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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. 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

3. 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%

4. 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

5. 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

6. The lower most layer of atmosphere in which man and other living organisms exist is called:

   A. Thermosphere
   B. Mesosphere
   C. Stratospheres
   D. Troposphere

7. The phenomenon describing the formation of a blue-grey coloured layer at the bottom of the solum due to ferrous compounds is:

   A. Gleization
   B. Mineralization
   C. Laterization
   D. Podsolization

8. Ozone layer of upper atmosphere is being destroyed by:

   A. Sulphur di-oxide
   B. Carbon di-oxide
   C. Chloro-fluoro-carbon
   D. Smog

9. What are the chief pollutants of the atmosphere which are most likely to deplete the ozone layer?

   A. Sulphur di-oxide
   B. Carbon di-oxide
   C. Nitrogen oxides and fluoro-carbons
   D. Carbon monoxide

10. Ozone layer in stratosphere is effected by:

    A. Excess CO2
    B. Excess CO
    C. Chloro-fluoro-carbon
    D. Low rainfall