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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 →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 →

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Black soil is also called regur and is ideal for growing:

  1. Coconut
  2. Cotton
  3. Tea leaf
  4. Rubber
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Correct answer: B. Cotton

1. It is called black cotton soil. 2. It holds moisture for the crop. 3. Cotton is the crop. _Source: syllabus Geography, Contemporary India II, Chapter 1, Resources and Development._

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Black soil is typical of which rock region?

  1. Ganga alluvium
  2. Coastal sandstone
  3. Deccan trap basalt
  4. Himalayan granite
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Correct answer: C. Deccan trap basalt

1. Lava flows formed the parent rock. 2. The region is the northwest Deccan plateau. 3. That is the Deccan trap basalt. _Source: syllabus Geography, Contemporary India II, Chapter 1, Resources and Development._

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Black soil holds moisture well because it is made of extremely fine:

  1. Sand grains
  2. Gravel pieces
  3. Humus layers
  4. Clayey material
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Correct answer: D. Clayey material

1. Fine particles pack closely. 2. They trap water between them. 3. Black soil is clayey. _Source: syllabus Geography, Contemporary India II, Chapter 1, Resources and Development._

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