This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > Geography > Class 11 Geography Chapter 6 Soils – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Geography Chapter 6 Soils Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Match the full name to the abbreviated letter:Parent Material A) Layer R. B) Horizon C. C) Horizon A. D) Horizon B. E) Horizon O. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Horizon C. 2. There are ..... types of soil A) 4. B) 5. C) 3. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 3. What caused the Grand Canyon? A) Ice breaking. B) Water freezing. C) Wind blowing. D) Water moving. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Water moving. 4. What is found in the least percentage in soil? (WAMO) A) Minerals. B) Water. C) Organics. D) Atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Organics. 5. Which soil type is known for having the best drainage properties? A) Clay. B) Silt. C) Sand. D) Loam. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sand. 6. Some soils have ..... particles which allow water to drain very easily. A) Small. B) Large. C) Medium. D) Rough. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Large. 7. In Rajasthan ..... soil is mainly found. A) Alluvial. B) Black. C) Desert. D) Laterite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Desert. 8. Which of these BEST describes the properties of clay-rich soils? A) Medium sized particles, very good drainage, feels rough and gritty. B) Small particles, good drainage, feels like flour. C) Different sized particles, good drainage, rich in organic matter. D) Very small particles, poor drainage, feels sticky when wet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Very small particles, poor drainage, feels sticky when wet. 9. SOIL LAYERS ARE CALLED ..... A) HORIZONS. B) MATERIALS. C) HUMUS. D) ORGANIC. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) HORIZONS. 10. What is the largest soil particle? A) Sand. B) Silt. C) Clay. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sand. 11. Who is considered the forefather of modern soil science? A) Hans Jenny. B) Albert Einstein. C) Charles Darwin. D) Isaac Newton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hans Jenny. 12. Which is NOT a good choice to classify a rock or a mineral? A) Luster. B) Color. C) Hardness. D) Brightness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Color. 13. Soil is formed when ..... are broken down by living things, weather, and water over long periods of time. A) Fossils. B) Animals. C) Rocks. D) Houses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rocks. 14. Which type of soil has the highest water retention capacity? A) Sandy soil. B) Clay soil. C) Loamy soil. D) Silty soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clay soil. 15. Which of the following is NOT soil forming factor? A) Climate. B) Parent Material. C) Roadways. D) Topography. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Roadways. 16. Mrs. Edwards is comparing soil for texture. Texture of a soil depends on- A) The sizes of the particles in the soil and how they feel. B) The amount of water the soil can hold. C) The color of the soil. D) The types of plants that will grow in that soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The sizes of the particles in the soil and how they feel. 17. Which of the following is the BEST pH for soil? A) 1.2. B) 3.9. C) 9.7. D) 6.4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 6.4. 18. What location contains thicker O-horizons? A) Forests. B) Deserts. C) Grasslands. D) Ocean floor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forests. 19. Soil formation is primarily a process involving: A) Evaporation of water. B) Weathering of rocks. C) Melting of ice. D) Erosion by wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weathering of rocks. 20. What soil is a mixture of sand, silt, and clay? A) Soil. B) Loam. C) Silt. D) Clay. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loam. 21. Soil that is good for planting vegetables has lots of ..... in the soil A) Dirt. B) Organic material. C) Weeds. D) Rocks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Organic material. 22. Rock made when minerals settle into layers is ..... A) Igneous. B) Metamorphic. C) Sedimentary. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sedimentary. 23. Movement of soil and rocks from one place to another is called ..... A) Weathering. B) Humus. C) Erosion. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Erosion. 24. What is soil's role in biodiversity? A) It produces oxygen. B) It provides habitat for organisms. C) It absorbs sound. D) It reflects sunlight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It provides habitat for organisms. 25. What digs through the soil and loosens it resulting in plants growing better? A) Dogs. B) Worms. C) Deer. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Worms. 26. A student is investigating the textures of soils. Which soil feels the roughest? A) Clay. B) Sand. C) Dirt. D) Silt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sand. 27. What is the top layer that contains organic material that has decomposed or broken down into basic units called? Clay b) Subsoil c) Horizon d) None of these A) Clay. B) Subsoil. C) Horizon. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of these. 28. You dig a small hole in the soil and the next day it rains. The hole fills with water, but does not empty even after several days of dry weather. What is the soil mostly made of? A) Clay. B) Sand. C) Humus. D) Silt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clay. 29. Red soil appears red due to the presence of ..... A) Clay. B) Iron. C) Copper. D) Gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Iron. 30. What is the middle layer of soil which is a combination of soil and rocks? A) Subsoil. B) Topsoil. C) Humus. D) Bedrock. