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Multiple choice geography properties of natural resources properties of soil soil pollution and its effects soil and soil pollution

Which of the following is a human input for agriculture?

  1. Relief of the land

  2. Climate of the area

  3. Irrigation facilities

  4. Soil quality
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Agricultural inputs are classified into two types.

1. Human inputs: Labour (workers), Machinery (tractors, combine harvesters, etc.), Buildings (barns, silos), seed to grow crops, animal feed, fertilisers and pesticides, calves, chicks, piglets, etc. (small animals brought to rear and later sell).

2. Natural inputs: Soil, precipitation, sun, alluvium, relief, drainage.

Multiple choice geography properties of natural resources properties of soil soil pollution and its effects soil and soil pollution

The most fertile soil of India is __________.

  1. Alluvial soil

  2. Red soil

  3. Laterite soil

  4. Mountain soil
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Alluvial soils are formed mainly due to silt deposited by Indo-Gangetic-Brahmaputra rivers. They are the largest soil group covering about 15 lakh sq km or about 6 percent of the total area. They support more than 40% of India’s population by providing the most productive agricultural lands.

Multiple choice geography properties of natural resources properties of soil soil pollution and its effects soil and soil pollution

The soils which have supported agriculture for centuries without much manuring or fallowing are _____________.

  1. alluvial and late rite soils

  2. red and laterite soils

  3. black and alluvial soils

  4. laterite and black soils
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Black soils (regur) and alluvial soils are known for their high fertility and ability to sustain agriculture over long periods without intensive manuring.

Multiple choice geography properties of natural resources properties of soil soil pollution and its effects soil and soil pollution

Black soils are ideal for cultivation of cotton because ______________.

  1. their colour is black

  2. they can retain moisture

  3. they are made of lava

  4. they are found on plateau regions
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Black soil is ideal for growing cotton and is also known as black cotton soil. These soils are made up of extremely fine i.e. clayey material. They are well-known for their capacity to hold moisture.  

Multiple choice geography properties of natural resources properties of soil soil pollution and its effects soil and soil pollution

Which of the following soil is the most fertile?

  1. Black soil

  2. Alluvial soil

  3. Red soil

  4. Laterite soil
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Alluvial soils as a whole are very fertile. Mostly these soils contain an adequate proportion of potash, phosphoric acid and lime which are ideal for the growth of sugarcane, paddy, wheat and other cereal and pulse crops. Due to its high fertility, regions of alluvial soils are intensively cultivated and densely populated.

Multiple choice geography earthquakes and volcanoes volcanoes volcanism types and features of earthquakes and volcanoes movement of the earth's plates

In which of the following continent, there is no active volcano? 

  1. Asia

  2. Africa

  3. Europe

  4. Australia
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

There are no volcanoes on the Australian mainland that have erupted since European settlement, but some volcanoes in Victoria, South Australia, and North Queensland were witnessed by Aboriginal people several thousand years ago.

Multiple choice geography earthquakes and volcanoes volcanoes volcanism types and features of earthquakes and volcanoes movement of the earth's plates

The area associated with the greatest frequency of earthquakes is ____________________.

  1. Eastern coastal areas of Asia

  2. Northern coastal areas of Europe

  3. West coast of North and South America

  4. Western coastal areas of Africa
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Pacific Ring of Fire, which includes the west coasts of North and South America and the eastern coastal areas of Asia, is the region with the highest frequency of earthquakes.

Multiple choice geography earthquakes and volcanoes volcanoes volcanism types and features of earthquakes and volcanoes movement of the earth's plates

The point from where earthquake originates is called ____________.

  1. Crust

  2. Earth

  3. Surface

  4. Focus
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D Correct answer
Explanation

An earthquake is the shaking of the surface of the Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves.

An earthquake's point of initial rupture is called its focus or hypocenter. The epicenter is the point at ground level directly above the hypocenter.

Multiple choice geography earthquakes and volcanoes volcanoes volcanism types and features of earthquakes and volcanoes movement of the earth's plates

Sometimes hot molten rocks formed inside the earth are forced out through openings in the earth's surface such as the craters in volcanoes. What is the molten rock inside the earth called? 

  1. Magma

  2. Sludge

  3. Coal tar

  4. None of these
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Molten rock located beneath the Earth's surface is called magma. Once it erupts onto the surface, it is referred to as lava.