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

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  1. Desert soil

  2. Laterite soil

  3. Black soil

  4. Alluvial soil

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Correct Option: A
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.

Laterite soil is developed in areas with _____.

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  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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Correct Option: D
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.

Red soil is mainly found in ________.

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

  1. Rajasthan

  2. Orissa

  3. Punjab

  4. Haryana

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Correct Option: B

The chief production in region having black soil is _____.

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  1. Cotton

  2. Rice

  3. Wheat

  4. Tea

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Correct Option: A

Which type of soil found most in North India?

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

  1. Red soil

  2. Black Soil

  3. Laterite Soils

  4. Alluvial Soil

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Major soil of North India is Alluvial soil and mostly in northern plains or northern Indian states like Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar etc.

Which of the following soils is most suitable for the cultivation of cotton in India?

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

  1. Red soil

  2. Laterite soil

  3. Alluvial soil

  4. Regur soil

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Regur soil is suitable for cotton cultivation. It is a black coloured soil. It is said be perfect for cotton cultivation. It is rich in iron content.

Which factors control the soil forming processes?

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  1. Parent rock

  2. Climate

  3. Relief and Time

  4. Flora, fauna and micro-organism

  5. All of these

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Correct Option: E
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.

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

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  1. Air

  2. Viscous material

  3. Loose material

  4. Fluid

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Correct Option: C
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.

The red soil gets its colour because of the presence of _____________.

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  1. Granite

  2. Aluminium

  3. Gneiss

  4. Iron oxide

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Correct Option: D

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

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  1. Time

  2. Soil texture

  3. Organic matter

  4. Inorganic matter

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Correct Option: B
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.