This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > Geography > Class 11 Geography Chapter 6 Soils – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Geography Chapter 6 Soils Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which soil has the lowest water holding capacity? A) Clayey soil. B) Sand. C) Loamy soil. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sand. 2. Rain that has been made acidic by pollution A) Dissolve. B) Acid rain. C) Conglomerate. D) Weathering. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Acid rain. 3. According to the video, why are soils at an interface area so diverse? A) Because they are exposed to sunlight. B) Because they are at the interface of the atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere. C) Because they contain a lot of water. D) Because they are constantly moving. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because they are at the interface of the atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere. 4. This soil type forms in semiarid to humid areas, typically under a hardwood forest cover. They have a clay-enriched subsoil and relatively high fertility. A) Vertisol. B) Alfisol. C) Mollisol. D) Histosol. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alfisol. 5. The protection of soil against erosion is called ..... A) Soil pollution. B) Weathering. C) Soil ploughing. D) Soil conservation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Soil conservation. 6. Rocks that are smaller than pebbles but bigger than sand. A) Humus. B) Gravel. C) Boulder. D) Silt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gravel. 7. When plants, animals, and other organisms die, they break down and become part of the soil. What is this part of the soil called? A) Sand. B) Silt. C) Clay. D) Humus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Humus. 8. What is Parent material A) The best dads. B) Humus. C) Rock originally found on earth. D) The organic layer on earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rock originally found on earth. 9. What is the primary component of soil that provides nutrients to plants? A) Minerals. B) Air. C) Water. D) Organic matter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Organic matter. 10. Which is the most common in the soil of a desert? A) Clay/silt. B) Pebbles (and gravel). C) Sand. D) Humus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sand. 11. The soils formed due to deposition of rivers is called as A) Black soil. B) Alluvial soil. C) Red soil. D) Mountain soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alluvial soil. 12. Which is the most common in the soil of a river delta? A) Clay/silt. B) Pebbles (and gravel). C) Sand. D) Humus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clay/silt. 13. Desert soil found here. A) Middle of India. B) Himalayas. C) Western Ghats. D) North west of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) North west of India. 14. Which type of soil has the smallest particles A) Clay. B) Silt. C) Sand. D) Loam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clay. 15. What living thing can be found in soil? A) Sand. B) Minerals. C) Glass. D) Worms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Worms. 16. True or False:Sand has less humus than other soils. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. Why is it important to have soil conservation A) Save the soil. B) Prevent erosion. C) Prevent another dust bowl. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 18. Which type of soil is best for growing plants? A) Sand. B) Clay soil. C) Garden soil. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Garden soil. 19. If a soil particle is big, meaning it has a larger pore space, how will the water flow? A) Fast. B) Slow. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fast. 20. A process in which two or more materials mix in a way that forms new material is called? A) Physical weathering. B) Chemical reaction. C) Model. D) Physical reaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chemical reaction. 21. Very extensive soil in India. A) Alluvial soil. B) Black soil. C) Red soil. D) Laterite soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alluvial soil. 22. Rock that was once melted but then cooled and hardened is ..... A) Igneous. B) Metamorphic. C) Sedimentary. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Igneous. 23. The broken down/decayed plants and animals A) Chemical reaction. B) Hummus. C) Humus. D) Conglomerate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humus. 24. What is the process by which rock is broken down into smaller particles by exposure to the elements? A) Deconstructtion. B) Profiling. C) Erosion. D) Weathering. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Weathering. 25. Bedrock forms the foundation of most subsurface support around the world. The soil term for this bedrock is ..... A) Loam soil. B) Soil-Parent material. C) Groundwater horizon. D) A-Layer soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Soil-Parent material. 26. How many groups of soil are there in coarse grained soils? A) 8. B) 18. C) 9. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 8. 27. Which rock particles will remain suspended in water for the longest time? A) Pebbles. B) Silt. C) Clay. D) Sand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clay. 28. Soil is made out of which of the following? A) Animal remains. B) Plant remains. C) Tiny rocks. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 29. Soil made up of an equal mixture of sand, clay, silt, and organic matter A) Loam. B) Soil. C) Clay. D) Sand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loam. 30. "Older soils differ from younger soils because they have had longer to develop" describes which of the following factors of CLORPT. A) Climate. B) Relief. C) Organisms. D) Time. E) Parent Material. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Time. 31. The area of soil that incorporates matter featuring the decomposers bacteria and fungus would be the ..... layer. A) A-layer. B) E-horizon. C) B-horizon. D) Dead organic material (DOM). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dead organic material (DOM). 