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प्रश्न
On an outline map of India, mark the areas covered by the following soil categories.
(i) Red soil
(ii) Laterite soil
(iii) Alluvial soil.
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उत्तर
संबंधित प्रश्न
List the differences between clayey soil and sandy soil.
Why does alluvial soil differ in texture?
Give one geographical reason for each of the following:
Red soil requires irrigation.
Name the process by which Laterite soil is formed. Mention one disadvantage of this soil.
With reference to Red Soils in India, answer the following questions:
State two advantages of this type of soil.
Answer the following questions in about 30 words.
What type of soil is found in the river deltas of the eastern coast? Give three main features of this type of soil.
Name the following:
Soil that is rich in iron oxide.
Give a geographical reason for each of the following:
Wind is a common agent of soil erosion in arid regions.
Name the Indian soil which is formed due to the weathering of basic igneous rocks.
Which subject deals with the study of Soil?
What do you understand by Humus?
Name the important crops grown on it.
Name one important crop that thrives best in Regur and Red Soil, and a sea-port from where it is exported.
How is Black Soil formed?
How is red soil formed?
Why is Alluvial Soil fertile?
Why Black Soil needs to be tilled after the first rains?
Why is Laterite Soil not suitable for agriculture?
Alluvial soils found in the lower courses and the upper courses of rivers.
Black Soil and Alluvial Soil.
On the map of India, shade and name an area each of:
(a) Alluvial Soil,
(b) Red Soil,
(c) Desert Soil and
(d) Hill Soil or Mountain Soil.
Name one area where Laterite Soil is found in large-scale.
What is the need and importance of soil testing from the point of view of farmers?
Complete the following table with reference to the soil.
| Action | Effect | Result (w.r.t. fertility) |
| Construction of embankments | ||
| Wind speed decreased | ||
| Farmland is kept fallow for some period | ||
| Humus content increased. | ||
| Trenches are dug across a slope | ||
| Litter is burnt on the farm. | ||
| Proves favorable for micro-organisms | ||
| The salt content in the soil increases | ||
| Chemical fertilizers used excessively |
The soil which contains a bigger-sized particle is ______.
Which one of the following is responsible for sheet erosion?
The alluvial soil consists of ______.
Soil formed by intense leaching is ______.
Which one of the following is the most widespread and most productive category of soil?
