The ground under our feet - class-VI
Which one of the following is a factor of soil formation?
In which of the following state is black soil found?
In which type of soil would water pas through most slowly?
Organic matter which is useful to plants is usually found most abundantly in ____________.
Saline soils are formed by intense evaporation and are usually found in ______________.
Which of the following is suitable for growing cotton?
______ soil is known as regur.
The soil formed by the deposition of silt brought by rivers is __________.
Of the following statements about the major soil types, the incorrect one is ______________.
Alluvial soil is formed by deposits brought by ___________.
Black cotton soil of the Deccan region is associated with ________ rocks.
The soil that has very poor fertility status _______________.
Soil formed by intensive leaching is _____.
The most fertile soil is ______.
In which of the following States Black soil is found?
Which soil is typical in the Deccan trap region?
Black soils are largely found in _____.
Name the fertilizer that is used to improve the fertility in alluvial soil.
Black soil is also known as ______.
Black soil is rich in _____.
Which is the most fertile soil among the following?
The soil suitable for cultivation of orchard crops is ________.
Which of the following states has laterite soil in abundance?
The soil is soft during wet and very hard during dry is _______.
Which of the following soils are less fertile and need heavy manuring and irrigation?
Laterite soil is suitable to grow ________.
Major source of mineral in soil is the ___________.
Who will maintain the organic matter of the soil?
Soil has high content of _____________.
The soil of India which becomes sticky in rainy season is _________.
The red soil appears red due to the presence of ____________.
Regions of alluvial soils are densely populated __________.
The most important renewable resource is _____________.
The widest deposition of alluvial soils takes place in the ________.
In India laterite soil is found in ______________.
The state with black soil is ___________.
The soil of Deccan is black in colour due to its __________.
The name laterite is derived from the word _______.
Laterite soil is suitable for growing _______.
Cashew nuts can be best grown in ___________.
Which of the following statement/s represent characteristics of black soil?
A. It develops cracks during hot weather.
B. Iron content present in this soil turns into iron oxide due to diffusion.
C. It's made of fine clay particles.
D. It retains moisture for long.
The soil which supports 2/3rd of India's population is _________.
If the parent rock is crystalline igneous, the soil will be __________.
The only soil of India which has high water retaining capacity is _________.
In India black soil is found in the _______.
The new alluvium soil is called _____________.
Which soil is the most widespread soil of India?
The sandy soils of the desert support _________.
Which of the following is not an area of Mountain soil?
In which of the following states is black soil (regur soil) found?
Which one of the following soils cover the largest area in India?
Which one of the following is an ill-drained soil?
In which one of the following state is black soil found?
In which of the following state is karewa soil found?
Higher concentration of kanker nodules are found in the ________.
The main production in region having black soil is ____________.
Which soil is formed differently from the other three soils?
Match : List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists.
List - I | List - II |
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A. Maharashtra | 1. Alluvial |
B. Karnataka | 2. Latheritic |
C. UP | 3. Red |
D. Assam | 4. Black |
Black soil is also known as _______.
The soil suitable for cultivation of orchard crop is __________.
Which soil is sandy, porous, and poor in nitrogenous matter and humus?
Great civilizations flourished in the areas having _________.
Which of the following soils is generally sandy in texture and saline in nature?
Which one of the following soils are less fertile and need heavy manuring and irrigation?
In the geographical area of our country, the soil that occupies the largest area is _____.
The soil which is prone to intensive leaching due to rain is called _______.
Soils consisting of various proportions of sand, silt and clay predominant in coastal plains and deltas are ________.
Intensive agriculture is done on the type of soil known as ___________.
Which soil is best for cotton cultivation?
Which terms are used to identify the old and new alluvial respectively?
The soil found in the Arid Zone is known as ____________.
Laterite soil is developed in areas with _____.
Red soil is mainly found in ________.
The chief production in region having black soil is _____.
Which type of soil found most in North India?
Which of the following soils is most suitable for the cultivation of cotton in India?
Which factors control the soil forming processes?
Soil is the _____ which forms the upper most layers of the earth.
The red soil gets its colour because of the presence of _____________.
Which one of the following is not a factor of soil formation?
The alluvial soil is fertile because of the presence of ___________ in it.
The soil found at the foothills of Himalayas is _________.
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Black soil is also called __________ soil.
The most important crop grown in black soil is ________.
In areas getting more than 200cms of annual rainfall, which type of soil is found?
The mountains soil is rich in _______________ matter.
Black soil is also called __________ soil.
Which one of the following is rarely grown in desert soil?
The soil transported by the rivers from the mountains and deposited in the plains is called ______.
This soil is most extensively spread over vast areas in India ________.
Regur soil is formed from the disintegration of ________.
Black soil contains fine clay particles and is very useful wherever rainfall is less because it is able to _____________.
Black soil is suitable for growing cotton because _________________.
In list A, types of soils and in list B, places where they are available are given. Identify the group that is matched correctly.
LIST A | LIST B |
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$(1)$ Alluvial soil | $(a)$ Deccan Trap |
$(2)$ Black soil | $(b)$ Peninsular Plateau |
$(3)$ Red soil | $(c)$ Western Ghats |
$(4)$ Laterite soil | $(d)$ Brahmaputra Valley |
Laterite soil is formed in the regions where _________.
