This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Soil Erosion And Conservation – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Soil Erosion And Conservation Quiz 4 (12 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The cutting of trees from the forests of hill near a catchment area A) Will have no effect on causing floods in plain. B) May cause flood in plains in rainy season. C) Will benefit the mankind for more area for cultivation. D) Will have no effect on climatic condition of that area. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) May cause flood in plains in rainy season. 2. Soil conservation means A) Prevention of spread of desert. B) To check soil erosion by afforestation. C) To check soil erosion by wind and rains. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 3. If the same crop is repeatedly grown in a field A) Water level in soil will recede. B) Nitrogen starvation many result. C) Soil will become prone to diseases. D) Specific mineral deficiency may arise. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Specific mineral deficiency may arise. 4. Soil erosion is the function of A) Erosivity. B) Erodibility. C) Both. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 5. The sequence of water erosion is A) Splash, sheet, rill, gully. B) Sheet, gully, rill. C) Rill, Splash, sheet. D) Gully erosion, Splash, sheet, rill. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Splash, sheet, rill, gully. 6. Wind velocity higher at A) 50 m height from the ground. B) 80 m height from the ground. C) 100 m height from the ground. D) 150 m height from the ground. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 50 m height from the ground. 7. The most significant and initial requirement for dry farming is A) Crop selection. B) Animal husbandry. C) Shallow ploughing. D) Development of textures. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crop selection. 8. Which of the following plants is used as windbreak? A) Delonix. B) Prosopis. C) Mangifera. D) Eucalyptus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prosopis. 9. To prevent wind and water erosion, the crop is sometimes harvested in such a way that a basal stub of the plant is left behind. This phenomenon is called A) Mulching. B) Ley farming. C) Basin listing. D) Strip cropping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mulching. 10. Main indicator of soil erosion is A) Ozone layer. B) Deforestation. C) Afforestation. D) Goats and grazing animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deforestation. 11. What is the major cause of diminishing wild life? A) Cannabalism. B) Felling of trees. C) Habitat destruction. D) Paucity of drinking water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Habitat destruction. 12. When young plants are grazed too heavily they get killed because A) The roots are starved. B) Of the mechanical injury to roots. C) Most of the aerial parts are eaten away. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The roots are starved. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesSoil Erosion And Conservation Quiz 1Soil Erosion And Conservation Quiz 2Soil Erosion And Conservation Quiz 3Big Bang Theory QuizBiological Sciences QuizBiology QuizBotany QuizBranches Fields Of Science QuizCell Biology QuizChemistry QuizCirculatory System QuizComputers Electronics Communication QuizEarth Science QuizEcology Biodiversity Conservation Environmental Issues QuizEcology QuizElements Compounds Substances Metals And Non Metals QuizEndocrine Glands QuizEnergy Energy Resources QuizEnvironmental Sciences QuizEveryday Science QuizGeneral Science QuizGenetic And Mendel S Law Of Heredity QuizHuman Body And Reproduction QuizHuman Physiology Anatomy QuizNature Of Science QuizNervous System QuizNuclear Science QuizPhysics QuizPlant Kingdom QuizRespiration QuizScientific Names Of Plants And Animals QuizSkeletal System QuizSoil And Agriculture QuizSolar System QuizThe Universe QuizUnits Abbreviations Inventions Discoveries QuizUnits Devices Dimensions And Measurements QuizVirus And Bacteria QuizVitamins Minerals Coenzymes And Deficiency Diseases QuizZoology Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books