Soils Of India (भूगोल)

Group D, NTPC, BPSC, Railway, NDA & UPSC

👉 Most Fertile Soil — Alluvial Soil ह िंदी + Eng

👉 Black Soil — Maharashtra Imp MCQs

👉 Marshy Soil — Uttrakhand
👉 Desert Soil — Rajasthan
👉 New Alluvial Soil — Khadar
Q.1.
According to the Indian Council of Agricultural
Research, how many types of soils are found in India?
भारतीय कृहि अनुसिंधान पररिद के अनुसार भारत में हकतने प्रकार
की हमहियााँ पायी जाती ै ?

a) 4
• According to (ICAR) 8
b) 5 types of soils are found in
c) 7 India, in which nitrogen is
most deficient.
d) 8
Option : D
 8 Types of Soils in India
1. Alluvial Soil (जलोढ़ हमिी)
2. Black Soil (काली हमिी)
3. Red Soil (लाल हमिी)
4. Laterite Soil (लेटराइट हमिी)
5. Mountain Soil (पर्वतीय हमिी)
6. Arid/Desert Soil (मरुस्थलीय हमिी)
7. Saline Soil (लर्णीय हमिी)
8. Peat Soil (पीट या दलदली हमिी)
Q.2.

Which is the most fertile soil in India ?

भारत में सबसे अहधक उपजाऊ हमिी कौन सी ै ?

a) Black Soil • Alluvial soil is found the most

in India and it is also
b) Red Soil
beneficial for agriculture, it is
c) Alluvial Soil found in abundance of potash
and calcium and lack of
d) Selective Soil
nitrogen and humus.
Option : C
Q.3.
By what other name is the old alluvial soil known?
पुरानी जलोढ़ हमिी को अन्य हकस नाम से जाना जाता ै ?

a) Khadar • Due to the abundance of rivers, this

soil is found in the flooded areas, it is
b) Bangar considered famous for changing its
location, the new alluvium which
c) Kallar floods every year is called Khadar.
d) Regud
Option : B
Q.4.

By what other name is the new alluvial soil known?

नयी जलोढ़ हमिी को अन्य हकस नाम से जाना जाता ै ?

a) Bangar • Rivers are abundant but there

is no flood every year, that
b) Khadar old alluvial soil is called
c) Regud Bangar.
• New alluvium is termed as
d) Kallar Khadar & old alluvium is
Option : B termed as Bhangar.
Q.5.

Which is the most suitable soil for cotton cultivation?

कपास की खेती के हलए सर्ावहधक उपयुक्त हमिी कौन-सी ै ?

a) Clay • Cotton is cultivated in black soil,

maximum production of cotton
b) Red soil is in Gujrat black soil is called
Regur soil.
c) Black soil • This soil has high water holding
d) Laterite soil capacity which becomes sticky
Option : C when wet and cracks when dry.
Q.6.

Which is the most ideal soil for paddy cultivation?

धान की खेती के हलए सर्ावहधक आदर्व मृदा कौन-सी ै ?

a) Black Soil • The most area found in India

is alluvial soil, which is also
b) Alluvial soil called loamy soil.
• Alluvial soil is found on about
c) Red Soil
43.4 percent of the total area
d) Laterite soil of ​India.
• This soil is formed by the
Option : B deposition of rivers,
Q.7.
Where is the expansion of black soil found ?
काली हमिी का हर्स्तार क ााँ पाया जाता ै ?

a) Maharashtra • Black soil is mainly found in

Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat,
b) Madhya Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh and this soil
is rich in magnesium, lime, iron
c) Gujarat
element and organic matter.
d) All of the above • The black color of this soil is due
to the presence of titaniferous
Option : D magnetide and humus.
Q.8.
Which soil does not require irrigation for agriculture?
हकस हमिी में कृहि के हलए हसिंचाई की आर्श्यकता न ी िं ोती ै ?

a) Laterite soil • The main feature of black soil

is that it has the highest
b) Red soil capacity to hold water, black
soil becomes sticky very
c) Black soil
quickly and cracks occur in it
d) Alluvial soil on drying, due to this quality
black soil is called self-
Option : C cultivated soil.
Q.9.
Where is laterite soil mainly found?
लैटेराइट हमिी मुख्यतः क ााँ पायी जाती ै ?

a) Malabar Coastal Region • Laterite soil is found mainly in

the Malabar Coast, it is
b) Coromandel Coastal Region considered useful for
plantation farming, spice
c) Bundelkhand production, tea plantation.
d) Baghelkhand • Leaching prosses in laterite
soils
Option : A
Q.10.

