Test: Soils of India- 2

QUESTION: 1

Which type of soil is most suitable to grow fruits like apples, pears, peaches and plums?

A.
Mountain soil
B.
Red soil
C.
Black soil
D.
Laterite soil

Solution:

Mountain soil is most suitable to grow fruits like apples, pears, peaches and plums

QUESTION: 2

Alluvial soil is not found in which of the following state?

A.
Punjab
B.
Uttar Pradesh
C.
Haryana
D.
Maharashtra

Solution:

Alluvial soil is found in the regions of Indo-Gangetic plains, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam as well as in the northern parts of Gujarat. Alluvial soil is formed by depositions from surface water and thus is also known as depositional soils.

*Multiple options can be correct

QUESTION: 3

What does farmers add into soil to increase the production of crops?

A.
Humus
B.
Silt
C.
Fertiliser
D.
Manure

Solution:

The substances which are added to the soil in the form of nutrients for the healthy growth of plants are called manure and fertilisers. Soil supplies mineral nutrients to the crop plants. These nutrients are essential for the growth of plants. In certain areas, farmers grow crop after crop in the same field.

QUESTION: 4

What is soil?

A.
A tree growing in the dirt.
B.
Water in the ocean.
C.
A top layer of the earth.
D.
An electric current that travels through a circuit.

Solution:

Soil is the thin layer of material covering the earth's surface and is formed from the weathering of rocks. It is made up mainly of mineral particles, organic materials, air, water and living organisms—all of which interact slowly yet constantly. Therefore, most living things on land depend on soil for their existence.

Soil is the thin layer of material covering the earth's surface

*Multiple options can be correct

QUESTION: 5

Click on all the things that are in soil.

A.
Dead leaves
B.
Animal bones
C.
glitter
D.
tiny rocks
E.
rain water

Solution:

In short, soil is a mixture of minerals, dead and living organisms (organic materials), air, and water. These four ingredients react with one another in amazing ways, making soil one of our planet's most dynamic and important natural resources. Soil is used by people in numerous ways.

QUESTION: 6

A mixture of pieces of rock, decomposing plants and animals is called _____________.

A.
Decomposing
B.
Soil
C.
Rock
D.
Mound

Solution:

Soil is the top layer of most of our earth. Soil is partly made up of decaying plant or animal remains. These are called organic matter or humus and contain the living and once living components of our soil. Soil mostly contains pieces of disintegrating rocks or inorganic matter, water, and air.

QUESTION: 7

What effect can ice have on rocks?

A.
Ice can hold the rock and keep it from breaking.
B.
Ice can break the rock into smaller pieces.
C.
Ice evaporates the rock.
D.
Ice does not affect the rock.

Solution:

If water freezes in a crack in rock, the ice can eventually break the rock apart. Because of these powerful properties, ice is very important in the processes of weathering, where rocks are broken into smaller bits, and erosion, where rocks and earth are washed or moved to other locations.

QUESTION: 8

The breaking down of rocks is called ______________.

A.
Texture
B.
Decomposing
C.
Weathering
D.
Rock and Minerals

Solution:

Weathering is the breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals on Earths surface. ... Water, ice, acids, salts, plants, animals, and changes in temperature are all agents of weathering. Once a rock has been broken down, a process called erosion transports the bits of rock and mineral away.

QUESTION: 9

_________________soil that is called as regur soil.

A.
Alluvial
B.
Laterite
C.
Black

Solution:

black soils known locally as regur. After those the alluvial soil is the third most-common type. Also significant are the desert soils of Rajasthan, the saline soils in Gujarat, southern Rajasthan, and some coastal areas, and the mountain soils of the Himalayas.

QUESTION: 10

Soil is made out of which of the following?