Soil: IAS Exam Geography

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What is the main characteristic of Red and Black Soil in India?

Formed over limestone and shale

Contains high amounts of iron oxide (correct)

High productivity without irrigation

Found mainly in the Tarai region

Which type of soil in India is unsuitable for crops due to being immature?

Snowfields (correct)

Mountain Soil

Laterite Soil

Desert Soil

What type of soil is characterized by its composition of fine silt, clay, and boulder gravels, along with fossils?

Saline and Alkaline Soils

Peaty and Marshy Soils

Karewa Soil (correct)

Red and Yellow Soil

Where are Submontane Soils found in India?

Tarai region stretching from Jammu and Kashmir to Assam Signup and view all the answers

Which classification system is used by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) to classify Indian soil?

USDA Soil Taxonomy Signup and view all the answers

What characterizes Grey and Brown Soil found in Rajasthan and Gujarat?

Supports luxuriant forest growth Signup and view all the answers

What is soil primarily composed of?

Mineral particles, organic matter, water, air, and living organisms Signup and view all the answers

What is the vertical cross-section of soil called?

Horizon Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a factor influencing soil formation?

Human activity Signup and view all the answers

What contributes to the complex process of soil formation known as 'pedogenesis'?

All elements of the natural environment Signup and view all the answers

In ancient times in India, how were soils primarily classified?

Fertile and sterile Signup and view all the answers

What lies underneath the different horizons in the soil profile?

Parent rock or bedrock Signup and view all the answers

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What is the main characteristic of Red and Black Soil in India?

Which type of soil in India is unsuitable for crops due to being immature?

What type of soil is characterized by its composition of fine silt, clay, and boulder gravels, along with fossils?

Where are Submontane Soils found in India?

Which classification system is used by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) to classify Indian soil?

What characterizes Grey and Brown Soil found in Rajasthan and Gujarat?

What is soil primarily composed of?

What is the vertical cross-section of soil called?

Which of the following is NOT a factor influencing soil formation?

What contributes to the complex process of soil formation known as 'pedogenesis'?

In ancient times in India, how were soils primarily classified?

What lies underneath the different horizons in the soil profile?

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