MCQ on Soil of India: Indian Geography Quiz

Question 1. Another name for ‘Regur Soil’ is ___________.

(A) Mixed red-yellow soil

(B) Arid soil

(C) Black soil

(D) Red soil

Question 2. Regur soil is most widespread in ________.

(A) Jharkhand

(B) Andhra Pradesh

(C) Tamil Nadu

(D) Maharashtra

Question 3. Which of the following soils of India has been formed due to weathering of basaltic lava?

(A) Regur soils

(B) Red soils

(C) Laterite soils

(D) Alluvial soils

Question 4. Regur is the name of __________.

(A) Lateritic soil

(B) Black soil

(C) Alluvial soil

(D) Red soil

Question 5. Which of the following soils of India is most suitable for cotton cultivation? 

(A) Red soil

(B) Alluvial soil

(C) Laterite soil

(D) Regur soil

Question 6. Which of the following is known as ‘self-ploughed’ soil of the country?

(A) Desert soils

(B) Black cotton soil

(C) Lateritic soil

(D) Alluvial soil

Question 7. Which soil is best suited for cotton cultivation?

(A) Laterite

(B) Alluvial

(C) Red

(D) Black

Question 8. Lava soils are found in _________.

(A) Shillong plateau

(B) Malwa plateau

(C) Trans Saryu plains

(D) Chhattisgarh plains

Question 9. The pre-dominant soil of Malwa Plateau is _________.

(A) Laterite

(B) Red soil

(C) Alluvial soil

(D) Black soil

Question 10. Which soil needs little irrigation as it retains soil water?

(A) Alluvial

(B) Laterite

(C) Black

(D) Red

Question 11. Laterite soils are predominant in __________.

(A) Baghelkhand

(B) Bundelkhand

(C) Coromandel Coastal Region

(D) Malabar Coastal Region

Question 12. Which one of the following statements is not true for Laterite soils? 

(A) They are rich in lime

(B) Their fertility is low

(C) They are highly leached soils

(D) They are the soils of the humid tropical regions

Question 13. Laterite soils is found in _________.

(A) Maharashtra

(B) Punjab

(C) Himachal Pradesh

(D) Uttar Pradesh

Question 14. Which one of the following soil types of India is rendered infertile by the presence of excess iron?

(A) Lateritic

(B) Podzolic

(C) Alluvial

(D) Desert sand

Question 15. Old Kachhari clay of Gangetic plain _________.

(A) Khondolyte

(B) Khadar

(C) Bhangar

(D) Bhabar

Question 16. Which of the following types of soil has minimum water retention capacity?

(A) Loamy soil

(B) Clayey loam soil

(C) Loamy sand soil

(D) Alluvial sand soil

Question 17. Which one of the following is the most productive soil in India?

(A) Calcareous soil

(B) Alluvial soil

(C) Black soil

(D) Red soil

Question 18. In India, the largest soil group is found as __________.

(A) Alluvial soil

(B) Sandy soil

(C) Black soil

(D) Red soil

Question 19. Which soil particles are present in loamy soils?

(A) All types of particles

(B) Silt particles

(C) Clay particles

(D) Sand particles

Question 20. Which one of the following crops is grown for improving the soil fertility? 

(A) Sugarcane

(B) Black Gram (Urd)

(C) Rice

(D) Wheat

Question 21. When you travel in certain parts of India, you will notice red soil. What is the main reason for this colour?

(A) Abundance of phosphates

(B) Presence of ferric oxides

(C) Accumulated humus

(D) Abundance of magnesium

Question 22. Soils of Western Rajasthan have a high content of _________.

(A) Phosphorus

(B) Nitrogen

(C) Calcium

(D) Aluminium

Question 23. Which one of the following crop enriches the nitrogen content in soil? 

(A) Pea

(B) Sunflower

(C) Sorghum

(D) Potato

Question 24. The micro nutrient maximum deficient in Indian soils, is _________.

(A) Zinc

(B) Manganese

(C) Iron

(D) Copper

Question 25. Soil water available to plants is maximum in ___________.

(A) loamy soil

(B) sandy soil

(C) silty soil

(D) clay soil

Question 26. Which one of the following particles has less than 0.002 mm diameter?

(A) Clay

(B) Fine sand

(C) Silt

(D) None of these