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  • Question 1
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    Which of the following factor is helpful in controlling the soil degradation?
    Solution

    Growing of different crops in succession on a piece of land to avoid exhausting the soil and to control weeds, pests, and diseases is called crop rotation. This type of farming helps in reducing soil degradation and improves soil quality.

  • Question 2
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    Out of the total area under cultivation of Himachal Pradesh how much area is under irrigation?
    Solution

    Out of the total area under cultivation of Himachal Pradesh, its 1/5th area is irrigated. The total crop area of Himachal Pradesh is 1 million hectares and 0.11 million hectares of it is irrigated according to 2011 census.       

  • Question 3
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    Which of the following methods are used to restrict soil erosion?
    A. Ploughing along contour lines
    B. Strip cropping
    C. Jhumming
    D. Mixed farming.
    Solution

    Soil erosion is the loss of top fertile layer of soil either by wind or by water.

    • Contour bunding is a technique used to prevent soil erosion. It is a farming practice in which planting followed by a soil elevation constructed manually. It helps in soil conservation and is a low cost and easy technique.
    • Strip cropping: Cultivation in which different crops are sown in alternate strips to prevent soil erosion.

  • Question 4
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    Which soil type is made up of Lava Flows?
    Solution
    Black soils are made up of volcanic rocks and lava-flow. It is concentrated over Deccan Lava tracts which includes parts of Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. 
  • Question 5
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    The sand particles in Indian Desert are uniformly rounded because of :
    Solution
    Due to transportation small sand particles take the uniformly rounded form. Wind transports these sand particles over great distances. 
  • Question 6
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    In Maharashtra which of the following has maximum land use ?
    Solution
    A large area of Maharashtra is affected by the fallow land problem. Though maximum land in Maharashtra is under cultivation, fallow land area due to less rainfall or drought is also substantial.
  • Question 7
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    Which of the following basic resource is not required for agriculture?
    Solution
    Land, soil and water are the basic resources required for agricultural activities. Of the given options, only wind is not needed for agriculture.
  • Question 8
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    In which of the following states deforestation caused land degradation due to mining?
    Solution
    In Jharkhand, large scale deforestation for mining has badly affected the quality of land. Mining is one of the most important reason for land degradation in this state.
    Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa deforestation due to mining have caused severe land degradation.
  • Question 9
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    Which of the following describes the common property resource ?
    Solution
    Community property resources are natural resources owned and managed collectively by a community or society. Pastures or grazing lands is one of the example. Rivers, Lakes, oceans are the other examples.
  • Question 10
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    The summit of Rio de Janeiro was convened for addressing urgent problems of development concerning.
    Solution
    The Summit was convened for addressing urgent problems of environmental protection and socioeconomic development at the global level. The assembled leaders signed the Declaration on Global Climatic Change and Biological Diversity.
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