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Multiple choice geography abiotic resources: land, soil and water classification of soils abiotic resources soils in india

The soil found in the Arid Zone is known as ____________.

  1. Desert soil

  2. Laterite soil

  3. Black soil

  4. Alluvial soil
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A Correct answer
Explanation
The characteristics of arid zones are their dry to very dry and irregular climate, lack of trees, and generally irregular distribution of vegetation, which constitute a very loose soil coverage.
Under these very severe conditions, the soils in such regions possess a number of constant characteristics: slow evolution, frequent shallowness; highly evolved organic matter content, either scanty and superficial, and these soils are also frequently saline.
Multiple choice geography abiotic resources: land, soil and water classification of soils abiotic resources soils in india

Laterite soil is developed in areas with _____.

  1. Low temperature and low rainfall

  2. High temperature and low rainfall

  3. Low temperature and heavy rainfall

  4. High temperature and heavy rainfall
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D Correct answer
Explanation

  • Laterite soils are developed in the areas with high temperature and heavy rainfall.
  • Laterite soil is a rock type soil rich in iron and aluminium, and is commonly considered to have formed in hot and wet tropical areas.

Multiple choice geography abiotic resources: land, soil and water classification of soils abiotic resources soils in india

Red soil is mainly found in ________.

  1. Rajasthan

  2. Orissa

  3. Punjab

  4. Haryana
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Red soil is widely distributed in the peninsular plateau, including states like Odisha (Orissa), Chhattisgarh, and parts of southern India. In contrast, Punjab and Haryana are dominated by alluvial soils, and Rajasthan has desert/arid soils.

Multiple choice geography abiotic resources: land, soil and water classification of soils abiotic resources soils in india

Which factors control the soil forming processes?

  1. Parent rock

  2. Climate

  3. Relief and Time

  4. Flora, fauna and micro-organism

  5. All of these
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E Correct answer
Explanation

The soil is a living system. It takes millions of years to form soil upto a few cm in depth. Relief, parent rock or bedrock, climate, vegetation and other forms of life and time are important factors in the formation of soil.

Multiple choice geography abiotic resources: land, soil and water classification of soils abiotic resources soils in india

Soil is the _____ which forms the upper most layers of the earth.

  1. Air

  2. Viscous material

  3. Loose material

  4. Fluid
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The thin layer of grainy substance covering the surface of the earth is called soil. In the upper most layer of the earth it it is available in the loosey material form. Soil is made up of organic matter, minerals and weathered rocks found on the earth. This happens through the process of weathering.

Multiple choice geography abiotic resources: land, soil and water classification of soils abiotic resources soils in india

Which one of the following is not a factor of soil formation?

  1. Time

  2. Soil texture

  3. Organic matter

  4. Inorganic matter
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B Correct answer
Explanation
  • Soil research has shown that soil profiles are influenced by five separate, yet interacting, factors: parent material, climate, topography, organisms, and time.
  •  Soil scientists call these the factors of soil formation.