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Mock Test on Soil Resources for Class 10 Students
Which of the following soils of India is most suitable for cotton cultivation?
(a) Regur soil
(b) Laterite soil
(c) Alluvial soil
(d) Red soil
Option a – Regur soil
Regur soil is most widespread in
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Jharkhand
Option a – Maharashtra
Consider the following statements about the black soil of India. I. Black soil becomes sticky when it is wet. II. Black soil contains adequate nitrogen as well as phosphorus required for the growth of plants. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Both I and II
(d) Neither I nor II
Option a – Only I
Which of the following statements is not correct?
(a) Black soil is locally called ‘regur’,
(b) According to Krabs, the regur soil is essentially mature soil.
(c) Black soils are highly moisture retentive
(d) Black soil is found in the Himalayan region.
Option d – Black soil is found in the Himalayan region
Which soil needs little irrigation as it retains soil water?
(a) Red
(b) Black
(c) Laterite
(d) Alluvial
Option b – Black
Lava soils are found in
(a) Chhattisgarh Plains
(b) Trans-Sarayu Plains
(c) Malwa Plateau
(d) Shillong Plateau
Option c – Malwa Plateau
Which one of the following soil types of India is rendered infertile by the presence of excess iron?
(a) Desert sand
(b) Alluvial
(c) Podzolic
(d) Lateritic
Option d – Lateritic
Assertion (A) Black soils are suitable for cotton cultivation. Reason (R) They are rich in humus. Codes
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true, but R is false
(d) A is false, but R is true
Option c – A is true, but R is false
The water-holding capacity of different types of soils decreases in the order of
(a) clay > silt > sand
(b) clay > sand > silt
(c) sand > silt > clay
(d) silt > sand > clay
Option a – clay > silt > sand
Which one of the following soil particles has less than 0.002 mm diameter?
(a) Clay
(b) Silt
(c) Fine sand
(d) None of these
Option a – Clay
The micronutrient most deficient in Indian soils is
(a) copper
(b) iron
(c) manganese
(d) zinc
Option d – zinc
Which one of the following soils is deposited by rivers?
(a) Red soil
(b) Black soil
(c) Alluvial soil
(d) Laterite soil
Option c – Alluvial soil
In India, the maximum area covered by the
(a) Lateritic soils
(b) Red soils
(c) Black soils
(d) Alluvial soils
Option d – Alluvial soils
Old Kachhari clay of Gangetic plain is called
(a) Bhabar
(b) Bhangar
(c) Khadar
(d) Khondalite
Option b – Bhangar
Which one of the following is the most productive soil in India?
(a) Red soil
(b) Black soil
(c) Alluvial soil
(d) Calcareous soil
Option c – Alluvial soil
Which of the following types of soil has minimum water retention capacity?
(a) Alluvial sand soil
(b) Loamy sand soil
(c) Clayey loam soil
(d) Loamy soil
Option a – Alluvial sand soil
Khadar and Bhangar belong to which soil?
(a) Alluvial
(b) Black
(c) Laterite
(d) Red
Option a – Alluvial
The Zonal soil type of peninsular India belongs to
(a) Red soil
(b) Yellow soil
(c) Black soil
(d) Older alluvium
Option c – Black soil
The term ‘Regur’ used to mean
(a) laterite soil
(b) deltaic soil
(c) red soil
(d) black cotton soil
Option d – black cotton soil
Which of the following is known as the “self-plowed” soil of the country?
(a) Alluvial soil
(b) Lateritic soil
(c) Black soil
(d) Desert soils
Option c – Black soil
Soils are formed by which of the following factors?
(a) Climate
(b) Time
(c) Vegetation
(d) All of these
Option d – All of these
How many primary and secondary types of soil have been identified by the Council of Indian Agriculture and Research?
(a) 8 and 27
(b) 10 and 28
(c) 9 and 30
(d) 11 and 32
Option a – 8 and 27
Soil water available to plants is maximum in
(a) clay soil
(b) silty soil
(c) sandy soil
(d) loamy soil
Option a – clay soil
Regosol areas are characterized by
(a) Khadar
(b) Earth topsoil
(c) Bhangar
(d) Humus
Option b – Earth topsoil
Generally, the soil of the Northern Plains of India has been formed by
(a) degradation
(b) aggradation
(c) weathering in situ
(d) erosion
Option b – aggradation
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