hills do not allow moisture laden winds to enter the Thar Desert? A) Satpura Hills. B) Vindhya range. C) No hills are there. D) Aravalli Hills. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aravalli Hills. 16. WHICH OF THE FOLLOING IS TRUE THAR DESERT? A) All it lies in Pakistan . B) All it lies in India. C) Most of it lies in India. D) Most of it lies in Pakitan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Most of it lies in India. 17. Approximately how many mammals are found in the Thar desert? A) Over 20. B) Over 30. C) Over 40. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Over 40. 18. People who lead a nomadic life in desert are called ..... A) Oases. B) Ranas. C) Caravans. D) Banjaras. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Banjaras. 19. Which of the follwing is not a crop of Rajasthan state? A) Maize. B) Rice. C) Barley. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rice. 20. This is an unproductive land. A) Desert. B) Mountain. C) Plateau. D) Plain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Desert. 21. The only seasonal river that crosses the sandy desert is ..... A) Tapti. B) Luni. C) Kaveri. D) Ganga. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Luni. 22. A)what is the the amount of rainfall? (in normal)b)what type of climate does Thar desert have? A) 100-150mmb)arid and dry. B) 100-500mmb)semi-arid and dry. C) 50-100mmb)arid and moist. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 100-150mmb)arid and dry. 23. National park of Rajasthan is ..... A) Kahna National Park. B) Manas National Park. C) Bharatpur National Park. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bharatpur National Park. 24. What does a camel store inside its hump? A) Leaves. B) Bananas. C) Milk. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Water. 25. The hot winds in the desert carry lot of sand with them and causes A) Sand dunes. B) Oasis. C) Sandstorms. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sandstorms. 26. Rainfall in a desert is very ..... A) Extreme. B) Scanty. C) Moderate. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scanty. 27. The ship of the desert is the ..... A) Dog. B) Goat. C) Camel. D) Snake. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Camel. 28. Assertion:The Indian desert lies towards the Eastern margins of Aravali hills.Reason:This region receives very high rainfall, above 150mm per year. A) Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion. B) Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion. C) Assertion is true but reason is false. D) Both Assertion and Reason are false. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both Assertion and Reason are false. 29. Name the hill that surround the Thar desert. A) Satpura. B) Aravalli. C) Himalayas. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aravalli. 30. The people over there speak A) English. B) Kannada. C) Tamil. D) Hindi rajasthani. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hindi rajasthani. 31. People travel on camels across the desert in groups called ..... A) Caravans. B) Urs. C) Banjaras. D) Oases. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Caravans. 32. Which cover the largest area? A) Rivers. B) Cactus. C) Barchans. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Barchans. 33. Identify the main occupations of people living in the Thar Desert. A) Agriculture and quarrying. B) Animal rearing and quarrying. C) Animal rearing and fishing. D) Agriculture and teaching. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Animal rearing and quarrying. 34. How many years before was Thar desert related to Egypt what was the year A) 5000 yrs-3000 bc. B) 5500 yrs-3500 bc. C) 2500 yrs-500 bc. D) 2000 yrs-1 ad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5000 yrs-3000 bc. 35. What are the characterized of the desert? A) Scanty vegetation. B) Heavy precipitation/rainfall. C) Moderate climate. D) Low evaporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scanty vegetation. 36. The hot winds in the desert carry a lot of sand with them and cause ..... A) Sand dunes. B) Oasis. C) Sandstorms. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sandstorms. 37. Longitudinal dunes became more prominent near the ..... A) Indo-Pakistan boundary. B) Pakistan-Indo boundary. C) Rajasthan boundary. D) Pakistan boundary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indo-Pakistan boundary. 38. Which minerals are exported to other countries from Rajasthan? A) Gold and silver. B) Coal and petroleum. C) Marble and sandstone. D) Copper and limestone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marble and sandstone. 39. The river that irrigates some parts of the Thar region is: A) Satluj. B) Ganga. C) Narmada. D) Chambal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chambal. 40. Malwa Plateau is lying is which mountain range? A) Vindhya range. B) Satpura range. C) None of these. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vindhya range. 41. Who are the people that live in deserts? A) Camels. B) American. C) Aliens. D) Bedouin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bedouin. 42. Which is the Largest Hot Desert in the World? A) Antarctic Desert. B) Sahara Desert. C) I don't Know?. D) Thar Desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sahara Desert. 43. The Thar Desert is a ..... desert. A) Cold and wet. B) Cold and dry. C) Hot and dry. D) Hot and wet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hot and dry. 44. Which river flows in the eastern part of Rajasthan. A) Ganga river. B) Yamuna river. C) Chambal river. D) Satluj River. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chambal river. 45. By which river the Southern plateau is divided into two parts? A) Tapi. B) Ganga. C) Narmada. D) Yamuna. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Narmada. 46. Which rivers flows from west to east? A) Both of these. B) Kaveri. C) Krishna. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Both of these. 47. During summer, hot winds called ..... blow from the desert region. A) Shoo. B) Boo. C) Loo. D) Sandstorms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Loo. 48. The Great Indian Desert' lies in the ..... part of the Indian subcontinent A) North-eastern. B) North-western. C) South-western. D) South-eastern. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) North-western. 49. Which among these is known as the 'Pink City'? A) Bikaner. B) Jaisalmer. C) Jodhpur. D) Jaipur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jaipur. 50. Which animal is called the ship of the desert??? A) Snake. B) Lion. C) Mouse. D) Camel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Camel. 51. The Great Indian Desert covers an area of how much? A) 175, 000 km. B) 300, 000 km. C) 100, 000 km. D) 200, 000 km. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 200, 000 km. 52. The Indian desert lies towards the western margins of the ..... A) Anantagiri Hills. B) Pothigai. C) Aravali Hills. D) Ajodhya Hills. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aravali Hills. 53. How many percent wool production comes from Rajasthan A) 30-40%. B) 50-60%. C) 40-50%. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 40-50%. 54. Name the canal which starts from the Satluj River and waters parts of the Thar Desert. A) The Indira Gandhi Canal. B) The Rajiv Gandhi Canal. C) The Maharaja Canal. D) The Kaveri Canal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Indira Gandhi Canal. 55. Villages in the desert come up in places A) In places where there are camels. B) Where there is water. C) Where the sand dunes are formed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Where there is water. 56. Which among these are the major religions followed by Rajasthanis? A) Christianity and Buddhism. B) Jainism and Islam. C) Jainism and Hinduism. D) Buddhism and Christianity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jainism and Hinduism. 57. Assertion:The Indian Desert has a low vegetation cover.Reason:It has an arid climate. A) Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion. B) Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion. C) Assertion is true but reason is false. D) Both Assertion and Reason are false. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion. 58. Strong winds called ..... shift sand from one place to another. A) Caravans. B) Oases. C) Sand dunes. D) Sand storms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sand storms. 59. Small hills of sands are called ..... A) Sandstorms. B) Sand dunes. C) Sand pits. D) Sand marsh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sand dunes. 60. Which is the driest desert in the world? A) Kalahari Desert. B) Atacama Desert. C) Thar Desert. D) Sahara Desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atacama Desert. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIndian Geography QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesGreat Indian Desert Quiz 1Great Indian Desert Quiz 3Coastal Plains QuizHimalayan Mountains QuizNorthen Plalns QuizPeninsular Plateau QuizThe Himalayan Range Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books