An intrazonal group of dark calcareous soils high in clay and having mainly montmorillonitic type clay are called as:________?

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1. What is the pH of calcareous soils?

   A. 8.0-8.5
   B. 7.0-7.5
   C. 8.5-9.0
   D. 6.5-7.5

   Submitted by: Shafiq Rehman

2. swelling clay soils, develop cracks due to greater proportion of swelling type clays:

   A. Alfisols
   B. Ultisols
   C. Vertisols
   D. None of the above

   Submitted by: Shafiq Rehman

3. 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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4. Although some acid soils do exist in the northern mountainous regions of Pakistan (Mansehra, Sawat, Dir). Almost all cultivated soils of the country are ________________, with high base saturation and low organic matter content (generally less than 1%)?

   A. Alkaline
   B. Very much acidic
   C. Calcareous
   D. both A & C

   Submitted by: Shafiq Rehman

5. Depending on the percentage of sand, silt, clay, soils are divided into _______ textural classes:

   A. 12
   B. 13
   C. 14
   D. 09

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6. Organic Soils are classified as ____________ and are also known as ____________ soils:

   A. Alfisols. fine & coarse textured
   B. Histosols, peat & muck
   C. Ultisols, Fe & Al rich
   D. None of the above

   Submitted by: Shafiq Rehman

7. 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

   Submitted by: Shafiq Rehman

8. The forest soils have lower bulk density than agricultural soils because of their ______ content.

   A. High organic matter
   B. Low organic matter
   C. Both a & b
   D. None of these

   Submitted by: Adnan

9. The kaolininte is a layer silicate clay mineral, it is 1:1 type of mineral with___________________?

   A. 3-15 meq/100g CEC
   B. 40 meq/100g CEC
   C. 50 meq/100g CEC
   D. None of the above

10. A group of soils with same parent material but located at different positions of slope?

    A. Cateena
    B. Chronosequence
    C. Catena
    D. Biosequence

    Submitted by: Shafiq Rehman