This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Geography Chapter 6 Soils – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Geography Chapter 6 Soils Quiz 7 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A mixture of sand, silt, and clay in a soil sample is called ..... A) Loam. B) Organic Matter. C) Subsoil. D) Mixture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loam. 2. SLIGHTLY BROKEN UP ROCK ..... A) C. B) D. C) O. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) C. 3. What is soil? A) A tree growing in the dirt. B) Water in the ocean. C) A top layer of the earth. D) An electric current that travels through a circuit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A top layer of the earth. 4. ..... 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. 5. Which type of soil drains the slowest? A) Silt. B) Clay. C) Sand. D) Loam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clay. 6. 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. 7. Which layer of soil helps in purification of water? A) Topsoil. B) Parent rock. C) Humus. D) Sub soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sub soil. 8. This layer is often is composed of unconsolidated parent material from which the A and B-horizons have formed. A) B-horizon. B) E-horizon. C) C-horizon. D) O-layer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C-horizon. 9. 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. 10. 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. 11. 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. 12. A mixture of sand, silt, clay, rock, and humus A) Rocks. B) Soil. C) Humus. D) Clay. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Soil. 13. 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) What is the hardness of a rock?. B) Will the rock sink or float?. C) Which rock has the most mass?. D) What level of luster does the rock have?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What is the hardness of a rock?. 14. 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. 15. If water contributions are increased over the course of time, Rill erosions can easily enlarge to become ..... erosions. A) Terrace. B) Terraforming. C) Gully. D) Sheet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gully. 16. 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) 90 mL. B) 310 mL. C) 110 mL. D) 200 mL. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 90 mL. 17. 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. 18. 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. 19. Which type of soil is most suitable to grow fruits like apples, pears, peaches and plums? A) Mountain soil. B) Red soil. C) Black soil. D) Laterite soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mountain soil. 20. 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. 21. Erosion in which large plots of soil are moved at once is called ..... erosion. A) Rill. B) Deep. C) Sheet. D) Gully. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sheet. 22. 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. 23. Which soil is a combination of other soils? A) Humus. B) Loam. C) Clay. D) Silt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loam. 24. "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) R horizon. D) O horizon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B horizon. 25. What is found in the greatest percentage in soil? A) Minerals. B) Atmosphere. C) Water. D) Organics. 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