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Crops and Its Relation with Types of Soil

Black soil is...

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Black soil is most suitable for agriculture, because ______.

A

it is black in colour

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it has more moisture and organic content

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it has less iron oxide

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it is found on the river banks

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Solution

The correct option is B it has more moisture and organic content
Black soil has more moisture and organic content. It is very retentive of moisture. It swells greatly and becomes sticky when wet in the rainy season. Because of their high fertility and retentivity of moisture, the black soil is widely used for producing several important crops. Some of the major crops grown on the black soils are cotton, wheat, jowar, linseed, castor, sunflower and millets.

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