Soils of India
586. The most important type of soil in India:
(a) Alluvial (b) Red soil
(c) Laterite soil (d) Desert soil
Answer: (a)
587. What approximate percentage of area of India is covered by
alluvial soil?
(a) 10 (b)20
(c) 30 (d) 40
Answer: (d)
588. Which area in India is dominated by alluvial soil?
(a) Western area (b) Northern plains
(c) Southern area (d) Deccan plateau
Answer: ()
589. Which soil is also known as Regur soil ?
(a) Laterite (b) Red soil
(c) Black soil (d) Alluvial soil
Answer: (c)
590. The soil which is most suitable for cotton cultivation?
(a) Desert soil (b) Black soil
(c) Alluvial soil (d) Red soil
Answer: ()
591. Which soils are most typical of the Deccan trap?
(a) Alluvial soil (b) Desert soil
(c) Laterite (d) Black soil
Answer: (d)
592. Which soil is formed as a result of lava flows?
(a) Laterite (b) Red soil
(c) Black soil (d) Alluvial soil
Answer: (c)
593. Desert soil is abundant in:
(a) Jammu Kashmir (b) Gujarat
(c) Rajastan (d) Assam
Answer: (c)
594. Removal of minerals from the soil due to passing of water
through it:
(a) Leaching (b) Bleaching
(c) Humus (d) None of these
Answer: (a)
595. Which soil is also known as Vertisol?
(a) Desert soil (b) Black soil
(c) Alluvial soil (d) Red soil
Answer: ()
596. Fertilizer formed from dead leaves and plants in the soil.
(a) Humus (b) Regur
(c) Khadar (d) Bhangar
Answer: (a)
597. Old alluvium is called:
(a) Khadar (b) Bhangar
(c) Regur (d) Humus
Answer: ()
598. New alluvium is called:
(a) Regur (b) Humus
(c) Khadar (d) Bhangar
Answer: (c)
599. What imparts colour to red soil?
(a) Phospherus (b) Potassium
(c) Iron oxide (d) Calcium
Answer: (c)
600. The type of soil common in Malva and
Chotanagpur plateau:
(a) Red soil (b) Laterite
(c) Alluvial soil (d) Mountain soil
Answer: (a)
601. The soil formed due to weathering of old crystalline rocks:
(a) Desert soil (b) Alluvial soil
(c) Red soil (d) Marshy soil
Answer: (c)
602. The soil found in typical monsoon conditions:
(a) Laterite (b) Red soil
(c) Alluvial soil (d) Marshy soil
Answer: (a)
603. Which soil is sometimes unfit for agriculture?
(a) Alluvial (b) Regur
(c) Saline soil (d) Laterite
Answer: (c)
604. Which is a remedy for soil erosion?
(a) Afforestation (b) Terrace farming
(c) contour cultivation (d) All of these
Answer: (d)
605. The Indian council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has divided
the soils of India into ..... major groups:
(a) 8 (b) 9
(c) 10 (d) 11
Answer: (a)
606. Which type of soil occupies about 70% of the total area in
Tamil Nadu?
(a) Laterite soil (b) Alluvial soil
(c) Red soil (d) Mountain soil
Answer: (c)
607. Laterite soil found in India in:
(a) Western Ghats (b) Eastern Ghats
(c) Deccan Plateau (d) Satpura region in Madhya Pradesh
Answer: (a)
608. Laterite solis:
(a) are red in color
(b) are formed in tropical climates
(c) often contain high concentrations of aluminum
(d) all of the above
Answer: (d)
609. Soil is composed of ___.
(a) organic matter produced by organisms
(b) fragments of bedrock
(c) clay minerals formed by the chemical alteration of bedrock
(d) all of these
Answer: (d)
610. What is the name for soils that are rich in calcium
(a) laterites (b) evaporites
(c) pedocals (d) pedalfers
Answer: (c)
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