The soil moisture constants are:

Related Mcqs:

1. Removal of top soil by soil erosion result in the loss of soil:

   A. Nitrites
   B. Nitrates
   C. Nitrogen
   D. Nitric and nitrous acids

2. Influence of soil and moisture conditions means:

   A. If soil is properly worked and weeding is carried out then any local spp can be planted nan area
   B. It has been seen that in spite of high early success there is failure later on
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

3. Forage yield of grass depends on soil moisture after burning. In wet areas when there is enough presipitation after burning, forage yield can be increased by ________

   A. 50 percent
   B. 60 percent
   C. 70 percent
   D. 80 percent

4. In water logged soil plants cannot grow properly because the soil is:

   A. Physiologically wet
   B. Physiologically dry
   C. Physically dry
   D. None of the above

5. When a plant first begins to wilts permanently in a pot, its 54.5 gms of soil has 4.5 gms of water. The PWP of this soil is:

   A. 4.50%
   B. 9%
   C. 8.25%
   D. 16.50%

6. The ration of volume of pores in the soil to the total soil volume is referred to as:

   A. Pore frequency ratio
   B. Pore density ration
   C. Pore abundance ratio
   D. Pore space ratio

7. When a soil has been thoroughly wetted and then allowed to drain until capillary movement of the water has stopped, the water content of the soil will give an estimate of it’s:

   A. Gravitational water
   B. Capillary water
   C. Field capacity
   D. Storage capacity

8. Hygrophytes (Moisture loving plants) means:

   A. The pants are usually stunted in growth
   B. Roots and stem are poorly developed
   C. Leaves are large and tend to avoid water less lam transpiration
   D. All of the above

9. The best seed moisture content is below 10% of the oven dry weight for the coniferous but it must be kept above _____ for most of the broad leaved species:

   A. 20%
   B. 25%
   C. 30%
   D. 35%

10. The major types of soil erosion are:

    A. Normal or geological
    B. Accelerated
    C. Both (a) & (b)
    D. None of these