pedology or soil & agriculture section 5 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 11 [SSC FCI 2012]

In a desert region, soil erosion can be checked by

a) Contour ploughing

b) Using farm manure

c) Tree plantation/afforestation

d) Crop rotation

Answer: (c)

Soil erosion in a desert region can be checked by tree plantation and afforestation.

Question : 12 [SSC CML 2001]

Which one of the following practices is adopted for restoring the fertility of soil ?

a) Fallowing

b) Harrowing

c) Weeding

d) Levelling

Answer: (a)

Fallowing, in agriculture, is the mode of preparing the land, by ploughing it a considerable time before it is ploughed for seed.

As a result of fallowing, parts of the soil become better incorporated, and thus reciprocally ameliorated; so that they may afford more uniform nourishment to the roots of plants

Question : 13 [UPPCS (Mains) 2007]

Which one of the following pair is not correctly matched?

a) Katango - Copper

b) Saar - Iron-ore

c) Kimberley - Diamond

d) Witwatersrand - Gold

Answer: (b)

Question : 14 [UPPCS (Mains) 2003]

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

List I List II
(Crop) (Production zone)
A. Coffee 1. Prairies plains
B. Jute 2. Yangtze plains
C. Rice 3. Sao Paulo Plateau
D. Wheat 4. Ganges delta
Codes: A B C D

a) 3 4 2 1

b) 4 3 2 1

c) 3 1 4 2

d) 2 4 1 3

Answer: (a)

Question : 15 [SSC CGL 2016]

Bamboo is classified as

a) Shrub

b) Herb

c) Tree

d) Grass

Answer: (d)

Bamboo a subfamily (Bambusoideae) of flowering perennial evergreen plants in the grass family Poaceae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family.

The woody bamboos share characteristics with herbaceous (non-woody) grasses, notably leaf blades that have a distinctive internal organization of the tissues and which are basally narrowed to form a stalk-like connection with the leaf sheath.

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