Great Indian Desert Quiz 7 (17 MCQs)

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1. Name the canal which starts from the Satluj River and waters parts of the Thar Desert.

Correct Answer: A) The Indira Gandhi Canal.

2. Villages in the desert come up in places

Correct Answer: B) Where there is water.

3. The eastern coastal plain and western plain meet at the southern most tip of the Indian peninsula at

Correct Answer: C) Kanyakumari.

4. Which among these are the major religions followed by Rajasthanis?

Correct Answer: C) Jainism and Hinduism.

5. Assertion:The Indian Desert has a low vegetation cover.Reason:It has an arid climate.

Correct Answer: A) Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

6. Strong winds called ..... shift sand from one place to another.

Correct Answer: D) Sand storms.

7. Small hills of sands are called .....

Correct Answer: B) Sand dunes.

8. Which is the driest desert in the world?

Correct Answer: C) Atacama Desert.

9. Cold deserts are ..... and .....

Correct Answer: B) Cold and icy.

10. The river that drains the Thar desert.

Correct Answer: C) Luni river.

11. Small hills of sand formed in a desert are called .....

Correct Answer: C) Sand dunes.

12. Which tree or a plant is not grown in Rajasthan

Correct Answer: C) Mango tree.

13. Which of the following group of trees/plants you would find in a desert?

Correct Answer: D) Cacti, date palm, babul and thorny bushes.

14. About a tenth of the Eco-region are sand dunes, they are also known as .....

Correct Answer: B) Barchans.

15. Festivals of Rajasthan are

Correct Answer: A) Teej and Gangaur.

16. Maximum area of Thar Desert is covered in the state of:

Correct Answer: C) Rajasthan.

17. What is the only large river in the Thar desert known as?

Correct Answer: B) Luni.