This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > Geography > Class 11 Geography Chapter 6 Soils – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Geography Chapter 6 Soils Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How does horticulture enhance our lives? A) By providing entertainment. B) By improving air quality. C) By increasing pollution. D) By reducing plant growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By improving air quality. 2. What percent of soil is water? A) 25%. B) 45%. C) 5%. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 25%. 3. Mrs. Davis is comparing soil for retention. Retention of water depends on- A) The types of plants that will grow in it. B) The color of the soil. C) The sizes of a soil's particles. D) The amount of water the soil can hold. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The amount of water the soil can hold. 4. Soil is eroded away when there is no plants growing in the soil A) True. B) Fasle. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. If you were looking at horizon C, what would you most likely find? A) Pieces of bedrock. B) Earthworms. C) Clay. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pieces of bedrock. 6. Which soil has large and small grains? A) Humus. B) Clay. C) Loam. D) Silt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Loam. 7. Alluvial soil is not found in which of the following state? A) Uttar Pradesh. B) Haryana. C) Maharashtra. D) Punjab. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Maharashtra. 8. Which soil feels like like powder? A) Sand. B) Silt. C) Humus. D) Clay. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Silt. 9. What is humus made of? A) Chickpeas. B) Garbanzo beans. C) Dead plants and animals (organisms). D) Cheese. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dead plants and animals (organisms). 10. A characteristic/attribute ..... the soils. A) Describe. B) Mix. C) Name. D) Size. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Describe. 11. When it is Hot out your Fingers get A) Smaller. B) Bigger. C) ??????????. D) Stay the same. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Smaller. 12. Match the full name to the abbreviated letter:Subsoil A) Horizon C. B) Horizon A. C) Horizon B. D) Horizon O. E) Layer R. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Horizon B. 13. Which soil property is most important for determining its suitability for agriculture? A) Texture. B) Color. C) PH level. D) Temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Texture. 14. Which type of soil can hold the most water? A) Sand. B) Silt. C) Clay. D) Loam. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clay. 15. Match the full name to the abbreviated letter:Topsoil A) Horizon C. B) Layer R. C) Horizon A. D) Horizon B. E) Horizon O. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Horizon A. 16. Under the conditions of high temperature and rainfall ..... soil are formed in tropical areas. A) Alluvial. B) Black. C) Red. D) Laterite. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Laterite. 17. "Soil inherits traits from the material from which it was formed (bedrock)" describes which of the following factors of CLOPT. A) Parent Material. B) Climate. C) Time. D) Organisms. E) Relief. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parent Material. 18. Which is renewable? A) Oil. B) Air. C) Coal. D) Natural Gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Air. 19. MORE MATURE SOIL HAS MORE HORIZONS ..... A) FALSE. B) TRUE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 20. What purpose does the endosperm serve in a seed? A) To protect the seed. B) To absorb water. C) To attract pollinators. D) To provide nutrients. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To provide nutrients. 21. When your fingers are cold they A) Get Bigger. B) Get Smaller. C) ?????????????????. D) Stay the Same. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Get Bigger. 22. Rock that has been changed by heat or pressure is ..... A) Igneous. B) Metamorphic. C) Sedimentary. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metamorphic. 23. If you were looking at horizon B, what would you most likely find? A) Bedrock. B) Earthworms. C) Clay. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clay. 24. When we keep growing the same crop on a land, some germs in the soil would become stronger. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 25. Why is there so much sand in the desert? 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: C) Blown there by wind. 26. ..... plowing utilizes the vertical stratification of the land to stem the rate of erosion and to allow for more natural water flow among crops. A) Contour. B) Sheet. C) Terrace. D) Strip mine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Terrace. 27. ASSET QUESTIONIn which group will all the three items dissolve after mixing with water A) Salt, ice, clay. B) Sand, sugar, oil. C) Salt, ice cube, sugar. D) Ice cube, sugar, oil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Salt, ice cube, sugar. 28. A mixture of sand, silt, and clay in a soil sample is called ..... A) Loam. B) Organic Matter. C) Mixture. D) Subsoil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loam. 29. SLIGHTLY BROKEN UP ROCK ..... A) O. B) A. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 30. ..... is a type of soil that is composed of sand, silt and clay. A) Sand. B) Loam. C) Clay. D) Humus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loam. 31. Which type of soil drains the slowest? A) Silt. B) Clay. C) Sand. D) Loam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clay. 32. True or False? Rocks are solid material found in nature made up of minerals. