Match List-I with List—II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists : List-I (Continent) A. Asia B. Africa C. North America D. South America List-II (Desert) 1. Atacama 2. Mojave 3. Kalahari 4. Gobi Code :

The correct matching of continents to their respective deserts is as follows: Asia is home to the Gobi Desert, a large cold desert region in East Asia. Africa contains the Kalahari Desert, which stretches across Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa [1]. North America features the Mojave Desert, located primarily in California and Nevada. South America is home to the Atacama Desert, situated in Chile and Peru; it is recognized as the driest non-polar desert on Earth due to the rain shadow effect of the Andes and cold offshore currents [2]. Therefore, the correct sequence for A-B-C-D is 4-3-2-1. This alignment corresponds to Option 3, which accurately pairs each continent with its prominent desert landform as described in geographical records.

Sources

1. [1] https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/desert/
2. [2] Physical Geography by PMF IAS, Manjunath Thamminidi, PMF IAS (1st ed.) > Chapter 30: Climatic Regions > Hot Desert Climate (BWh: B – Dry, W – Desert, h – low latitude) > p. 441