In list A, types of soils and in list B,their related details are given. Identify the group that is matched correctly.
LIST A | LIST B |
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$(1)$ Mountain soil | $(a)$ Tea and Coffee |
$(2)$ Black soil | $(b)$ Cotton |
$(3)$ Red soil | $(c)$ Red gram |
$(4)$ Laterite soil | $(d)$ Wheat |
The soil deposited by rivers is called _____________.
Mountain soil is best suited for the cultivation of tea, coffee and spices because it is rich in _________.
The black cotton soil area is called ____________.
Water holding capacity of clayey soil is more than sandy soil because _____.
a) Space between clay particles is more
b) Surface of clay particle is more
c) Space between sand particle is more
d) Clay particle can absorb more water
Which one of the following alternatives is correct?
The Arid soils are ______________ in colour.
Which of the following statements is wrong?
The new alluvial deposits found in the Gangetic plain are known as:
The formation of laterite soil is mainly due to ___________.
The soil which is a mixture of sand, clay and silt is known as __________.
Under which climatic conditions do the laterite soils develop?
Which of the following is not a tropical type of soil?
What do you understand by the word regur?
Which of the following soils is most suitable for cultivation of cereals?
Which of the following soils is best suited for cotton?
The red soils develop a reddish colour due to __________.
Which of the following types of soils have a marked capacity to retain water?
Match the following.
Regions | Soil Type |
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A. Malwa Plateau | $1$. Alluvial |
B. Dharwar Plateau | $2$. Lateritic |
C. Punjab Plains | $3$. Red |
D. Western Ghats | $4$. Regur |
Match the following.
A. Alluvial soil | $1$. high land of soil of plateaus |
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B. Black soils | $2$. on the periphery of plateaus |
C. Red soil | $3$. river basin sand coastal plains |
D. Laterite soils | $4$. deccan lava tract |
Which of the following characteristics is not true of alluvial soils?
Which of the following are true in respect of alluvial soil?
$1$. Generally confined to river basins.
$2$. It has been deposited by rivers.
$3$. It is rich in phosphorus and poor in potash.
$4$. It is the most fertile soil.
Match the following.
A. Alluvial Soil | $1$. Cotton |
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B. Black Soil | $2$. Rice |
C. Brown Soil | $3$. Tea |
D. Red Soil | $4$. Wheat |
Peaty soil is found in _________.
Which of the following is/are not the characteristics of red soils?
$1$. They are derived from weathering of old crystalline and metamorphic rocks.
$2$. They contain iron oxides.
$3$. They have high water retention capacity.
$4$. They have high nitrogen content.
The soils of the plains have not been derived ______.
Which of the following soils are formed under typical monsoonal conditions?
Which of the following statements regarding red soils of India is/are correct?
$1$. The colour of the soil is red due to ferric oxide content.
$2$. Red soils are rich in lime, humous and potash.
$3$. Red soils look yellow when it occurs in hydrated form.
Select the correct answer using the codes given.
Which of the following state has very little alluvial soil?
Match the following types of soil and regions where they are found in India:
List-I | List-II | ||
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A. | Alluvial Soils | 1. | Highland areas of the Plateau |
B. | Black Soils | 2. | Periphery of the Plateau |
C. | Red Soils | 3. | Deccan Lava Tracts |
D. | Laterite Soils | 4. | River Basins and Coastal Plains |
Put in descending order of area with the following soils in India ___________.
$1$. red soils
$2$. black soils
$3$. laterite soils
$4$. alluvial soils.
Consider the following statements.
$1$. Alluvial soil is rich in chemical properties and is capable of yielding Rabi and Kharif crops.
$2$. Black soil is suitable for cotton, groundnut.
$3$. Rabi crops are reaped in autumn after sowing in June.
Which of these statements are correct?
Consider the following statements about the soils of India __________.
$1$. high temperature during most of the year retards the formation of humus
$2$. soils which have humus require regularly applicable of chemical fertilizers to remove nitrogen deficiency
$3$. titanium salts in basalt impart black, colour to the soils of the Indian plateau
$4$. red soils are confined to the peripheral areas of the Indian plateau
Which of the statements given is/are correct?
Which of the following soil types of India is consider infertile by the presence of excess iron?
The largest and the most important soil group of India contributing to the country's major agricultural production is ____________.
Khadar soils are found in _______________.
What is the chief characteristic of the soil of the Indo-Gangetic plain?
Which of the following is the correct order of increasing size of the grains of soil particles?
1. Clay
2. Silt
3. Sand
4. Gravel
Black soil is suitable for the cultivation of?
Which of the following types of soils is most suited for tea cultivation?
Black soil is suitable for growing the ________.
Which type of soil retains maximum water?
Iron content is more in _________.
Which of the following can be used to correct acidic soil?
In which one of the following states is the black soil found?
Which one of the following soil types of India is rendered infertile by the presence of excess Iron?
Alluvial Soil have been deposited by three important Himalayan river systems -the Indus, the Ganga and _________.
Laterite soils are suitable to grow __________.
The soil formed by leaching and oxidation is ________.
Which of the following state has laterite soil in abundance?