The red color of red soil is due to the presence of ?

लाल हमिी का लाल रिं ग हकसकी उपस्स्थहत के कारण ोता ै ?

a) Abundance of magnesium • The iron content of red

b) Accumulated humus soil is very high, which is
the reason for its color
c) Iron oxide
because iron oxide is red-
d) Abundance of Phosphates brown in colour.

Option : C
Q.11.
Which type of soil is found in the largest area of ​India ?
भारत के सर्ावहधक क्षेत्र पर हकस प्रकार की हमिी का हर्स्तार पाया
जाता ै ?

a) Alluvial soil • In India, the most area is

found in alluvial soil, which
b) Black soil
is also called loamy soil.
c) Laterite soil • Alluvial soil is found on
about 43.4 percent of the
d) Red Soil
total area of ​India.
Option : A
 Trick 😊—
• जला कर लौट 🤔
• ज — जलोढ़ हमिी
• ला — लाल हमिी
• कर — काली (रे गु र ) हमिी
• लौट — ले टराइट हमिी
Q.13.
Which of the following soils is suitable for tea gardens?
हनम्नहलस्खत में से कौन-सी हमिी चाय बागानोिं के उपयुक्त ै ?

a) Acidic Soil • Acidic soil is best suited for tea

b) Alkaline Soil cultivation.
• The tea grows well on high soils
c) Alluvial Soil with good depth, good depth,
acidic pH between 4.5 to 5.5
d) Regur Soil and organic matter of more
than 2%.
Option : A
Q.14.

Which soil is formed by lava flows ?

लार्ा के प्रर्ा से हकस हमिी का हनमावण ोता ै ?

a) Red Soil • Black soil is also called lava

soil because it is the soil
b) Alluvial soil formed by the weathering of
c) Black soil the lava rocks of the Deccan
Trap.
d) Laterite soil • The largest extent of black soil
is in the state of Maharashtra.
Option : C
Q.15.
Which of the following soils is rich in organic matter?
हनम्नहलस्खत में से कौन-सी हमिी जैर् पदाथों से भरपूर ोती ै ?

a) Black soil • The main feature of black soil

is that it has the highest
b) Alluvial soil capacity to hold water, black
soil becomes sticky very
c) Velvety soil
quickly and cracks occur in it
d) Red soil on drying, due to this quality
black soil is called self-
Option : A cultivated soil.
Q.16.
What is the name given when sand particles are found
in alluvial soil?
जलोढ़ हमिी में जब बालू के कण हमल जाते ै तो उसे क्या नाम
हदया जाता ै ?

a) Kallar • Loamy soil is considered best

for horticulture and
b) Regur agricultural work.
• If a large amount of organic
c) Reh matter is found in any sandy
d) Loam (दोमट) or clay soil, then its properties
will also be similar to loam.
Option : D
Q.17.
What should be the pH value of fertile land to grow
normal crops?
सामान्य फसलें उगाने के हलए उर्वर भूहम का पीएच (Ph) मान
लगभग हकतनी ोनी चाह ए ?
a) 4-5
b) 5-6
c) 6-7
d) 7-8
Option : C
Q.18.

In which state mountain soil is not found?

पर्वतीय हमिी हकस राज्य में न ी िं पाई जाती ै?

a) Jammu Kashmir
• Mountainous soils are
b) Himachal Pradesh common in Jammu and
Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh,
c) Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand, Sikkim and
d) Uttar Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh.

Option : D
Q.19.

In which state desert soil is found ?

मरुस्थलीय हमिी हकस राज्य में हमलती ै ?

• Desert soil is found in dry areas

a) Rajasthan with little rainfall.
b) Karnataka • This soil is mainly found in the
desert plains.
c) Kerala • This soil generally lacks humus.
• Coarse cereals are cultivated in this
d) Maharashtra type of soil.
• In coarse cereals, jowar, millet, ragi
Option : A and oilseeds etc. are produced.
Q.20.

Where is marshy soil found?

दलदली हमिी क ााँ हमलती ै?

a) Gujarat
• Organic soil is known as swampy soil.
b) Haryana • In India, areas of marshy soil are
found in Kerala, Uttarakhand and
c) Rajasthan West Bengal.
• The amount of phosphorus and
d) Uttarakhand potash is also low in marshy soil, but
the amount of salt is high.
Option : D
 Question for You
Which soil is responsible for the cultivation of cotton?
कपास की खेती के हलए कौन सी हमिी उत्तरदायी ै ?

a) Black soil
b) Red soil
c) Alluvial soil
d) Laterite soil
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