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Which of the following methods does not help in soil conservation?

• Contour ploughing

• Strip cropping

• Creating shelter belts

• Ploughing up and down the slopes

Which one of the following is a renewable resource?

• Coal

• Petroleum

• Solar energy

• Fossil fuels

The alluvial soil consists of

• sand

• silt

• clay

• all of the above

One of the following which does not check land degradation-

• control on overgrazing

• creating shelter belts

• deforestation

• afforestation

Burial ground is a

• community owned resource

• national resource

• individual resource

• international resource

Laterite soil is very useful for growing:

• Rice, wheat and mustard

• Tea, coffee and cashewnut

• Pulses, sugarcane and resin

• None of the above

Black soil is deficient in

• calcium carbonate

• Magnesium

• Potash

• Phosphoric contents

Ploughing along the contour lines to decelerate the flow of water down the slopes is called:

• Strip cropping

• Sheet erosion

• Contour ploughing

• Terrace cultivation

Soil formed by intense leaching is:

• alluvial soil

• red soil

• laterite soil

• desert soil

There is enough for everybody’s need and not for any body’s greed,’’ who among the following has given the above statement?

• Vinoba Bhave

• Mahatma Gandhi

• Jawaharlal Nehru

• Atal Behari Vajpayee