All Free General Knowledge MCQs with Answers

• A. Arabian Desert
• B. Gobi Desert
• C. Antarctic Desert
• D. Sahara Desert

Explanation: Antarctica, a polar desert, covers the largest desert area of any desert on the planet.

• A. Thar Desert
• B. Kalahari Desert
• C. Sonoran Desert
• D. Sahara Desert

Explanation: The Sahara is the biggest hot desert, far exceeding other hot deserts in size.

• A. Africa
• B. Asia
• C. Australia
• D. North America

Explanation: The Sahara spans the northern part of the African continent.

• A. Southern Africa
• B. North Africa
• C. Central Africa
• D. East Africa

Explanation: The Sahara stretches across North Africa from the Atlantic to the Red Sea.

• A. The Arctic Ocean
• B. The Indian Ocean
• C. The Pacific Ocean
• D. The Atlantic Ocean

Explanation: The Sahara's western edge reaches the Atlantic coast of Africa.

• A. The Mediterranean Sea
• B. The Arabian Sea
• C. The Caspian Sea
• D. The Red Sea

Explanation: North African countries between the Sahara and the Mediterranean form the desert's northern edge.

• A. Serengeti
• B. Sahel
• C. Maghreb
• D. Savanna

Explanation: The Sahel is the transitional semiarid zone stretching across Africa just below the Sahara.

• A. The Zambezi River
• B. The Niger River
• C. The Nile River
• D. The Congo River

Explanation: The Nile flows northward through the eastern Sahara toward the Mediterranean.

• A. Mount Tahat
• B. Jebel Toubkal
• C. Mount Kenya
• D. Emi Koussi

Explanation: Emi Koussi, an extinct volcano, is the Sahara's tallest peak.

• A. Chad
• B. Niger
• C. Algeria
• D. Libya

Explanation: Emi Koussi, the highest peak of the Sahara, is a volcano in the Tibesti Mountains of northern Chad.

• A. The Air Mountains
• B. The Tibesti Mountains
• C. The Atlas Mountains
• D. The Hoggar Mountains

Explanation: Emi Koussi rises within the Tibesti massif of northern Chad.

• A. Mali
• B. Mauritania
• C. Algeria
• D. Egypt

Explanation: The Ahaggar range lies in southern Algeria.

• A. Sudan
• B. Mali
• C. Chad
• D. Niger

Explanation: The Ténéré, part of the southern Sahara, covers much of eastern Niger.

• A. East of the Nile
• B. West of the Nile
• C. North of the Nile Delta
• D. On both banks equally

Explanation: The Nubian Desert stretches east of the Nile in northern Sudan and southern Egypt.

• A. The Western Desert
• B. The Eastern Desert
• C. The Libyan Desert
• D. The Nubian Desert

Explanation: Egypt's Eastern Desert occupies the strip between the Nile and the Red Sea.

• A. The Sinai Desert
• B. The Nubian Desert
• C. The Western Desert
• D. The Eastern Desert

Explanation: The Western Desert covers the vast area west of the Nile in Egypt.

• A. Tunisia
• B. Libya
• C. Algeria
• D. Egypt

Explanation: Siwa lies in Egypt's Western Desert near the Libyan border.

• A. The Namib Desert
• B. The Karoo Desert
• C. The Danakil Desert
• D. The Kalahari Desert

Explanation: The Namib runs along the Atlantic coastline of Namibia and parts of Angola and South Africa.

• A. Zimbabwe
• B. Namibia
• C. Angola
• D. Botswana

Explanation: The desert takes its name from Namibia, which holds most of it.

• A. The Humboldt Current
• B. The Agulhas Current
• C. The Canary Current
• D. The Benguela Current

Explanation: The cold Benguela Current chills coastal air, suppressing rainfall along the Namib coast.