TROPICAL AND LIFE IN THE DESERT

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TROPICAL

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1- Which is the world’s largest hot desert?

(A) Sahara Desert

(B) Kalahari Desert

(C) Gobi Desert

(D) Atacama Desert

 

2- …………….is an arid region featured with extremely high and low temperatures and has scarce vegetation.

(A) Desert

(B) Plateaus

(C) Plains

(D) Valleys

 

3- World’s largest desert Sahara is located in ………………continent.

(A) Australia

(B) Africa

(C) North America

(D) Asia

 

4- Sahara desert covers a large part of …………………

(A) Central Africa

(B) South Africa

(C) North Africa

(D) All of the above

 

5- How much area does the Sahara desert spans?

(A) .854 million sq. km

(B) 8.55 million sq. km

(C) 8.45 million sq. km

(D) 8.54 million sq. km

 

6- How many countries does the Sahara Desert touch?

(A) 12

(B) 11

(C) 10

(D) 8

 

7- ……………..in Sahara desert, south of Tripoli Libya recorded the highest temperature of 57.7oC in 1992.

(A) Algeria

(B) Al Aziza

(C) Egypt

(D) Morocco

 

8- Sahara desert is covered with ………………

(A) Gravel Plains

(B) Elevated Plateaus

(C) Rocky surface

(D) All of the above

 

9- What kind of climate is found in Sahara Desert?

(A) Wet climate

(B) Tropical climate

(C) Very cold and parch dry

(D) Scorching hot and parch dry

 

10- Which of the following are the characteristics of Sahara desert?

a.Climate in Sahara desert is scorching hot and parch dry.

b.The desert has short rainy season.

c.The sky is clear and cloudless.

d.The temperature during day time reaches 50oC and at night near 0o C.

(A) All are correct

(B) Only a and b

(C) Only c and d

(D) None of the above


11- What type of vegetation is/are found in Sahara Desert?

(A) Cactus

(B) Date

(C) Palm

(D) All of the above

 

12- What a variety of Animals is/are found in Sahara Desert?

(A) Camels

(B) Jackals

(C) Foxes

(D) All of the above

 

13- Whose skeletons have been found by scientists from Sahara Desert?

(A) Fish

(B) Deer

(C) Monkey

(D) Whale

 

14- Bedouins and Tuaregs are nomadic tribes of …………………desert

(A) Gobi

(B) Sahara

(C) Atacama

(D) None of the above

 

15- Goats, sheep, camels and horses livestock’s are reared by ……………………of Sahara desert.

(A) Kharia tribes

(B) Santhal tribes

(C) Nomadic tribes

(D) Khond tribes

 

16- …………….is a fertile or green area in an arid region.

(A) Tropical Island

(B) Cave

(C) Oasis

(D) None of the above

 

17- Which of the following is an example of oasis in Morocco?

(A) Tafilalet Oasis

(B) Siwa Oasis

(C) Timia Oasis

(D) None of the above

 

18- Tafilalet Oasis in Morocco is spread over an area of …………………square kilometer.

(A) 14,000 square km

(B) 13,000 Square km

(C) 12,000 square km

(D) 11,000 square km

 

19- The Worldwide famous “cotton Egyptian” cotton is grown in……………

(A) Morocco

(B) Algeria

(C) Egypt

(D) None of the above

 

20- Algeria, Libiya and Egypt are famous to discover ……………..

(A) Minerals

(B) Oasis

(C) Oil

(D) All of the above


21-What types of minerals are found in Sahara Desert?

(A)  Iron, Phosphorus, Uranium, Magnesium

(B) Gold, Iron, Uranium

(C) Silver, Gold, Uranium, Iron

(D) None of the above

 

22- …………..is the coldest inhabited places on the earth is located in Ladakh.

(A) Leh

(B) Drass

(C) Markha

(D) Nubra

 

23- Ladakh is made up of two words La + dak which means ……………..

(A) Mountain +pass

(B) Mountain + country

(C) Mountain pass+ country

(D) Mountain + region

 

24- ……………..is a coldest desert lying in the Greater Himalaya, on eastern side of Jammu and Kashmir.

(A) Srinagar

(B) Drass

(C) Leh

(D) Ladakh

 

25- Which of the following range is located in north of Ladakh Desert?

(A) Namcha Barwa

(B) Everest Range

(C) Zanskar Range

(D) Karakoram Range

 

26- Zanskar mountain range is located in the ……………of Ladakh.

(A) South

(B) North

(C) East

(D) West

 

27- Which is the most important river that flows through the cold desert of Ladakh?

(A) Sutlej

(B) Indus

(C) Ravi

(D) Jhelum

 

28- ………………..glacier is found in Ladakh region.

(A) Meola

(B) Sona

(C) Gangri

(D) Rimo

 

29- The altitude in …………….varies from about 3000 m in Kargil to more than 8000 m in the Karakoram.

(A) Siachen

(B) Leh

(C) Drass

(D) Ladakh

 

30- Khapa- chan is another name of which region in India?

(A) Ladakh

(B) Leh

(C) Kargil

(D) Siacen

31. Hoopoe is specie of …………….

(A) Bird

(B) Animal

(C) Fish

(D) None of the above

The Chiru and the Tibetan antelope are …………………species of Ladakh region.

(A) Speciation

(B) Invasive

(C) Endangered

(D) Keystone

Which of the following Monasteries are found in Ladakh region?

(A) Hemis ,Thiksey

(B) Shey

(C) Lamayuru

(D) All of the above

 1-(A), 2-(A), 3-(B), 4-(C), 5-(D), 6-(B), 7-(B), 8-(D), 9-(D), 10-(A)

11-(D), 12-(D), 13-(A), 14-(B), 15-(C), 16-(C), 17-(A), 18-(B), 19-(C), 20-(D)

21-(A), 22-(B), 23-(C), 24-(D), 25-(D), 26-(A), 27-(B), 28-(C), 29-(D), 30-(A)

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