Soil at the rate of 4 to 7 thousand tonnes/sq mile is carried annually in the rivers _______.

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. The nature of the soil carried by river is:

   A. Sandy
   B. Clayey
   C. Laterite
   D. Alluvial

3. Soil that is made-up of particles, that have been carried in water and thus deposited, is called:

   A. Silt
   B. Clay
   C. Sub-soil
   D. Loam

4. The country is drained by six mighty rivers is:

   A. Kabul
   B. Indus
   C. Jhelum
   D. Chenab
   E. All of the above

5. 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

6. 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%

7. 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

8. 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

9. ________ consists in clear-cutting a fixed area annually which is regenerated by coppice shoots:

   A. Simple coppice system
   B. Complex coppice system
   C. Uniform system
   D. None of these

10. Watershed works plan – A detailed plan of operation should be developed which permits a timely, appropriately funded (quarterly, annually, etc.) operation of the plan. The plan should include details of:

    A. Objectives and goals of the plan
    B. The sequence of operations and procedures
    C. Procedures to be used for the various segments of the plan
    D. Time schedule while includes realistic flow from one operational sequence to another
    E. All of the above