Desert Quiz Questions and Answers:
How many countries does the Sahara desert touch?
(a) 7
(b) 9
(c) 10
(d) 11
What is the name of the desert that covers much of Southern Africa?
(a) Kalahari Desert
(b) Sahara Desert
(c) Atacama Desert
(d) Mojave Desert
Driest place on Earth is __
(a) Sonoran Desert
(b) Arabian Desert
(c) Gobi Desert
(d) Atacama Desert
Which of the following reasons is responsible for the lack of vegetation in the deserts?
(a) Heavy volume of sand
(b) Absence of B-horizon in the soil
(c) High temperature
(d) Lack of rainfall
How much of the Earth’s land surface is desert?
(a) 1/10th
(b) 1/5th
(c) 1/3rd
(d) 1/6th
What is the name of the desert that covers much of Eastern China and Mongolia?
(a) Sahara Desert
(b) Arabian Desert
(c) Gobi Desert
(d) Great Basin Desert
Related: Water Trivia Questions
World day to combat desertification and drought is observed on:
(a) June 17
(b) June 20
(c) April 17
(d) July 20
The process of land becoming a desert is called:
(a) Desertored
(b) Deserting
(c) Desertization
(d) Desertification
The Gobi Desert lies in which area?
(a) Australia
(b) Africa
(c) Asia
(d) America
What is the name of the desert that covers much of Oman and the United Arab Emirates?
(a) Thar Desert
(b) Arabian Desert
(c) Great Sandy Desert
(d) Gibson Desert
Extensive deserts occur in the western tropical regions of continents because :
(a) of easterly trade winds.
(b) cold ocean currents flow along the western coasts.
(c) of the effect of both the offshore easterly trade winds and cold ocean currents.
(d) the rate of evaporation is greater along the western margin areas.
The biggest desert in Australia?
(a) The Great Victoria desert
(b) Great Sandy Desert
(c) Tanami Desert
(d) Simpson Desert
Related: The Ultimate Quiz On Disaster Management
Why are deserts very cold at night?
(a) due to low humidity levels
(b) due to low humidity levels
Deserts occur in areas of
(a) Adverse human disturbance
(b) Underground saline water
(c) Little underground water
(d) Rain shadow
What is the name of the desert that covers much of Northern Africa?
(a) Atacama Desert
(b) Sahara Desert
(c) Gobi Desert
(d) Great Basin Desert
Where are the hot deserts generally found?
(a) On the eastern margins of the Tropics
(b) On the western margins of the Tropics
(c) Nearer the Equator
(d) In the middle of the Continents
Desertification can be checked by
(a) plugging gullies
(b) checking over- grazing
(c) contour ploughing
(d) forming shelter belts
What is the name of the desert that covers much of Western Australia?
(a) Great Sandy Desert
(b) Gibson Desert
(c) Simpson Desert
(d) Tanami Desert
Related: Climate Change Quiz
The biggest desert in the world is the –
(a) Antarctic Desert
(b) Arctic Desert
(c) Russian Arctic
(d) Sahara desert
What is the name of the desert that covers much of Northern Chile and Southern Peru?
(a) Atacama Desert
(b) Kalahari Desert
(c) Mojave Desert
(d) Great Basin Desert
In a desert region, soil erosion can be checked by
(a) Tree plantation / afforestation
(b) Crop rotation
(c) Contour ploughing
(d) Using farm manure
What is the largest hot desert in the world?
(a) Sahara Desert
(b) Arabian Desert
(c) Gobi Desert
(d) Sonoran Desert
Sahara is located in which part of Africa ?
(a) Eastern
(b) Western
(c) Northern
(d) Southern
Related: Biodiversity Multiple choice Question and answers
What is the name of the desert that covers much of Northern Mexico and the Southwestern USA?
(a) Mojave Desert
(b) Sonoran Desert
(c) Atacama Desert
(d) Sahara Desert
Where are the hot deserts generally found ?
(a) On the eastern margins of the Tropics
(b) On the western margins of the Tropics
(c) Nearer the Equator
(d) In the middle of the Continent
What is the name of the desert that covers much of Central Asia?
(a) Sahara Desert
(b) Gobi Desert
(c) Arabian Desert
(d) Thar Desert
What is the name of the desert that covers much of Southern California, USA?
(a) Great Basin Desert
(b) Sonoran Desert
(c) Mojave Desert
(d) Chihuahuan Desert
