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

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1. 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

2. 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

   Submitted by: Shafiq Rehman

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

   Submitted by: Shafiq Rehman

6. Father of agricultural chemistry is___________________?

   A. Vonliebig
   B. Neil Brady
   C. Neuron
   D. J. jones

7. Pakistan being predominantly an arid and semiarid country, In addition to agricultural productivity losses and increasing poverty, desertification results in significant reductions in _________?

   A. Contributing to global warming
   B. Carbon storage in soils
   C. loss of biodiversity
   D. All of these

   Submitted by: Shafiq Rehman

8. How much percentage of soils of Pakistan are deficient in P______________________?

   A. 60
   C. 50-70
   D. 80-90

9. According to a latest research, Pakistan is predominantly a dryland country; 80% of its land area is arid and semi arid, 12% sub-humid and 8% under humid climate. Thus , soils of arid & semi-arid regions are vulnerable to a wide range of degradation process. As the case in arid and semi-arid climates elsewhere in south-central/southern Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa; _________________ are among the major causes of soil degradation and desertification?

   A. Drought stress
   B. Accelerated erosion & salinization
   C. Depletion of soil fertility and SOM
   D. All of the above

   Submitted by: Shafiq Rehman

10. Which of the following crops is most tolerant to salty soils?

    A. Corn
    B. Rice
    C. Carrot
    D. Cotton

    Submitted by: Mir Mehrbiyar