01. Which of the following is the most difficult soil to cultivate? [Railroad railway 1994]
(a) Alluvial
(b) Black
(c) Red
(d) Sandile
Answer: (d)
02. Soil mixed with sand, clay, and mud is known as?
(a) fertile soil
(b) Sandy soil
(c) clay soil
(d) desert soil
Answer: (a)
03. Which of the following is true about alluvial soil?
(a) These vary from horizontal soil to clay in their composition
(b) These are usually rich in phosphorus but poor in potash
(c) This is usually well filtered
(d) These are the most fertile
Answer: (b)
04. Of the following statements regarding large, negative soil types are?
(a) alluvial soil is easy to cultivate
(b) red soil is rich in phosphorus, nitrogen, and lime
(c) laterite is usually the soil of tropical regions that receive the heaviest rainfall of the season
(d) black soil absorbs more moisture and is more productive
Answer: (b)
05. based on their formation process, which subsequent soil is built differently from the other three? [NDA 2003]
(a) Card
(b) Bhangar
(c) Bhabar
(d) Always
Answer: (d)
06. Which of the following is true about alluvial soils?
- It is usually confined to rivers
- Installed rivers
- Rich in phosphorus and poor in potash
- It is very fertile soil
(a) I and II
(b) III and IV
(c) I, II, and IV
(d) I, II, and III
Answer: (c)
07. Leafy soil is available at?
(a) Kala
(b) Kashmir
(c) Assam
(d) Gujarat
Answer: (a)
08. Which of the following is most important in soil structure?
(a) Freedom
(b) Weather
(c) Natural vegetation
(d) Rock cover
Answer: (b)
09. Winter rains in North and Northwest India are often associated with the event? [NDA 2003]
(a) retractable monsoon
(b) tropical storms
(c) local thunderstorms
(d) jet flow change
Answer: (c)
10. ‘Sal’ is a very important tree? [NDA 2003]
(a) A tropical dry forest
(b) Tropical rain forest
(c) A thorn bush
(d) Alpine Forest
Answer: (a)
11. Govt forest policy. What is the goal of bringing the entire universe to the bottom of the forest?
(a) 33%
(b) 25%
(c) 22%
(d) 27%
Answer: (a)
12. Riparian Forest Available?
(a) near river banks and other wetlands
(b) Tarai region, in the foothills of the Himalayan mountains
(c) on the slopes of the Eastern slope of the Western Ghats
(d) on the slopes of the eastern slope of the Eastern Ghats
Answer: (a)
13. During the monsoon season, rain falls from the Ganga Delta to Punjab?
plains. It is because:
(a) the monsoon current goes west near the plateau of Ganga and is very dry
(b) the western regions are warmer than the eastern regions
(c) hills do not create barriers in the air
(d) a place away from the sea
Answer: (a)
14. Which of the following types of plants is called the Monsoon Forest?
(a) Tropical forests are always green
(b) Tropical Moist-deciduous Forests
(c) Tropical Semi-evergreen Forests
(d) Tropical Dry-deciduous Forests
Answer: (b)
15. Which of the following statements is wrong about the “Norwester” of Bengal?
[IAS 2003]
(a) It is caused by strong local temperature
(b) It comes from the Chhotanagpur region
(c) It is a form of thunder
(d) None of the above
Answer: (d)
16. The average annual temperature of the weather station is 26 ° C, its average annual rainfall is 63 cm and the annual average temperature is 9 ° C. The channel in question is? [IAS 2002]
(a) Allahabad
(b) Chennai
(c) Cherapunji
(d) Kolkata
Answer: (b)
17. According to temporary weather forecasts, which of the following, found over the past decade, is associated with occasional low rainfall on the Indian subcontinent? [IAS 2002]
(a) La Nina
(b) Jet movement
(c) El Nino and southern oscillations
(d) Greenhouse effect at international level
Answer: (c)
18. India’s most important commercial forests are?
(a) tropical evergreen
(b) tropical shrubs
(c) coniferous
(d) mangroves
Answer: (b)
19. Which of the following is not well illustrated? [CDS 1999]
(a) Flood Preferences: North Bihar Plain
(b) Drought Prefecture: Kalahandi District in Orissa
(c) Earthquake: Himalayan region
(d) Earthquake: Chhotanaqpur plateau
Answer: (d)
20. Cherapunji gets more rain than Shillong because?
(a) the first is near the sea
(b) winds of varying densities and temperatures often meet toward Cherapunjl from one side during the rainy season
(c) Cherapunji is located on the windy side
(d) heavy rainfall brings more rainfall to Cherapunji
Answer: (b)
