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4. People of Ladakh are mainly :

(a) Buddhists and Muslims (b) Christians and Muslims
(c) Christians and Buddhists (d) None of these
5. In southern Sahara, dry north easterly winds are called :
(a) harmattan (b) mistral (c) haboob (d) none of these

B. Fill in the blanks :
1. ________________ is the world’s largest desert.

2. ________________ is cultivated in the fertile Nile Valley.
3. Ladakh is made up of only two districts ________________.
4. Ladakh is a major ________________ attraction.
5. National Highway ________________ is found in Ladakh.
C. Match the following :

Column 'A' Column 'B'
1. Sand dunes (a) Africa
2. Sahara (b) Cold desert

3. Camel (c) The Ship of the desert
4. Ladakh (d) Sahara

D. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false :
1. Sahara is the world’s smallest desert.
2. Sahara is extremely windy.
3. Permanent settlements exist on the Nile Valley in Egypt.
4. Egyptian cotton is the best quality of cotton grown worldwide.
5. Ladakh is India’s coldest, highest and the driest zone.

E. Answer these Questions :
1. Write down about the people of Sahara desert.
2. Give a brief account on the largest desert of the world.
3. What do you know about the topography and climatic conditions of the Sahara desert?
4. What do you know about the location and tourism of the Ladakh desert?
5. Give a short note on the flora and fauna of the Ladakh region.

Life Skills and Value (Activity)

• Have you been to any of the desert mentioned in this chapter? If yes, then in a scrapbook paste
pictures of your trip to the desert or if not you can take out these pictures from the net or newspapers
and make a scrapbook on the life of the people living in the deserts.

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