More Questions on Agriculture And Soil in India
- Q. Peaty soil is found in ________
A)Assam
B)Kerala
C)Kashmir
D)Gujarat
Answer: Kerala
- Q. Which of the following is not a cause of soil erosion?
A)Weathering
B)Drainage
C)Deforestation
D)Grazing
Answer: Weathering
- Q. With reference to India, which one of the following statements is not correct?
A)Alluvial soil is the predominant type of soil in the northern plains of the country
B)About one-third of the area of the country records more than 750 millimetres of annual rainfall.
C)The dominant source of irrigation in the country is wells
D)The mountain areas account for about thirty percent of the surface area of the country
Answer: The mountain areas account for about thirty percent of the surface area of the country
- Q. Under which climatic conditions do the laterite soils develop ?
A)Cold temperature Climate
B)Wet tropical Climate
C)Hot and dry Climate
D)Mediterranean type of Climate
Answer: Wet tropical Climate
- 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 one of the following Indian States is the largest producer of natural rubber?
A)Kerala
B)Tamil Nadu
C)Assam
D)Andhra Pradesh
Answer: Kerala
- Q. Which of the following soils is most suitable for cultivation of cereals?
A)Laterite soils
B)Alluvial soils
C)Red soils
D)None of these
Answer: Alluvial soils
- Q. Which is the home of “AIphonso” mango?
A)Malda
B)Ratnagiri
C)Banaras
D)Vijayawada
Answer: Ratnagiri
- Q. The transfer of minerals from top soil to subsoil through soil water is called ________
A)Leaching
B)Percolation
C)Conduction
D)Transpiration
Answer: Leaching
- Q. Which of the following is not a rabi crop?
A)Mustard
B)Wheat
C)Maize
D)Grain
Answer: Maize
- Q. India is the largest producer and exporter of ?
A)Tea
B)Cotton
C)Copper
D)Mica
Answer: Cotton
- 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. Which one of the following statements correctly defines the term transhumance ?
A)Practice of growing crops on higher hill slopes in summer and foothills in winter
B)Economy that solely depends upon animals
C)Farming in which' only one crop is cultivated by clearing hill slopes
D)Seasonal migration of people with their animals up and down the mountains
Answer: Seasonal migration of people with their animals up and down the mountains
- 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. Extensive subsistence agriculture is ________
A)Farming in the thinly populated areas
B)Farming on the slopes of Western Ghats
C)Farming in the thickly populated areas
D)Farming in the forests of equatorial region
Answer: Farming in the thinly populated areas
- Q. Which of the following states has very little alluvial soil?
A)Tamil Nadu
B)Bihar
C)Madhya Pradesh
D)Punjab
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
- Q. Soil of Western Rajasthan have a high content of
A)Nitrogen
B)Aluminium
C)Calcium
D)Phosphorus
Answer: Calcium
- Q. The Practice of shifting cultivation is used in
A)Coastal Tamil Nadu
B)Himachal Pradesh
C)Central Highlands
D)Nagaland
Answer: Nagaland
- Q. The crop which is produced largely/mostly in India
A)Maize
B)Wheat
C)Jowar
D)Rice
Answer: Rice
- Q. The principal cause of soil damage in Punjab and Haryana is
A)Excessive cultivation
B)Deforestation
C)Soil erosion
D)Salinity and water logging
Answer: Salinity and water logging
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