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A farmer is told soil takes millions of years to form a few centimetres, yet it is called the most important ___ natural resource.Read the answer and worked solution →The entire northern plains are made of which soil?Read the answer and worked solution →Alluvial soil of the northern plains was deposited by the Indus, the Ganga and the:Read the answer and worked solution →Coarse alluvial soils in Duars, Chos and Terai are found in:Read the answer and worked solution →Old alluvium with more kanker nodules is called:Read the answer and worked solution →New alluvium, finer and more fertile than the old, is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Alluvial soils have potash, phosphoric acid and lime, ideal for sugarcane, paddy and:Read the answer and worked solution →Black soil is also called regur and is ideal for growing:Read the answer and worked solution →Black soil is typical of which rock region?Read the answer and worked solution →Black soil holds moisture well because it is made of extremely fine:Read the answer and worked solution →Deep cracks in black soil during hot weather help in:Read the answer and worked solution →Red soil develops on crystalline igneous rocks in areas of:Read the answer and worked solution →Red soil gets its colour from the diffusion of:Read the answer and worked solution →Laterite soil forms by intense leaching under a climate of alternate:Read the answer and worked solution →Laterite soils are acidic with a pH below:Read the answer and worked solution →In the hills of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, laterite soil is useful for growing:Read the answer and worked solution →Arid soils are sandy and:Read the answer and worked solution →In arid soils, water infiltration is restricted by a bottom layer of:Read the answer and worked solution →Running water cutting deep channels makes gullies; in the Chambal basin such bad lands are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Top soil washed away by water flowing as a sheet down a slope is:Read the answer and worked solution →Ploughing along contour lines to slow water down a slope is:Read the answer and worked solution →Cutting steps on slopes to restrict erosion, common in the western and central Himalayas, is:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the black soil factsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the soil typesRead the answer and worked solution →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 →

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A farmer is told soil takes millions of years to form a few centimetres, yet it is called the most important ___ natural resource.

  1. Renewable
  2. Non-renewable
  3. Human-made
  4. Abiotic ore
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Correct answer: A. Renewable

1. Soil is a living system that keeps renewing. 2. It is the medium of plant growth. 3. So it counts as renewable. _Source: syllabus Geography, Contemporary India II, Chapter 1, Resources and Development._

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The entire northern plains are made of which soil?

  1. Laterite
  2. Alluvial
  3. Black regur
  4. Red soil
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Correct answer: B. Alluvial

1. Rivers deposited it over ages. 2. It is the most widely spread soil. 3. The plains are alluvial. _Source: syllabus Geography, Contemporary India II, Chapter 1, Resources and Development._

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Alluvial soil of the northern plains was deposited by the Indus, the Ganga and the:

  1. Brahmaputra
  2. Tungabhadra
  3. Mahanadi
  4. Sabarmati
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Correct answer: A. Brahmaputra

1. Three Himalayan river systems did the work. 2. Two are the Indus and the Ganga. 3. The third is the Brahmaputra. _Source: syllabus Geography, Contemporary India II, Chapter 1, Resources and Development._

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