Chapter: Formation of Soil | MCQ Practice Set-3

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Practice Set-3

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1. The soil with non-uniform strength is called_

a) "Collapsible soil
b) Loamy soil
c) Erratic Soil
d) Indurated clay

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2. A very good exaple of collapsible_

a) Alluvial Soil
b) Loess
c) Humus
d) Peat

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3. Example of Cumulos soil_

a) Humus
b) peat
c) Muck
d) All of the above

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4. Highly Compressible and low bearing capacity soil, formed from residual of balast or trap rock is _

a) Mourum
b) Sand dune
c) Black cotton soil
d) Cumulos Soil

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5. Glacio-Alluvial Soil is a _

a) Poorly graded soil
b) Uniformly graded soil
c) wel graded soil
d) fine graded soil

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6. The best soil for the agriculture purpose_

a) varved clay
b) Loamy soil
c) Loess
d) glacier deposited soil

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7. For clay surface force is

a) directly proportional to Specific Surface Area
b) indirectly proportional to Specific Surface Area
c) directly proportional to mass of clay particle
d) indirectly proportional to mass of clay particle

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8. The geological cycle of formation of soil in correct order_

a) Deposition-- Transportation -- Upheaval-- weathering
b) Deposition-- Upheaval -- Transportation -- weathering
c) Upheaval -- Transportation -- weathering---Deposition
d) Weathering---Transportation ---Deposition---Upheaval

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9. The process of formation of Soil is called_

a) Pedogenosis
b) pedology
c) padagogy
d) Geology

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10. Sedentary soil also known as_

a) Transported soil
b) Sedimentary soil
c) Residual soil
d) Alluvial Soil

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