Soil

According to the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, how many types of soils are found in India?

Answer: 8

How many major classes of Indian soils are there in terms of territorial extent and importance in agriculture?

Answer: 4

Which are the most important soils of India?

Answer: alluvial

Which type of soil is found in most areas of India?

Answer: alluvial

What is the correct descending order of soils of India on the basis of area?

Answer:  Alluvial, red, black, laterite

Different types of soils are found in different regions of India. The main reason for this is –

Answer:  Diversity of climate, structure and relief

The coastal plains and plains of North India have excellent soils?

Answer: alluvial

By what other name is new alluvial soil known?

Answer: Khadar

What is the other name for old alluvial soil?

Answer: Bangar

How are the soils of the northern plains of India generally formed?

Answer: From Talochchan

Below the land surface of the alluvial soil of Ganga is approximately-

Answer: 600 m.

The old alluvial soil of the Ganga plains is called-

Answer: Bangar

Which of the following types of soil requires minimum fertilizer?

Answer: Alluvial soil

The old alluvial soil of the Ganga plain is called-

Answer: Bangar

What percentage of the entire land area in India is covered with alluvial soil?

Answer: 24 percent

What is the name given to alluvial soil when the quantity of sand particles and silt is almost equal?

Answer: Loam

Which soils found in India are made of materials deposited through fissure eruptions in the Cretaceous period?

Answer: black soil

Which soils cover the maximum area in Peninsular India?

Answer: black soil

The best soil for cotton cultivation is?

Answer: black soil

Which soil is formed by lava flow?

Answer: black soil

The largest part of the Northern Plains, which is made up of old alluvial soil, is?

Answer: Bhangar

Which chemical component is not the major component of black soil?

Answer: Phosphorus

What are the words Balsundari, Taal, Karali and Balthar used in Bihar?

Answer: soil

What is rich in laterite soil?

Answer: Iron Oxide

Black soil is not suitable for which crop?

Answer:  Peanut

Moraine is formed by which of the following?

Answer: glacial process

Which is the least visible form of land erosion?

Answer: layer erosion

What is the color of soil which is formed by basalt?

Answer: black

The acidic nature of soil is indicated by high concentration of?

Answer:  Hydrogen

Which has the highest water holding capacity?

Answer: clayey soil

The rate of water infiltration in soil is lowest?

Answer: smooth

Laterite soil lacks lime but has abundance of?

Answer: Iron