ICSE class 10 geography soils in India short question and answers 2020 board examination.
Soils in India
Short questions and answer:
(1) Name the soil known for its self ploughing quality and capacity to hold moisture.
= Black soil, cotton and sugarcane are the crops grown well in which soil.
(2) name the process by which laterite soil is formed?= Laterite soil is formed by leaching process.
(3) name one important crop cultivated in:. (I) alluvial soil : wheat and rice
(ii)Black soil : cotton and sugarcane
(iii) red soil: tobacco and groundnut
(iv) laterite soil: cashew nuts and tapioca.
(4) give reason red soil is red in colour.=red soil is red in colour because it contains a great proportion of iron oxide and it ismostly found in tamilnadu.
(5) laterite soil is not suitable for agriculture. = laterite soil are acidic in nature and has low water retention capacity it is poor in lime and nitrogen.
Daltic alluvium is more fertile then coastal alluvium. = Deltic aluminium is more fertile then coastal alluvium as it is form of fine silt and clay and a new layer deposit every year during monsoon.
Soils of the Western ghats are affected by wind erosion. = the leeward side of Western ghat is arid hence wind blow the topsoil. Is received scanty rainfall, shifting cultivation also leads to wind erosion.
list any two areas badly affected by soil erosion mention the cause of soil erosion in each.
North Eastern parts of India, shivaliks and hilly regions in South India are badly affected by the soil erosion because of steep slopes and heavy rainfall. During heavy rain soils are washed away by running water down the slope.


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