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Biogeography - Test Set 5

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16 questions

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  1. Question 1

    Which one of the following is known as Xeromorphic structure ?
    1. Tree Savanna
    2. Woodland Savanna
    3. Mediterranean Biome
    4. Grass Savanna
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  2. Question 2

    Which one of the following National Park is situated in Assam ?
    1. Gir National Park
    2. Corbett National Park
    3. Kanha National Park
    4. Kaziranga National Park
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  3. Question 3

    Which one of the following is not a micro – nutrient ?
    1. Magnesium
    2. Chloride
    3. Molybdenum
    4. Manganese
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  4. Question 4

    If the size of an individual particle in the soil has a diameter between 0.002 mm and 0.05mm, the soil is known as
    1. Silt
    2. Clay
    3. Loam
    4. sand
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  5. Question 5

    Which one of the following is one of the primary carnivores ?
    1. Insects
    2. Snails
    3. Duckweed
    4. Hydra
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  6. Question 6

    When was the first conference of parties to CBD (Convention of Biological Diversity) held ?
    1. 1994
    2. 1995
    3. 1996
    4. 1997
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  7. Question 7

    How much world’s total and surface is accounted by India
    1. about 15%
    2. about 6%
    3. about 2%
    4. about 8%
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  8. Question 8

    The factors which contribute to the greater amount of soil erosion or soil impoverishment is:
    1. Multiple cropping
    2. Monoculture
    3. Overgrazing
    4. All of these
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  9. Question 9

    Leaching is the process by which:
    1. the lands are sprayed with fine ones
    2. . course soil particles are broken into fine ones
    3. fertile soluble part of the soil is dissolved and carried away by water
    4. None
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  10. Question 10

    . Which soil contains maximum amount of organic matter?
    1. Laterite
    2. . Mountain
    3. . Podzol
    4. Chernozem
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  11. Question 11

    . A soil type contains 50 to 70 percent sand and 10 to 20 percent clay is called:
    1. Sandy loam
    2. Clayey loam
    3. Silty loam
    4. soil Red
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  12. Question 12

    The property of some desert soils have been influenced primarily by high soil temperature as a dominant soil forming factor; such soils are also known as:
    1. Xeromorphic soil
    2. Halomorphic soil
    3. Thermogenic soil
    4. None of these
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  13. Question 13

    The black cotton soil contains:
    1. Small cell particles
    2. Compounds of iron and aluminium
    3. Compound of iron and manganese
    4. Barium salts
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  14. Question 14

    Regosols are:
    1. Earthy top soil
    2. Recently exposed rock surfaces
    3. Site with excessive water supply
    4. Recent calcareous alluvium
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  15. Question 15

    Soil that is a mixture principally of Kaolin hydrated oxides and Quartz is known as:
    1. Histosol
    2. Vertisol
    3. Oxisol
    4. Spodosol
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  16. Question 16

    Soils found under cold climates which inhibit bacterial action:
    1. Podzol
    2. Terra Rosa
    3. Regosols
    4. Chernozem
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