More Questions on Agriculture And Soil in India
- Q. Salinization occurs when the irrigation water accumulated in the soil evaporates, leaving behind salts and minerals. What are the effects of salinization on the irrigated land?
A)It raises the water table
B)It greatly increases the crop production
C)It makes some soils impermeable
D)It fills the air spaces in the soil with water
Answer: It makes some soils impermeable
- Q. Which of the following crops are grown mainly in the irrigated areas during Zaid ?
A)Rice and Millets
B)Arhar and Gram
C)Moong and Urad
D)Maize and Groundnut
Answer: Moong and Urad
- Q. Soil erosion in desert area can be prevented
A)By forestation
B)By strip ploughing
C)By using manure
D)By shifting cultivation
Answer: By forestation
- Q. Which of the following method does not help in conservation of the fertility and moisture of soil?
A)Strip cropping
B)Contour ploughing
C)Dry farming
D)Shifting cultivation
Answer: Shifting cultivation
- Q. Find the incorrect pair
A)Coconut - Kerala
B)Tea - Assam
C)Peanut - Bihar
D)Sugarcane - Uttar Pradesh
Answer: Peanut - Bihar
- Q. The Red soils develop a reddish colour due to ________
A)Tropical monsoonal climate
B)Deforestation and over-grazing
C)The presence of potash and magnesia
D)A wide diffusion of iron in ancient crystalline and metamorphic rocks
Answer: A wide diffusion of iron in ancient crystalline and metamorphic rocks
- Q. Consider the following crops: 1. Cotton 2. Groundnut 3. Maize 4. Mustard Which of the above are the Kharif crops?
A)3 and 4
B)1 and 2
C)1, 2 and 3
D)1, 2, 3, and 4
Answer: 1, 2 and 3
- Q. Which of the following helps in the ‘greening process’ of crops?
A)Nitrogenous fertilizers
B)Sunshine
C)Phosphatic fertilizers
D)Potassic fertilizers
Answer: Nitrogenous fertilizers
- Q. Which of the following is called “brown paper”?
A)Rubber
B)Jute
C)Cotton
D)Tea
Answer: Jute
- Q. Which Crop is cultivated in Zaid season?
A)Maize
B)Watermelon
C)Soyabean
D)Jute
Answer: Watermelon
- Q. Which of the following is NOT a cash crop?
A)Coffee
B)Tobacco
C)Cotton
D)Bajara
Answer: Bajara
- Q. What do you understand by the word regur ?
A)Red, colour sticky soil, found in the Amazon area
B)Black soil found in the Deccan
C)Grey-brown soil found in Russia
D)Black soil found in northern Argentina
Answer: Black soil found in the Deccan
- Q. Which of the statements given are correct about the soils of India : 1. High temperature during most of the year retards formation of humus 2. Soils which have humus require regular application 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
A)2 and 3
B)1 and 2
C)1, 3 and 4
D)2 and 4
Answer: 1, 3 and 4
- Q. Mixed farming means ________
A)Producing crops
B)Growing two crops at the same time
C)Growing different crops in succession
D)Using mixture of manures and fertilizer
Answer: Growing two crops at the same time
- Q. Which of the following is the most fertile soil in India?
A)Red soil
B)Black soil
C)Alluvial soil
D)Laterite soil
Answer: Alluvial soil
- Q. Which of the following is not a tropical type of soil?
A)Black soil
B)Red soil
C)Desert soil
D)Brown soil
Answer: Brown soil
- Q. Which of the following is the main spice producer?
A)Coromandal coast
B)Deccan Trap
C)Malabar coast
D)Sunder delta
Answer: Malabar coast
- Q. In which of the following ways can soil be conserved? I. Contour ploughing II. Terracing III. Shifting cultivation IV. Crop rotation
A)II and IV
B)I, II and IV
C)II, III and IV
D)I and III
Answer: I, II and IV
- Q. Put in descending order of area with the following soils in India: I. Red soils II. Black soils III. Laterite soils IV. Alluvial soils
A)IV, I, III, II
B)I, IV, II, III
C)IV, II, I, III
D)I, III, IV, II
Answer: IV, II, I, III
- Q. Khaddar soils are found
A)Over low plateaux
B)In piedmont plains
C)In flood plains
D)Over steep slopes
Answer: In flood plains
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