Class 7 Geography Chapter 7 Practice Question Answers - Life in the Deserts

Q1. Which of the following mineral is not found in the Sahara desert among the following?
(a) Gold
(b) Phosphate
(c) Manganese
(d) None of these
Ans: (a)

Q2. Which of the following country is not touched by the Sahara desert?
(a) Egypt
(b) Libya
(c) Saudi Arabia
(d) None of these
Ans: (c)

Q3. Ladakh is located in the:
(а) Western side of the Jammu and Kashmir
(b) Eastern side of the Jammu and Kashmir
(c) Northern side of Jammu and Kashmir
(d) None of these
Ans: (b)

Q4. An animal found in Sahara is:
(a) Jackal
(b) Ostrich
(c) Lion
(d) None of these
Ans: (a)

Q5. The altitude in Ladakh varies from 3000 m in Kargil to more than _______ m in Karakoram.
(a) 7,000
(b) 8,000
(c) 9,000
(d) 6,000
Ans: (b)

Q6. Sahara desert touches how many countries?
(a) 12
(b) 11
(c) 9
(d) 7
Ans: (b)

Q7. The world’s largest desert is:
(a) Sahara
(b) Thar
(c) Ladakh
(d) None of these
Ans: (a)

Q8. One animal whose hair is not used to make woollen clothes is:
(a) Sheep
(b) Goat
(c) Lion
(d) None of these
Ans: (c)

Q9. The cold desert is:
(a) Ladakh
(b) Sahara
(c) Thar
(d) None of these
Ans: (a)

Q10. Nile valley is located in:
(a) Egypt
(b) Ghana
(c) Mali
(d) None of these
Ans: (a)

Q11. What is another name of Khapa-chan?
(a) Sahara
(b) Ladakh
(c) Egypt
(d) None of these
Ans: (b)
Ladakh is also known as Khapa-chan that means snow lan(d)

Q12. Where is Drass located?
(a) In Ladakh
(b) In Sahara
(c) In Egypt
(d) None of these
Ans: (a)
Drass one of the coldest inhabited places on earth is located in Ladakh.

Q13. What do you mean by the Gangri?
(a) River
(b) Glacier
(c) Pond
(d) Waterfall
Ans: (b)
The rivers form deep valleys and gorges. Several glaciers are found in Ladakh, for example the Gangri glacier.

Q14. How many countries touch Sahara desert?
(a) 11
(b) 12
(c) 20
(d) 17
Ans: (a)
The Sahara desert touches eleven countries. These are Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia and Western Sahar(a)

Q15. Sahara is located in which part of Africa?
(a) Eastern
(b) Northern
(c) Western
(d) Southern
Ans: (b)
Sahara desert covering a large part of North Afric(a) It is the world’s largest desert. It has an area of around 8.54 million sq. k m.

Q16. Where is the highest temperature recorded?
(a) 67.7°C
(b) 47.7°C
(c) 57.7°C
(d) 37.7°C
Ans: (c)
Al Azizia in the Sahara desert, south of Tripoli, Libya recorded the highest temperature of 57.7°C in 1922.

Q17. What is the climatic conditions of desert?
(a) Low rainfall
(b) Scanty vegetation
(c) Extreme temperature
(d) All of the above
Ans: (d)
Climatic conditions of desert are low rainfall, scanty vegetation and extreme temperatures.

Q18. What are the types of deserts found in the world?
(a) Cold
(b) Hot
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of these
Ans: (c)
The two types of the deserts found in the world are the cold deserts and the hot deserts.

Q19. Egypt is famous for growing what?
(a) Wheat
(b) Maize
(c) Cotton
(d) All of these
Ans: (c)
Egyptian cotton is famous worldwide is grown in Egypt. Crops such as rice, wheat, barley and beans are also grown.

Q20. What are the mainly inhabited of the Ladakh desert?
(a) Christians and Muslims
(b) Buddhists and Muslims
(c) Christians and Buddhists
(d) None of these
Ans: (b)
The mainly inhabited of the Ladakh desert were Buddhists and Muslims.