Cholistan Desert ranges covers about ________.

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1. Major land forms Cholistan Desert ranges is / are :

   A. Subrecent river plain
   B. The first sandy terrace above the Hakra River (late pleistocene)
   C. The second sandy terrace above the Kakra River plain (late pleistocene)
   D. The third sandy terrace above the Hakra River plain (middle pleistocene)
   E. All of the above

2. Tharparkar Desert ranges covers ______ million ha.

   A. 2.65
   B. 2.7
   C. 2.75
   D. 2.8

3. The Cholistan desert is located in:

   A. Bahawalpur
   B. Rahim Yar khan
   C. Bahawalnagar
   D. All of the above

4. The desert areas in Indo-Pakistan subcontinent covers about ________.

   A. 1.8 million square km
   B. 1.7 million square km
   C. 1.9 million square km
   D. None of these

5. The Cholistan Desert lies in Bahawalpur in Punjab and its continuation in ______ , in Sindh province:

   A. Shahkar Pur
   B. Khairpur
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

6. That Desert Ranges is / are:

   A. Over an area of 2.6 million ha
   B. The tract is bound by the piedmont of the Salt Range in the north
   C. The Indus River flood plains in the west and Jhelum and Chenab Rivers flood plains in the east
   D. All of the above

7. The biggest desert belt running from the Atlantic to _______ , including Sahara and some other samaller deserts such s the Arabian Desert (Arrub-al-Khali):

   A. China
   B. India
   C. Australia
   D. Iran

8. The major range types found in Cholistan are:

   A. Lasiurus sindicus / Haloxylon salicornicum
   B. Eleusine compressa/Haloxylon salicornicum
   C. Haloxylon recurvum/salsola foetida and suaeda fruticosa
   D. All of the above

9. The vegetation of Cholistan consists of:

   A. Exrophytic tree
   B. Shrubs
   C. Grasses
   D. All of the above

10. The Cholistan and Thar deserts comprise ______

    A. Duneland
    B. Consisting of ridges of sand
    C. Drifted and piled up by wind
    D. All of the above