Types of Soils in India

Q. Which type of soil do you think the green colour on the map shows?

Q. Pair the crops/plants with the soil most suitable for their cultivation/growth.

1. Alluvial soil
2. Cashew Nuts
3. Cactus
4. Cotton
5. Desert soil
6. Black Soil
7. Laterite soil
8. Paddy

Q. Pair the crops/plants with the soil most suitable for their cultivation/growth.

1. Alluvial soil
2. Cashew Nuts
3. Cactus
4. Cotton
5. Desert soil
6. Black Soil
7. Laterite soil
8. Paddy

Q. Which soil develops deep cracks in hot weather, which helps in proper aeration of the soil?

1. Red soil
2. Laterite soil
3. Alluvial soil
4. Regur soil

Q. Cotton is grown in soil because of its high moisture retaining capacity.

1. black
2. laterite
3. mountain
4. alluvial

Q. In terms of fertility, khadar is more fertile than bangar.

1. False
2. True

Q. What type of soil is found in India's eastern coastal plains?

1. Red soil
2. Alluvial soil
3. Marine soil
4. Laterite soil

Q. Khadar and bangar are classifications of which soil?

1. Red soil
2. Black soil
3. Laterite soil
4. Alluvial soil

Q. Identify the soil types indicated on the map.

1. Red Soil
2. Black Soil
3. Mountain Soil
4. Alluvial Soil

Q. This is a type of soil that develops in a warm, temperate, moist climate under deciduous or mixed forests, having thin organic-mineral layers overlying a yellowish-brown leached layer resting on an illuvial red layer.
It is generally formed from iron-rich sedimentary rocks. It is usually a poor growing soil, low in nutrients and humus and difficult to cultivate.

Which soil are we talking about?

1. Red Soil
2. Black Soil
3. Yellow soil
4. Brown Soil