Soil Organic Matter (SOM) serves not only as a reservoir of all the required plant nutrients, but it:

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1. Soil Organic Matter (SOM) which consists of about _______ % organic carbon plays a vital role by providing macro & micro nutrients:

   A. 72 %
   B. 58%
   C. 62 %
   D. Al of the above

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2. Previously Essential nutrients required for the growth of plants were sixteen. In recent time the essential nutrients required for the growth of plants are:_________?

   A. 16
   B. 17
   C. 18
   D. None of the above

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3. Organic matter decomposes rapidly in Pakistani soils because of ____________ conditions, that is why our soils generally have < 1% organic matter:

   A. High temperature
   B. Alkaline
   C. Both a & b
   D. None of a & b

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4. Any material such as straw, sawdust, leaves, plastic films, & loose soil that is spread upon the surface of the soil to protect the soil & plant roots from the effects of raindrops, soil crusting, freezing or evaporation:

   A. Mull
   B. Mulch
   C. Mycorrhizae
   D. Muck

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5. From the sources of plant nutrients availability in soil, which of the following statements are correct:

   A. The plant absorbs carbon as carbondioxides directly from the atmosphere.
   B. Water is the source of hydrogen
   C. Air & water is the source of oxygen & the chief source of soil nitrogen is organic matter & when organic matter decomposes it gives ammonia.
   D. All of the above

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6. The availability of essential nutrients from soil to the plants is controlled by the ________ properties of soil:

   A. Physical
   B. chemical
   C. Biological
   D. both A & B

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7. The indicator used for the the estimation of the organic matter or organic carbon is;_________?

   A. Mixed indicator
   B. Diphenylamine indicator 
   C. Both a and b
   D. None of the above

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8. Soils that have more than 20% organic matter are termed as organic soils. These are also called:________?

   A. Peat soil
   B. solonchalk soil
   C. Muck soil
   D. Both a and c

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9. Walkley and blacks method of organic matter determination allows recovery of ______ ℅ organic carbon content:

   A. 44 ℅
   B. 45 ℅
   C. 33℅
   D. None of the above

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10. Walkley and Blacks method of organic matter determination allows recovery of _____% organic carbon content:

    A. 74 %
    B. 54 %
    C. 62.5 %
    D. 34%

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