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subsoil. 31. What will happen if you pour water into a pot with sandy soil in it? A) The water will move through the soil fast. B) It will dry up. C) You will make mud. D) The sand will overflow out of the pot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The water will move through the soil fast. 32. What is in soil? A) Minerals. B) Microorganisms. C) Vegetation. D) Parent Material. E) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of the above. 33. MIXTURE OF ROCK, MINERAL PARTICLES, AND ORGANIC MATTER ..... A) SOIL. B) HORIZONS. C) CLAY. D) HUMUS. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SOIL. 34. What is this .A place where Lava, Cinders, Ash and Gases pour out through openings in earths Surface A) Caldera. B) Volcano. C) Composite Volcano. D) Cinder Cone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Volcano. 35. All soils have ..... that can be observed or measured A) Properties. B) Smooth. C) Color. D) Beaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Properties. 36. What is the smallest soil particle? A) Sand. B) Silt. C) Clay. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clay. 37. A sharp, jagged rock falls into a fast-moving river. How will the moving water change the rock over time? A) The rock will get smoother. B) The rock will get bigger. C) The rock will get heavier. D) The rock will melt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The rock will get smoother. 38. The formation of soil is a quick and easy process True/False A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 39. It can take a long time for soil to form. Which are the primary factors that affect soil formation? A) Rainfall, temperature, wind, time, and plants. B) Time, climate, topography, plants, and animals. C) Parent rock, sunshine, plants, animals, and bacteria. D) Climate, parent rock, topography, living things, and time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Climate, parent rock, topography, living things, and time. 40. To measure the hardness of a mineral, scientists use ..... A) The temperature. B) Hornblende. C) The Mohs scale. D) Metamorphic rock. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Mohs scale. 41. Rocks that are smaller than gravel, but bigger than silt. A) Gravel. B) Pebble. C) Boulder. D) Sand. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sand. 42. This type of soil is yellowish in colour and can be found in the desert. A) Sand. B) Garden soil. C) Clay. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sand. 43. Which soil component has the smallest particle? A) Silt. B) Sand. C) Clay. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clay. 44. Which soil is rich for growing plants? A) Silt. B) Loam. C) Clay. D) Humus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loam. 45. The act of altering the land and soil in order to produce vast amounts of monoculture is called A) Agriculture. B) Geology. C) Biology. D) Minerology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agriculture. 46. The horizon layer that is dense and does not allow water, or plants' roots to pentetrate, almost concrete like is A) Clay. B) Bedrock. C) Fragipan. D) Top soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fragipan. 47. Black soil another name is A) Blackberry. B) Black cop. C) Regur. D) Ruegur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Regur. 48. Which is the Smallest A) Clay. B) Pebble. C) Sand. D) Silt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clay. 49. What part of the soil is the A-horizon? A) Bedrock. B) Subsoil. C) Topsoil. D) Rocks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Topsoil. 50. Which soil has high nutrient content? A) Clayey soil. B) Sandy soil. C) Silty soil. D) Loamy soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Loamy soil. 51. A wall or fence of earth or stone built to prevent a river flooding an area is known as A) Barrier. B) Embankment. C) Dam. D) Step farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Embankment. 52. A solid earth material made of two or more minerals. A) Gem. B) Rock. C) Humus. D) Mineral. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rock. 53. What a surface looks like and feels like A) Fossil. B) Retain. C) Luster. D) Texture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Texture. 54. One method of stemming the erosion of any agricultural land is to plant according to the shape of the land. This is known as ..... A) Contour plowing. B) Terracing. C) Row plowing. D) Vertical plowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contour plowing. 55. Another word for soil is ..... A) Beach. B) Sand box. C) Dirt. D) A hole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dirt. 56. The solid rock that forms Earth's surface is called ..... A) Sediment. B) Bedrock. C) Clay. D) Sand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bedrock. 57. The properties of soil A) Are similar in all layers. B) Are different from place to place. C) Are the same in all environments. D) Can only be observed with scientific equipment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are different from place to place. 58. Soil helps regulate climate by: A) Reflecting sunlight. B) Absorbing carbon dioxide. C) Generating wind. D) Producing heat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Absorbing carbon dioxide. 59. THIS LAYER CONTAINS UNWEATHERED SOLID ROCK AND IS BENEATH ALL OTHER LAYERS ..... A) HORIZON D. B) HORIZON C. C) HORIZON O. D) HORIZON A. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) HORIZON D. 60. Which soil has the largest grains and water leaves it quickly? 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