GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ-GEOGRAPHY 4

                                  NCERT 6 TH AND 7 TH CLASS QUIZ FOR EXAM ASPIRANT 

ANSWER THE FALLOWING QUESTION (1-5)

(1) River Mississippi drains
(a) Canada
(b) Africa
(c) USA

(2) Drakensberg Mountains are to the west of
(a) Prairies
(b) Velds
(c) Pampas

(3) Merino is a species of
(a) fish
(b) elephant
(c) sheep

(4) Kimberley is famous for
(a) diamonds
(b) silver
(c) platinum

(5) Sahara is located in which part of Africa
(a) eastern
(b) northern
(c) western

EXPLANATION(1-5)

Q.1) Answer(c) 
​Mississippi is flowing In the USA.

Q.2) Answer(b) 
The temperate grasslands of South Africa are called the velds . Velds are rolling plateaus with varying heights ranging from 600 m to 1100 m. It is bound by the Drakensburg Mountains on the east. To its west lies the Kalahari desert. 

Q.3) Answer(c)
Sheep rearing is the most important occupation of the people. Sheep is for wool and has given rise to the wool industry in the velds. Merino sheep is a popular species and their wool is very warm.

Q.4) Answer(a) 
​Kimberley is famous for its diamond mines. Mining of diamond and gold in South Africa.

Q.5) Answer(b)
the Sahara desert covering a large part of North Africa. It is the world’s largest desert. It has an area of around 8.54 million sq. km.The Sahara desert touches eleven countries. These are Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia and Western Sahara.

ANSWER THE FALLOWING QUESTION(6-10)

(6) Sahara is what type of desert
(a) cold
(b) hot
(c) mild

(7) The Ladakh desert is mainly inhabited by
(a) Christians and Muslims
(b) Buddhists and Muslims
(c) Christians and Buddhists

(8) Deserts are characterised by
(a) scanty vegetation
(b) heavy precipitation
(c) low evaporation

(9) Hemis in the Ladakh is a famous
(a) temple
(b) church
(c) monastery

(10) Egypt is famous for growing
(a) wheat
(b) maize
(c) cotton

EXPLANATION(6-10)

Q.6) Answer(b)
The climate of the Sahara desert is scorching hot and parch dry. It has a short rainy season. The sky is cloudless and clear. Here, the moisture evaporates faster than it accumulates. Days are unbelievably hot. The temperatures during the day may soar as high as 50°C, heating up the sand and the bare rocks, which in turn radiates heat making everything around hot. The nights may be freezing cold with temperatures nearing zero degrees.

Q.7) Answer(b)
Ladakh is a cold desert lying in the Great Himalayas, on the eastern side of Jammu and Kashmir. The Karakoram Range in the north and the Zanskar mountains in the south enclose it.
The people here are either Muslims or Buddhists. In fact several Buddhists monasteries dot the Ladakhi landscape with their traditional ‘gompas’. Some famous monasteries are Hemis, Thiksey, Shey and Lamayuru

Q.8) Answer(a)
the desert areas of the world are characterised by low rainfall, scanty vegetation and extreme temperatures. Depending on the temperatures there can be hot deserts or cold deserts. The people inhabit these lands wherever little water is available to practise agriculture.

Q.9) Answer(c)
The people here are either Muslims or Buddhists. In fact several Buddhists monasteries dot the Ladakhi landscape with their traditional ‘gompas’. Some famous monasteries are Hemis, Thiksey, Shey and Lamayuru

Q.10) Answer(c)
Egyptian cotton, famous worldwide is grown in Egypt.The oasis in the Sahara and the Nile Valley in Egypt supports settled population. Since water is available, the people grow date palms. Crops such as rice, wheat, barley and beans are also grown. ​