What is the meaning of the term Moraine? [MTS Non technical and Havaldar Examination 2021]

The soil texture triangle is a tool used to classify the texture of a soil sample based on its percentages of sand, silt, and clay. A soil sample with equal parts of sand, silt, and clay is classified as __________.

Consider the following statements: 

1. This soil is rich in iron oxides and aluminium compounds.
2. Cashew nuts are best grown in this type of soil.
3. Manures and fertilisers are necessary to make this soil fertile for cultivation.

The absolve statements refer to which type of soil?

Which mineral is most responsible for the formation of Vertisols, characterized by high shrink-swell capacity?

Which of the following soils are correctly matched with their characteristics?

1. Andisols - These soil types originate from the deposition of volcanic ash.
2. Entisols - These soils undergo moderate leaching but possess inherent high fertility. 
3. Alfisols - These soils exhibit no discernible development of pedogenic profile except an A Horizon.

Which soil horizon is primarily composed of organic material and is crucial for the cycling of nutrients?

While visiting his grandparents in Bhavnagar, Gujarat, Harish is amazed by the seemingly endless fields of crops. His grandfather explains to him that groundnuts are being grown here. 

What kind of soil is most likely used for growing these groundnuts?

What is the process by which soluble materials in the soil, such as salts, are moved into lower layers of soil by downward percolating water?

In the context of soil, what does the term 'ped' refer to?

Laterite soil is rich in which of these?

Cultivation is difficult on red soil because ____________.

Which of the following determines the colour, texture, chemical properties, mineral, content, and permeability of the soil? [MTS Non technical and Havaldar Examination 2021]

Which of the following statements is not correct regarding laterite soils? [CHSL Exam 2022 Tier I]

लैटेराइट मृदा में निम्नलिखित में से कौन सा ऑक्साइड कम होता है? [Constable GD 2021]

Which of the following factors of soil formation determines the accumulation of the soil? [CHSL Exam 2022 Tier I]

Identify the third layer of soil from top. [Constable GD Examination 2022]

What kind of soils in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala are most suitable for crops like cashew?
[Constable GD 2021]

If the proportion of fine particles is relatively higher in soil, then it is called ______ soil. [Constable GD Examination 2022]

Which of the following factors does NOT affect the formation of soil? [MTS Non technical and Havaldar Examination 2021]

The lava plateaus are rich in which kind of soil? [Combined Graduate Level Examination Tier I 2022]

In which of the following processes nutrients or contaminants are carried away by water or moved into the lower layer of the soil? [SICPO Paper I 2023]

Which crop grows best on black soil? [Combined Graduate Level Examination Tier I 2022]

The lowermost layer of soil is called the ______.
[Constable GD 2021]

A long, winding ridge of stratified sand and gravel is known as:

[SSC CPO 2024]

Name an oval-shaped range of hills sculpted by glacial flow.

[SSC CHSL 2023]

When the grains of sand are very fine and light , the wind can carry it over a very long distance . When such sand is deposited in large areas, it is called_____.

[SSC CHSL 2022]

Punjab state is rich in which natural resource from the following ?

[SSC MTS 2023]

In a laterite soil profile, which of the following elements is present in an excessive amount?

[SSC MTS 2024]

Which of the following factors of soil formation determines the accumulation of the soil?

[SSC CHSL 2022]

Old alluvial soil is known as:

[RRB NTPC CBT]

Which type of soil is mostly found in the eastern coast of India?

[RRB NTPC CBT]

Which of the following factors is primarily responsible for soil formation?

[SSC MTS 2024]

Which of the following pairs regarding soil is correct?
I. Forest soil - These soils are loamy and silty in valley sides
II. Black soil - generally poor in phosphoric contents

[SSC CHSL 2022]

Which among the following soils is also known as Regur soil?

[SSC MTS 2022]

_____________covers most of the Deccan Plateau, which includes parts of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh and some parts of Tamil Nadu.

[RRC GROUP D]

Which of the following is more suitable than the others for the growth of cashew nut?

[SSC CGL 2021]

The lava plateaus are rich in which kind of soil?

[SSC CGL 2022]

Laterite soil develops as a result of which of the following reasons ?

[SSC MTS 2023]

Black soil is predominantly found in which one of the following states?

[RRB NTPC CBT]

Which of the following statements is NOT correct regarding laterite soil?

[SSC CHSL 2022]

When we travel across the countryside, we see red soils in many regions. What is the reason for its colour?

[RRB NTPC CBT]

If the proportion of fine particles is relatively higher in soil, then it is called ______ soil.

[SSC GD 2022]

Which soil is well known for its capacity to hold moisture?

[RRB NTPC CBT]

Which of the following statements is correct about black soil?

[RRB NTPC CBT]

Which of the following determines the colour, texture,chemical properties, mineral, content and permeability of the soil?

[RRB NTPC CBT]

Which of the following soil particles are the finest in their size?

[NTPC CBT 2]

What do you call the weight a soil can withstand before severe damage occurs to the structure of the soil?

[SSC CGL 2021]

The black soil of the Deccan Plateau lacks which of the following minerals?

[SSC CPO 2023]

Black soil is dominant in which of the following physical divisions of India?

[NTPC CBT 2]

Which of the following soil types is rich in soil nutrients such as calcium carbonate, magnesium, potash and lime?

[RRB NTPC CBT]