32. Which soil is made up of decayed parts of once-living organism? A) Sand. B) Silt. C) Humus. D) Clay. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humus. 33. Why is there so much humus in the forest? A) A lot of plant and animal life there. B) Not eroded yet. C) Blown there by wind. D) Deposited by water when it slows down. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A lot of plant and animal life there. 34. How does topography affect soils? A) Land position causes changes to temperature, parent material, and water. B) Topography changes the composition of the rocks in the soil. C) Topography changes what minerals are found in the soil. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Land position causes changes to temperature, parent material, and water. 35. Identify the right matcha. Sand i. smaller than sand, larger than clayb. silt ii. large particlesc. clay iii. smallest particles A) A-ii, b-i, c-iii. B) A-ii, b-iii, c-i. C) Both are correct. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A-ii, b-i, c-iii. 36. Does a seed require soil to grow? A) No. B) Only in winter. C) Yes, always. D) No, never. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. 37. Which layer do we see the most biological activity? A) Horizon B. B) Layer R. C) Horizon A. D) Horizon C. E) Horizon O. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Horizon A. 38. Which type of soil feels sticky when wet and hard clumps when dry? A) Sand. B) Silt. C) Loam. D) Clay. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clay. 39. Which is the best kind of soil for growing vegetables? A) Clay. B) Loam. C) Silt. D) Sand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loam. 40. The soil which is formed in the north-western part of India is A) Black soil. B) Desert soil. C) Laterite soil. D) Mountain soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Desert soil. 41. The type of soil you have in a place, depends on what type of ..... are in that area. A) Mud. B) Rocks. C) Weeds. D) Sand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rocks. 42. What is the medium size soil particle? A) Sand. B) Silt. C) Clay. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Silt. 43. What is the primary function of the hypocotyl in a seed? A) Connects the cotyledon to the radicle. B) Protects the embryo. C) Absorbs sunlight. D) Stores nutrients. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connects the cotyledon to the radicle. 44. Sand dune is a major feature of ..... erosion. A) Water. B) Coastal. C) Gully. D) Wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wind. 45. What does the video suggest about Martian soil? A) It could potentially support life under the right circumstances. B) Mars does not have soil. C) It cannot support life. D) It is identical to Earth's soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It could potentially support life under the right circumstances. 46. ..... is made up of dead organisms. A) Humus. B) Sand. C) Clay. D) Silt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humus. 47. Jill wants to observe the size of the bits in soil.Which tool should she use? A) A balance. B) A hand lens. C) A thermometer. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A hand lens. 48. Soil is important for plants because ..... A) It provides them with nutrients and minerals. B) It represents the home of some animals. C) Some animals depend on plant feeding. D) No correct answers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It provides them with nutrients and minerals. 49. The sand, silt, and clay portion of soil comes from weathered ..... material. A) Insect. B) Plant. C) Parent. D) Bedrock. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parent. 50. The roots of plants can help hold on to the soil so that it does not get eroded away. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 51. What is the main difference between soil and dirt according to the video? A) There is no difference; they are used interchangeably. B) Dirt is displaced soil. C) Soil is used for construction, while dirt is not. D) Soil cannot support life, whereas dirt can. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dirt is displaced soil. 52. Something new is created from something old A) Humus. B) Chemical reaction. C) Dissolve. D) Abrasion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chemical reaction. 53. Soil is a mixture of ..... A) Air, minerals and water. B) Living and non-living things. C) Sand, silt, clay and nutrients. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 54. LOOSE SOIL THAT IS RICH IN ORGANIC MATERIAL ..... EX. HUMUS ..... A) O. B) A. C) C. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. 55. Which soil feels gritty and has large grains? A) Sand. B) Silt. C) Humus. D) Clay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sand. 56. What is the particle size of SAND: A) Small. B) Medium. C) Large. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Large. 57. The ..... the rock particle, the more easily water moves through the soil. A) Smaller. B) Bigger. C) Color of the. D) Size. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bigger. 58. What type of soil holds water well and feels sticky? A) Sand. B) Loam. C) Clay. D) Silt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clay. 59. Which even would NOT happen because of a flood? A) Dams would overflow causing water to run into neighborhoods. B) River banks would erode and soil would be moved downstream. C) Crops would flood and be damaged so people would not have food to eat. D) Animals would continue to live the same as they did before the flood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Animals would continue to live the same as they did before the flood. 60. Reading comprehension Soil in this layer is leached. Soil particles and organic matter are washed out and deposited in lower layers of soil. Soil here is light in with fewer organic matter than the A horizon, but coarse-grained particles than the B horizon.According to the passage, which layer of soil that the passage mentions? A) B horizon. B) E horizon. C) C horizon. 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