Good soil is:

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. In which one of the following habitats does the diurnal temperature of soil surface vary most:

   A. Forest
   B. Desert
   C. Grassland
   D. Shrub land

7. Development of soil from the parent rock is termed as:

   A. Edaphotropism
   B. Edaptic factor
   C. Pedogenesis weathering
   D. Edaphic climax

8. The acidity of soil is primarily due to

   A. H+
   B. AI+3
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. H+ and Zn+2

9. The science dealing with study of soil is called:

   A. Geology
   B. Pedology
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. None of these

10. The soil cover of the earth lies between:

    A. Atmosphere and lithosphere
    B. Lithosphere and biosphere
    C. Atmosphere and hydrosphere
    D. All of these