This Rajasthan quiz on Aravalli Range and the Thar Desert puts 10 multiple-choice questions to you, the verified MCQs published with GK24's note on the topic. Every question carries a full explanation of why the correct option is right and why the other options are wrong, so you learn the fact behind the answer rather than the letter. Attempt it right after reading the note, keep to the timer, and use the explanations at the end to mark what needs another look. Sit it again before the exam as a quick revision of the topic.
10 questions with answers and explanations
Guru Shikhar, the highest peak of the Aravalli Range, lies in which district of Rajasthan?
Guru Shikhar stands on Mount Abu in Sirohi district and, at 1,722 metres, is the highest point of the Aravalli Range and of Rajasthan.
Read the full explanation →The Aravalli Range is an example of which type of mountains?
The Aravalli was folded in Precambrian times, long before the Himalaya existed, and hundreds of millions of years of erosion have worn it down to a chain of residual hills whose rocks carry zinc, lead, copper and marble.
Read the full explanation →The Luni river of Rajasthan rises near Ajmer and finally drains into
The Luni rises in the Naga hills near Ajmer in the Aravalli, flows south-west through Pali, Jodhpur, Barmer and Jalore and loses itself in the marshes of the Rann of Kachchh in Gujarat.
Read the full explanation →Sambhar, the largest inland salt lake of India, lies in which state?
Sambhar lake spreads across the Jaipur and Nagaur districts of Rajasthan and is the largest inland salt-water lake in India, a major source of common salt and a wetland where flamingos gather in winter.
Read the full explanation →The Desert National Park, known for the great Indian bustard, is spread over which districts of Rajasthan?
The Desert National Park covers about 3,162 square kilometres in the Jaisalmer and Barmer districts and protects the sand dunes, salt flats and thorn scrub of the Thar along with the great Indian bustard, called godawan locally, which is the state bird of Rajasthan.
Read the full explanation →The Indira Gandhi Canal, which carries water into the north-western desert of Rajasthan, takes off from which barrage?
The canal, originally called the Rajasthan Canal and renamed after Indira Gandhi, begins at the Harike barrage in Punjab, built just below the point where the Beas joins the Sutlej, and carries water about 649 kilometres through Sri Ganganagar, Hanumangarh, Bikaner and Jaisalmer.
Read the full explanation →Crescent-shaped sand dunes that move with the wind, common in the Thar Desert, are called
A barchan is a crescent-shaped dune with a gentle windward slope and a steep slip face, its two horns pointing downwind, and it migrates as sand is carried over the crest.
Read the full explanation →The Bhorat plateau, the highest plateau of the Aravalli, lies between
The Bhorat plateau is the high, flat tract of the southern Aravalli lying between Gogunda in Udaipur district and Kumbhalgarh in Rajsamand, with an average height above twelve hundred metres.
Read the full explanation →Why does the Aravalli Range fail to cause rainfall from the Arabian Sea branch of the south-west monsoon in western Rajasthan?
The Aravalli trends from south-west to north-east, which is roughly the direction in which the Arabian Sea branch of the monsoon travels.
Read the full explanation →Which is the only hill station of Rajasthan, situated in the Aravalli Range?
Mount Abu, in Sirohi district, is the only hill station of Rajasthan.
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