Which of the following is/are not alluvial soil(s)?

a. Khadar b. Bangar c. Regur

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. Minerals and fossil fuels are renewable resources. b. The oceanic area upto 22 nautical miles from the coast is called territorial water. c. The oceanic resources beyond 100 nautical miles of the Exclusive Economic Zone belong to open ocean and no individual country can utilise these.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. The dust generated by mineral processing retards the process of infiltration of water into the soil after it settles down on the land. b. Land degradation in sand dunes can be checked by growing thorny bushes. c. Over-irrigation robs the salinity and alkalinity of soil.

Which of the following soils consists of various proportions of sand, silt and clay?

Match the following columns ||| |---|---| |States |Resources| |a. Chattisgarh|1. Wind and solar energies| |b. Arunachal Pradesh|2. Coal deposits| |c. Rajasthan|3. Water resources|

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Which of the following soils is made up of lava flows?

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. Red soil develops on crystalline igneous rocks in areas of low rainfall in the eastern and southern parts of the Deccan plateau. b. Red and yellow soils develop a reddish colour due to diffusion of iron in crystalline and metamorphic rocks. c. Red and yellow soils are sticky when wet and difficult to work on unless tilled immediately after the first shower or during the pre-monsoon period.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. Arid soils range from red to brown in colour. b. Arid soils are generally sandy in texture and saline in nature. c. Arid soils are cultivable after proper cultivation.

Which of the following statements is/are incorrect?

a. Laterite soils are rich in soil nutrients, such as calcium carbonate, magnesium, potash and lime. b. Laterite soil develops in areas with high temperature and heavy rainfall. c. Laterite soils are mainly found in Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh and the hilly areas of Odisha and Assam.

Which of the following statements is/are incorrect?

a. The processes of soil formation and erosion go on simultaneously. b. The running water cuts through the clayey soils and makes deep channels as valleys. c. Shelter belts have contributed significantly to the stabilisation of deserts in western India.

When was the concept of ‘Sustainable Development’ introduced and advocated as a means for resource conservation?

Which of the following is a biotic resource?

India has got the right to mine which of the following from the bed of the Indian Ocean, from that area which lies beyond the exclusive economic zone?

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. The first international earth summit took place in Rio de Janeiro in 1990. b. More than 100 Heads of States assembled and signed the Declaration on Global Climatic Change and Biological Diversity. c. The Rio Convention endorsed the global Forest Principles and adopted Agenda 21 for achieving sustainable development in the 21^st century.