SSC
INDIAN GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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All of it lies in India
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Most of it lies in Pakistan.
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Most of it lies in India.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -A large part of the Thar desert lies in the state of Rajasthan.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Thar Desert (Hindi: ), also known as the Great Indian Desert, is an arid region in the north-western part of the Indian subcontinent that covers an area of 205, 000 km2 (79, 000 sq mi) in India and Pakistan. It is the world’s 20th-largest desert, and the world’s 9th-largest hot subtropical desert.
Detailed explanation-3: -Despite having an extreme climate, the Thar Desert can provide development opportunities. These include: Mining-the desert has valuable reserves of minerals such as feldspar, phospherite, gypsum and kaolin. These minerals are used to produce a range of things from cement to fertilisers and are therefore valuable.
Detailed explanation-4: -Thar desert is a hot desert. It is also called the Great Indian Desert.