Practice Soils and details Questions and Answers

• …………………………means the crop producing capacity of a soil which is measured in terms of yield (bio-mass)....
• The disorder of carrot that occurs due to undecomposed manure and hard soil pan
• According to the mobility of element in soil; which of the following is considered as Immobile in soil.
• The most suitable soil type for groundnut cultivation is _____
• Which of the following parameter is not included in the Soil health card?
• The term “operational holding” refers to
• Which of the following primary tillage operation is used to invert the soil partially or completely?
•   The larger the soil aggregates, the greater is the amount of ……………………….pores.
•   Biological oxidation of elemental Sulphur is carried out by which of the following bacteria?
• Soil structural units having horizontal axis much longer than vertical axis. Such type of soil structure is known as
•   The root nodule of legumes contain a pink pigment which has affinity for oxygen is
• Soil is a natural body composed of mineral and organic costituents, having definite genesis and a distinct nature of its own. Who amongst the following is ...
• What is the term used for the study of soil in relation to higher plants? Choose the best answer from the following options
• Which of the following factors are considered to be the most active in the process of soil formation?
• Which of the following is a process of breaking down and altering the physical and chemical properties of rocks and minerals, leading to soil formation?
•  Every year to raise awareness about the importance of soil quality for food security, healthy ecosystems, and human well-being, World soil day is celebra...
• Reclammation of acidic soils is done by the use of……………………..
• …………………..measures the proportion of cation exchange sites occupied by sodium.
• The  saline  soils  contain  toxic  concentration  of  soluble  salts  in  the  root  zone. These saline soils are also known as……………...
• The soil having   pH value of < 8.5 with EC (electrical conductivity) is > 4.0 millimhos/cm and ESP < 15%  is ____
• Regarding the reclamation of saline soils, which of the following statement is/are correct?
• Which of the following actinomycetes is responsible for nitrogen fixation?
• Under Soil Health Card Scheme, what is the cycle of testing of soil for irrigated area and area from which single sample is to be drawn?
•  ____ soil is also called as regur soil or the soil in which predominant crop grown is Cotton.
• Which of the following group of soil is the largest and most important group of India?
• Soil is a natural body composed of mineral and organic costituents, having definite genesis and a distinct nature of its own. Who amongst the following is ...
• The study of soil from the stand point of higher plants is known as……………………….
• The silk fibres are held together in cocoon by a substance known as……………………
• The Soil moisture potential at permanent wilting point is____
• Bray-1 test is used to determine phosphorous in
• What is the term for the arrangement of soil particles into clumps or aggregates?
• The critical nutrient range in the context of soil fertility is explained by?
• Which mineral is considered highly resistant to weathering due to its densely packed structure and lack of substitutions?
• Flooding is the method used for the reclamation practice in which of the problematic soil?
• Which metamorphic rock is formed from the alteration of shale?
• What chemical process results in the breakdown of silicate minerals by water, leading to the formation of clay minerals and soluble substances?
• Which soil forming process involves the deposition of materials removed from eluvial horizons into lower horizons, leading to the creation of illuvial hori...
• Which process of soil formation is described as the removal of silica from upper layers, concentrating sesquioxides in the solum, and operates favorably in...
• In which soil forming process are sodium ions accumulated on the clay's exchange complex, resulting in the formation of sodic soils?
• Which horizon of the soil profile is the zone where dominant features include the accumulation of clay, iron, aluminum, or humus, alone or in combination?