Great Indian Desert Quiz 1 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is the other name of the Thar Desert?

Correct Answer: A) The Great Indian Desert.

2. The Great Indian Desert covers a large part of:

Correct Answer: B) Rajasthan.

3. The Desert Festival is held in

Correct Answer: C) Jaiselmer.

4. Which among these is an important salt lake of the Thar desert region?

Correct Answer: D) Sambhar Lake.

5. On which side of India Pakistan and Afghanistan lie?

Correct Answer: A) West.

6. The languages spoken by the people in Rajasthan are ..... and .....

Correct Answer: B) Rajasthani and Hindi.

7. Rivers that flow through Thar desert

Correct Answer: C) River Luni.

8. What is the the most famous mineral in the desert?

Correct Answer: A) Limestone.

9. The Thar Desert is in ..... part of Rajasthan.

Correct Answer: B) North-west.

10. The nomads of Rajasthan are called .....

Correct Answer: C) Banjaras.

11. Rainfall is scanty in a desert. It is less than ..... cm per annum.

Correct Answer: D) 25.

12. The capital of Rajasthan is

Correct Answer: C) Jaipur.

13. The Thar Desert is bounded on the south by the .....

Correct Answer: D) Rann of Kachchh.

14. Thar desert is a natural boundary across which countries?

Correct Answer: A) India and Pakisthan.

15. People of Rajasthan speak ..... language.

Correct Answer: B) Rajasthani.

16. Where does the desert lie?

Correct Answer: A) The Indian desert lies towards the western margins of the Aravali Hills.

17. The government has set up India's largest wheat farm at

Correct Answer: C) Suratgarh.

18. ..... is known as " the ship of the desert".

Correct Answer: C) Camel.

19. The nomads of the thar desert are known as .....

Correct Answer: A) Banjaras.

20. Small hill of sand

Correct Answer: A) Sand dune.