Soil particles as individuals such as sand and do not form aggregates. These are usually found in parent material or C horizon is:_________?

Related Mcqs:

1. Pedogenic processes bring about changes in the parent materials in the form of _____________________, within the soil body (soil profile)?

   A. Additions, losses
   B. Transfers and transformations
   C. both A and B
   D. None of the above

   Submitted by: Shafiq Rehman

2. 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

   Submitted by: Shafiq Rehman

3. The clay fraction of the soil contains particles less than 0.002 mm. Particles <0.001 mm size:

   A. Soil Silt
   B. Soil colloids
   C. Soil loam
   D. Soil sand

   Submitted by: Shafiq Rehman

4. ‘A’ horizon of the soil is also designated:

   A. Eluvistal horizon
   B. Illuviated horizon
   C. Alluvial horizon
   D. None of the above.

   Submitted by: Shafiq Rehman

5. What is a soil horizon?

   A. Soil texture
   B. Soil structure
   C. Layers of soil
   D. All of these

   Submitted by: Hakeem Taj Shapuki

6. Weathering process-physical, chemical, and biological _______________, the rocks and minerals into simpler products which either accumulate in place or are transported to other places where they become soil parent materials?

   A. Disintegrate
   B. Disentigrate
   C. Decompose
   D. Both a & c

   Submitted by: Shafiq Rehman

7. A set of soils with same parent material, topography, climate and biota  but different age is called_________?

   A. Topo sequence
   B. Catena
   C. Chrono sequence 
   D. Topography

   Submitted by: Muhammad hakeem

8. In Pakistan, Indus plains are formed from ___________ parent material which was transported by Indus river and its tributaries from Himalayas?

   A. Till
   B. Moraine
   C. Colluvial
   D. None of the above

   Submitted by: Shafiq Rehman

9. 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

10. The soil texture refers to the relative proportion of sand,__________ and clay:

    A. Stone
    B. Soil
    C. Rock
    D. Silt

    Submitted by: Shafiq Rehman