Latest Soils and Crops General Knowledge(GK) Questions and answers

1 .

Peninsular India has the following zonal soil types:

A)

Alluvial soil

B)

Red and Yellow soil

C)

Saline soil

D)

Forest soil

Correct Answer : Red and Yellow soil

2 .

After digging deeper and deeper, you would eventually hit solid (unweathered) rock, called_____

A)

bedrock

B)

Humus

C)

subsoil

D)

organic material

Correct Answer : bedrock

3 .

Which soils are usually free of lime and so are very sour?

A)

Black soil

B)

Alluvial

C)

Laterite Soils

D)

Peat soil

Correct Answer : Peat soil

4 .

What is the name of the layer of soil just under the grass?

A)

subsoil

B)

bedrock

C)

topsoil

D)

parent rock

Correct Answer : topsoil

5 .

Formation of soil is known as?

A)

Anthropogenic

B)

Pedogenesis

C)

Mycorrhizal

D)

Regoliths

Correct Answer : Pedogenesis

6 .

Making steps on the side of a mountain to slow down water erosion is called what?

A)

Terracing

B)

Wind Breakers

C)

No Till-farming

D)

Crop Rotation

Correct Answer : Terracing

7 .

The mixing of the soil by the activities of animals is known as?

A)

Mycorrhizal

B)

Anthropogenic

C)

Regoliths

D)

Pedoturbation

Correct Answer : Pedoturbation

In general, the mixing of the soil by the activities of animals, sometimes called pedoturbation, tends to undo or counteract the tendency of other soil-forming processes that create distinct horizons.

8 .

Planting different crops each year (corn one year, beans the next) is called what?

A)

Terracing

B)

No Till-farming

C)

Wind Breakers

D)

Crop Rotation

Correct Answer : Crop Rotation

9 .

Alluvium soil is later divided into how many parts?

A)

2

B)

3

C)

4

D)

5

Correct Answer : 2

10 .

Which of the following is an example of sediment?

A)

Only sand

B)

Only Clay

C)

Clay, gravel, sand, pieces of shell

D)

Only pieces of shell

Correct Answer : Clay, gravel, sand, pieces of shell