Soil Formation in Agricultural and Forestry Land

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What type of soil forms quickly, showing little eluviation and illuviation with subsurface horizon formation?

  • Aridisol
  • Inceptisol (correct)
  • Entisol
  • Spodosol

What type of soil is typically found under desert conditions?

  • Vertisol
  • Entisol
  • Aridisol (correct)
  • Inceptisol

Which soil order is known for containing highly expansive clay that swells when dried?

  • Mollisol
  • Entisol
  • Vertisol (correct)
  • Alfisol

Soft soil under typical grassland cover formed in semiarid to semi-humid areas falls under which soil order?

<p>Mollisol (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which soil order is typically found in deciduous and coniferous forests in cooler climates?

<p>Spodosol (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of soil is commonly found in unconsolidated sediments like sand or in recently formed soil with minimal horizons?

<p>Entisol (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary characteristic of ULTISOL soil?

<p>Highly weathered and heavily leached (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which soil order contains few weatherable minerals and is often rich in Fe and Al oxide minerals?

<p>OXISOL (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main characteristic of HISTOSOL soil?

<p>Primarily organic materials (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which geological process changes the structure of the land by moving rock and soil from one location to another?

<p>Erosion (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which land type is primarily occupied by public infrastructural supports like government establishments and hospitals?

<p>Institutional Land (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'Very cold climates' is a characteristic associated with which type of soil?

<p>GELISOLS (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'Breaking up of the earth's surface by forces of the atmosphere' describes which geological process?

<p>Weathering (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'Refers to the areas developed for factories and utilities' best describes which type of land?

<p>Industrial Land (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What primarily constitutes ANDISOLS?

<p>Organic materials and volcanic ash (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a distinctive feature of GELISOLS?

<p>Contains permafrost in very cold climates (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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