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 33. Which layer of soil helps in purification of water? A) Humus. B) Sub soil. C) Parent rock. D) Topsoil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sub soil. 34. This layer is often is composed of unconsolidated parent material from which the A and B-horizons have formed. A) E-horizon. B) O-layer. C) C-horizon. D) B-horizon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C-horizon. 35. An ..... is a large body of salty water. A) Ocean. B) Lake. C) River. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ocean. 36. Soil with greys, reds and yellows means ..... A) It is well drained. B) NOT well drained. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) NOT well drained. 37. A brick is a ..... that is made from soil. A) Toy. B) Rock. C) Product. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Product. 38. A mixture of sand, silt, clay, rock, and humus A) Humus. B) Soil. C) Rocks. D) Clay. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Soil. 39. A student is testing a rock by trying to scratch it with different objects. It is a good test for answering which of the following questions? A) Which rock has the most mass?. B) Will the rock sink or float?. C) What is the hardness of a rock?. D) What level of luster does the rock have?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What is the hardness of a rock?. 40. What skills are needed for a career in plant science? A) Cooking skills. B) Communication skills. C) Driving skills. D) Painting skills. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Communication skills. 41. If water contributions are increased over the course of time, Rill erosions can easily enlarge to become ..... erosions. A) Sheet. B) Gully. C) Terrace. D) Terraforming. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gully. 42. Students poured 200 mL of water through a soil sample. They collected and measured the water that drained out of the soil. The water collected measure 110 mL. How much water did the soil retain? A) 200 mL. B) 90 mL. C) 110 mL. D) 310 mL. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 90 mL. 43. It is known as the Sorrow of China A) Yellow river. B) Black river. C) Blue river. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yellow river. 44. Our compost bin will give us more ..... to add to our soil. A) Organic material. B) Rocks. C) Sand. D) Clay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Organic material. 45. Which type of soil is most suitable to grow fruits like apples, pears, peaches and plums? A) Mountain soil. B) Black soil. C) Red soil. D) Laterite soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mountain soil. 46. Which type of soil is most suitable to grow cotton soil? A) Red soil. B) Alluvial soil. C) Black soil. D) Laterite soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Black soil. 47. Erosion in which large plots of soil are moved at once is called ..... erosion. A) Deep. B) Sheet. C) Rill. D) Gully. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sheet. 48. What are the 4 soil types? A) Rock, dirt, clay, mud. B) Clay, mud, sand, silt. C) Clay, loam, sand, silt. D) Loam, rock, clay, dirt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clay, loam, sand, silt. 49. Which soil is a combination of other soils? A) Clay. B) Silt. C) Humus. D) Loam. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Loam. 50. "Soil in this layer is dense and humid. It is rich in minerals (like iron, aluminum and silica) that have been leached from top horizons and deposited in this layer."Which layer of soil described above? A) B horizon. B) C horizon. C) O horizon. D) R horizon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B horizon. 51. What is found in the greatest percentage in soil? A) Minerals. B) Atmosphere. C) Water. D) Organics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Minerals. 52. Unweathered bedrock A) A Horizon. B) B Horizon. C) R Horizon. D) O Horizon. E) C Horizon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) R Horizon. 53. Alex and Andrew are skipping ( throwing) rocks on the side of a river. They notice some rocks are smoother than others. Which best explains the difference in texture of the rocks? A) The smoother rocks have been worn away by moving water. B) The smoother rocks have been worn away by snow. C) The smoother rocks have been worn away by wind. D) The smoother rocks have been worn away by still water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The smoother rocks have been worn away by moving water. 54. What do we call the layers of soil? A) Rocks. B) Minerals. C) Horizons. D) Deposits. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Horizons. 55. Why are there so many pebbles on a mountain? 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: B) Not eroded yet. 56. The Humus layer in soil is also known as the ..... because it is composed of dead plant and animal remains A) Decomposed layer. B) Subsoil. C) Organic layer. D) Topsoil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Organic layer. 57. True or False? What the rock is made of will NOT affect its color. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 58. Which of the following is the largest particle in soil? A) Sand. B) Silt. C) Clay. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sand. 59. Which type of soil has the second smallest particles? A) Gravel. B) Pebbles. C) Sand. D) Clay. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sand. 60. Which climate type would produce the thinnest top soils A) Cold dry. B) Warm wet. C) Warm dry. D) Cold wet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cold dry. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesArts Humanities QuizzesClass 11 QuizzesClass 11 Geography Chapter 6 Soils Quiz 1Class 11 Geography Chapter 6 Soils Quiz 2Class 11 Geography Chapter 6 Soils Quiz 4Class 11 Geography Chapter 6 Soils Quiz 5Class 11 Geography Chapter 6 Soils Quiz 6Class 11 Geography Chapter 6 Soils Quiz 7Class 11 Geography Chapter 1 The Earth Our Habitat QuizClass 11 Geography Chapter 10 Transport And Communication Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books