👉Soil is the loose surface material that covers most land
👉It consists of inoraganic particles and organic matter.
👉Soil mainly consists of mineral/rock particles ,portions of decayed organic matter ,soil air and living organisms .
👉Alluvial soils are widespread in the northern plains and river valleys .
👉It covers about 40% of the total land area of the countary .
👉They are rich in potash but poor in phosphorus
👉These soils are more loamy and clayey in the lower and middle ganga plains and the Brahmaputra valley.
👉Alluvial soils are intensely cultivated - wheat ,maize ,sugarcane,pulses ,oilseed,etc are mainly cultivated.
2- OLD ALLUVIAL SOIL IS CALLED - BHAGAR
3- NEW ALLUVIAL SOIL IS CALLED - KHADARA
4- GRANITE IS WHICH TYPE OF ROCK - IGNEOUS
5- ANATHER NAME FOR 'REGUR SOIL' IS - BLACK SOIL.
6- REGUR SOIL IS MOST WIDESPREAD IN - MAHARASTARA
7- WHICH OF THE SOILS OF INDIA HAS BEEN FORMED DUE TO WEATHERING OF BASALTIC LAVA- REGUR SOILS .
8- WHICH OF THE SOILS OF INDIA IS MOST SUITABLE FOR COTTON CULTIVATION - REGUR SOIL.
9- WHICH OF THE SOILS OF INDIA KNOWN AS 'SELF -PLOUGHED SOIL' OF THE COUNTRY- BLACK COTTON SOIL.
10- THE PRE -DOMINANT SOIL OF MALWA PLATEAU IS - BLACK SOIL
11- WHICH SOIL NEEDS LITTLE IRRIGATION AS IT RETAINS SOIL WATER - BLACK
12- LATERITE SOILS ARE PREDOMINANT IN - MALABAR COASTAL REGION .
13- OLD KACHHARI CLAY OF GANGETIC PLAIN IS CALLED - BHAGARA
14- WHICH OF THE SOILS HAS MINIMUM WATER RETENTION CAPACITY - ALLUVIAL SAND SOIL.
15- WHICH ONE OF THE IS THE MOST PRODUCTIVE SOIL IN INDIA - ALLUVIAL SOIL.
16- IN INDIA , THE LARGEST SOIL GROUP IS FOUND AS - ALLUVIAL SOIL .
17- SOILS OF WESTERN RAJASTANA HAVE A HIGH CONTENT OF - CALCIUM.
18- THE MICRO NUTRIENT MAXIMUM DEFICIENT IN INDIAN SOILS IS - ZINC
19- SOIL WATER AVAILABLE TO PLANTS IS MAXIMUM IN - CLAY SOIL
20- IN INDIA THE LARGEST AREA OF SALINE SOIL IS FOUND IN THE STATE OF - GUJARAT .
21- WHICH OF THE SOIL IS MOST SUITED FOR TEA PLANTATION - ACIDIC .
22- SOIL EROSION CAN BE PREVENTED BY - AFFORESTATION
23- WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SOILS IS VERY HARD TO CULTIVATE - SANDY
24- WHICH SOIL IS BEST FOR COTTON CULTIVATION - BLACK SOIL
25- HOW MANY SOILS IN INDIA - 8 SOILS