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

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1. The Atacama desert of Coastal South America running from southern Ecuador to central ______, between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean:

   A. United State
   B. Chile
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

2. About _______ people in this country living from Himalayas to the coast of Arabian sea depend on livestock for their bread and butter and are engaged in its herding and rearing:

   A. 1.5 million
   B. 2 million
   C. 2.5 million
   D. 3 million

3. The Namib and the Kalahari deserts in:

   A. Southern Africa
   B. Northern Africa
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

4. The deserts of the world are discontinuously distributed in a pair of parallel belts lying about ______ North and South of the equator.

   A. 25
   B. 30
   C. 35
   D. 40

5. Pakistan is an oblong stretch of land of over ______ km, from the Arabian Sea to the Karakoram Mountains:

   A. 2,250
   B. 2,500
   C. 3,000
   D. 3,200

6. The deserts of Pakistan is:

   A. Siahan
   B. Thar
   C. Thal
   D. Cholistan
   E. All of the above

7. 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

8. Which of the following prevents afforestation in deserts:

   A. Goat and grazing animals
   B. Local resident
   C. Unfertility of soil
   D. Low rainfall

9. A country where _____ per cent of the total aea consists of moutains, gullied foot hills, arid waste and deserts, can never achieve the desired progress unless major part of this usable waste is harnessed to the advantage of its people:

   A. 50 to 55
   B. 55 to 60
   C. 65 to 70
   D. None of these

10. It is estimated that ______ square km land has been converted to unproductive deserts in the last 50 years:

    A. 3.7 million
    B. 3.8 million
    C. 3.9 million
    D. 4 million