This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Geography Chapter 6 Soils – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Geography Chapter 6 Soils Quiz 4 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. WHAT LAYER IS TOPSOIL FOUND IN ..... A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 2. The most important property for plan growth is the ability of the soil to ..... water A) Retain. B) Drain. C) Particles. D) Smell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Retain. 3. In which layer does the roots of the plants grow? A) Humus. B) Subsoil. C) Top soil. D) Bedrock. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Top soil. 4. Bits of dead plant and animal parts in the soil. A) Humus. B) Pebbles. C) Rocks. D) Gravel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humus. 5. What is a soil made up of very small broken pieces of rock? A) Soil. B) Loam. C) Silt. D) Bedrock. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Silt. 6. Rock that is composed of smaller pieces like clay, silt, sand, gravel, and pebbles is called? (Think shaking the vial) A) Conglomerate. B) Clay. C) Sand. D) Humus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conglomerate. 7. What is the term for the movement of soil particles from one place to another by wind, water, or ice? A) Deposition. B) Erosion. C) Sedimentation. D) Weathering. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Erosion. 8. The soil which has high content of soluble salt A) Mountain soil. B) Desert soil. C) Red soil. D) Black soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Desert soil. 9. Match the full name to the abbreviated letter:Organics A) Horizon O. B) Horizon A. C) Horizon B. D) Horizon C. E) Layer R. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Horizon O. 10. Which soil texture becomes extremely hard when dry? loam b) clay c) silt d) sand A) Loam. B) Clay. C) Silt. D) Sand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clay. 11. The soil which is formed due to decomposition of organic matter A) Mountain soil. B) Desert soil. C) Laterite soil. D) Alluvial soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mountain soil. 12. Clay is ..... A) Never sticky. B) Does not hold water. C) Does not contain any nutrients. D) Stick, holds water well, and has nutrients. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stick, holds water well, and has nutrients. 13. Which type of soil has the largest particles A) Clay. B) Silt. C) Sand. D) Loam. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sand. 14. What is pomology? A) The study of flowers. B) The study of fruits. C) The study of trees. D) The study of vegetables. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The study of fruits. 15. What is the parent material in the context of soil formation? A) The rock that the soil originally forms from. B) The organic matter within the soil. C) The first layer of soil. D) The water content in the soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The rock that the soil originally forms from. 16. A dark rock formed from cooling lava is? A) Basalt. B) Calcite. C) Sandstone. D) Marble. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Basalt. 17. What percent of soil is organic matter? A) 25%. B) 45%. C) 5%. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5%. 18. Which is the Biggest A) Clay. B) Silt. C) Pebble. D) ???????????????. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pebble. 19. Are all Soils Alike A) No. B) Yes. C) ??????????????. D) Somtimes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. 20. What are the three soil particles that we use to classify soils? A) Sand, dirt, and soil. B) Clay, sand, and silt. C) Silt, loam, and sandy loam. D) Clay, salt, and pebbles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clay, sand, and silt. 21. A mix of humus, sand, silt, clay, gravel and/or pebbles. A) Silt. B) Soil. C) Gravel. D) Concrete. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Soil. 22. Which soil adds nutrients to the soil A) Humus. B) Sand. C) Clay. D) Silt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humus. 23. This type of soil is sticky when wet and hard when dry. A) Clay soil. B) Sand. C) Garden soil. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clay soil. 24. Organisms, like bacteria and fungi, that recycle nutrients back to the soil A) Eutrification. B) Legumes. C) Nitrogen Fixing. D) Decomposers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Decomposers. 25. When you shook the vile of soil and water, then left it for a few days, ..... separated apart the most. A) Desert soil. B) River delta soil. C) Forest soil. D) Clay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Desert soil. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesClass 11 Geography Chapter 6 Soils Quiz 1Class 11 Geography Chapter 6 Soils Quiz 2Class 11 Geography Chapter 6 Soils Quiz 3Class 11 Geography Chapter 6 Soils Quiz 5Class 11 Geography Chapter 6 Soils Quiz 6Class 11 Geography Chapter 6 Soils Quiz 7Class 11 Geography Chapter 6 Soils Quiz 8Class 11 Geography Chapter 6 Soils Quiz 9Class 11 Geography Chapter 6 Soils Quiz 10Class 11 Geography Chapter 6 Soils Quiz 11 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books