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Find the real soil termRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the soil wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Erosion or conservationRead the answer and worked solution →Which soilRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Soils bingoRead the answer and worked solution →A trekker crosses the Karakoram, Ladakh, Zaskar and Pir Panjal ranges. She is in the:Read the answer and worked solution →The cold desert of Ladakh lies between the Greater Himalayas and the:Read the answer and worked solution →The valley of Kashmir and Dal Lake lie between the Great Himalayas and the:Read the answer and worked solution →Pangong Tso and Tso Moriri are examples of:Read the answer and worked solution →Srinagar stands on the banks of the:Read the answer and worked solution →Longitudinal valleys like Jammu dun and Dehra Dun are called:Read the answer and worked solution →The largest of all the duns, 35 to 45 km long, is:Read the answer and worked solution →Gangotri, Yamunotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath lie in which Himalayan section?Read the answer and worked solution →Kanchenjunga and the fast-flowing Tista belong to the:Read the answer and worked solution →In the Darjiling and Arunachal Himalayas, Shiwaliks are absent and are replaced by:Read the answer and worked solution →Rivers like the Kameng, Subansiri and Lohit give the Arunachal Himalayas the country's highest:Read the answer and worked solution →Manipur's physiography is unique for the large central lake called:Read the answer and worked solution →The northern plains stretch about how many km from east to west?Read the answer and worked solution →Rivers from the Shiwaliks drop boulders and sometimes vanish in a narrow 8 to 10 km belt called:Read the answer and worked solution →Streams re-emerge to form marshy, swampy land south of the Bhabar, called the:Read the answer and worked solution →The largest delta in the world, formed at the mouth of the Ganga-Brahmaputra, is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The Peninsular plateau rises from 150 m to an elevation of:Read the answer and worked solution →The oldest and most stable landmass of India is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The Western Ghats are called Sahyadri in Maharashtra and ___ in Kerala.Read the answer and worked solution →The highest peak of the Peninsular plateau, 2,695 m, is:Read the answer and worked solution →The Eastern and Western Ghats meet at the:Read the answer and worked solution →Crescent-shaped sand dunes near Jaisalmer are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Western GhatsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the plains zonesRead the answer and worked solution →

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Find the real soil term

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Questions
  1. Correct
    Regur
    Choices
    1. Regur
    2. Regar
    3. Rigur
  2. Correct
    Khadar
    Choices
    1. Khader
    2. Khadar
    3. Khudar
  3. Correct
    Bangar
    Choices
    1. Bangur
    2. Bangor
    3. Bangar
  4. Correct
    Kankar
    Choices
    1. Kankar
    2. Kunkar
    3. Kankor
  5. Correct
    Laterite
    Choices
    1. Laterete
    2. Laterite
    3. Laterate
  6. Correct
    Alluvial
    Choices
    1. Alluvual
    2. Aluvial
    3. Alluvial
Instructions
Pick the lane with the real soil term. The other two are made up.
_Source: syllabus Geography, Contemporary India II, Chapter 1, Resources and Development._

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Slice the soil words

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Does not match the category
  1. Comet
  2. Sonnet
  3. Retina
  4. Piston
Matches the category
  1. Regur
  2. Khadar
  3. Bangar
  4. Kankar
  5. Laterite
  6. Humus
Instructions
Slice only the words from Indian soils.
_Source: syllabus Geography, Contemporary India II, Chapter 1, Resources and Development._

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Erosion or conservation

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Upper category
Erosion
Lower category
Conserve
Items
  1. Category
    Erosion
    Item
    Gully
  2. Category
    Erosion
    Item
    Sheet wash
  3. Category
    Erosion
    Item
    Overgraze
  4. Category
    Erosion
    Item
    Deforest
  5. Category
    Conserve
    Item
    Contour
  6. Category
    Conserve
    Item
    Terrace
  7. Category
    Conserve
    Item
    Strip crop
  8. Category
    Conserve
    Item
    Shelter
Instructions
Send each item to the track for whether it causes erosion or prevents it.
_Source: syllabus Geography, Contemporary India II, Chapter 1, Resources and Development._

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