Option A: Desert areas
Option B: Hilly areas
Option C: Plains
Option D: Riverine areas
Correct Answer: Hilly areas ✔
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Option A: Irrigated agriculture
Option B: Overgrazing
Option C: Tourism
Option D: Developmental activities
Correct Answer: Overgrazing ✔
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Option A: Rain fall
Option B: Frequent cyclones
Option C: Erosion of surface soil
Option D: Frequent landslides
Correct Answer: Rain fall ✔
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Option A: Soil erosion
Option B: Pollution
Option C: No floods
Option D: None of these
Correct Answer: Soil erosion ✔
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Option A: Cotton
Option B: Pigeon pea
Option C: Green gram
Option D: Maize
Correct Answer: Pigeon pea ✔
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Option A: Fast running rivers
Option B: Wind
Option C: Heavy rains
Option D: Glaciers
Correct Answer: Heavy rains ✔
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Option A: Prevention of spread of desert
Option B: To check soil erosion by wind and rains
Option C: To check soil erosion by afforestation
Option D: All of these
Correct Answer: All of these ✔
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Option A: Wind screens
Option B: Good plant covers
Option C: Restricted human activity
Option D: Low rainfall
Correct Answer: Good plant covers ✔
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Option A: Deforestation
Option B: Afforestation
Option C: Ozone layer
Option D: Goats and grazing animals
Correct Answer: Deforestation ✔
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Option A: Gravel and sand
Option B: Sand and calcium
Option C: Clay and humus
Option D: Silt and earthworms
Correct Answer: Clay and humus ✔
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Option A: Goat and grazing animals
Option B: Local resident
Option C: Unfertility of soil
Option D: Low rainfall
Correct Answer: Low rainfall ✔
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Option A: Rich in plant nutrients
Option B: Unaltered in plant nutrients
Option C: Devoid of plant nutrients
Option D: All of these
Correct Answer: Devoid of plant nutrients ✔
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Option A: World environment day
Option B: Darwin’s birthday
Option C: World health and hygiene day
Option D: World population day
Correct Answer: World environment day ✔
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Option A: Moisture conservation
Option B: Weed control
Option C: Improvement of soil structure
Option D: Increasing soil fertility
Correct Answer: Moisture conservation ✔
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Option A: Preventing soil erosion
Option B: Developing a vegetational cover
Option C: Preventing overgrazing
Option D: Introducing agriculture
Correct Answer: Developing a vegetational cover ✔
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Option A: Agricultural growth
Option B: Epiphytes
Option C: Grasses
Option D: Nematode disease
Correct Answer: Grasses ✔
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Option A: Cannibalism
Option B: Habitat destruction
Option C: Felling of trees
Option D: Paucity of drinking water
Correct Answer: Habitat destruction ✔
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Option A: Increasing fertility of soil
Option B: Increasing quality of protein
Option C: Getting different kinds of crops
Option D: Increasing quality of minerals
Correct Answer: Increasing fertility of soil ✔
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Option A: Reducing over grazing
Option B: Planting proper plants
Option C: Making dams
Option D: All of those
Correct Answer: All of those ✔
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Option A: Deforestation
Option B: Heavy rains
Option C: Afforestation
Option D: Over grazing
Correct Answer: Afforestation ✔
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Option A: Delonix
Option B: Mangifera
Option C: Eucalyptus
Option D: Prosopis
Correct Answer: Prosopis ✔
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Option A: Plant conservation
Option B: Project tiger
Option C: Animal breeding
Option D: Operation flood
Correct Answer: Plant conservation ✔
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Option A: The existing forests should be cleared and new ones should be planted
Option B: Some quick growing anuals should be planted if a tree must be cut for other uses
Option C: Tree must be cut whenever necessary because the underground part performs the useful purpose
Option D: A tree should be planted in place of one to be cut
Correct Answer: A tree should be planted in place of one to be cut ✔
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Option A: Upper layers of soil are loosened and are eroded
Option B: Lower layers are made more compact and root respiration is interfered with
Option C: Lower compact layers make root penetration difficult
Option D: All of the above
Correct Answer: All of the above ✔
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Option A: Afforestation
Option B: Deforestation
Option C: Denudation
Option D: Overgrazing
Correct Answer: Afforestation ✔
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Option A: Dense forest
Option B: Grassland
Option C: Bushy vegetation
Option D: Desert
Correct Answer: Desert ✔
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Option A: Addition of their excreta to the soil
Option B: Eradication of weeds
Option C: Removal of wild plants
Option D: Removal of wild animals
Correct Answer: Addition of their excreta to the soil ✔
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Option A: The roots are starved
Option B: Of the mechanical injury to roots
Option C: Most of the aerial parts are eaten away
Option D: All of the above
Correct Answer: The roots are starved ✔
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Option A: Allowing herbivorous animals to graze excessively
Option B: Growing plants to form a soil cover
Option C: Making the land slopy
Option D: Increasing fertility
Correct Answer: Growing plants to form a soil cover ✔
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Option A: Bringing in plant pathogens
Option B: Selective grazing
Option C: Cross pollination
Option D: Bringing the seeds of other plants
Correct Answer: Selective grazing ✔
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Option A: Will have no effect on causing floods in plain
Option B: May cause flood in plains in rainy season
Option C: Will have no effect on climatic condition of that area
Option D: Will benefit the mankind for more area for cultivation
Correct Answer: May cause flood in plains in rainy season ✔
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Option A: Dominant species
Option B: Rhizomatous
Option C: Constantly grazed
Option D: fast growing
Correct Answer: Constantly grazed ✔
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Option A: Ley farming
Option B: Mulching
Option C: Basin listing
Option D: Strip cropping
Correct Answer: Mulching ✔
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Option A: Rill erosion
Option B: Sheet erosion
Option C: Gully erosion
Option D: All of these
Correct Answer: Sheet erosion ✔
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Option A: Gully erosion
Option B: Slip erosion
Option C: Wind erosion
Option D: Stream bank erosion
Correct Answer: Stream bank erosion ✔
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Option A: Geological erosion
Option B: Surface creep
Option C: Both (a) & (b)
Option D: Accelerated erosion
Correct Answer: Geological erosion ✔
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Option A: Saltation
Option B: Suspension
Option C: Surface creep
Option D: Shifting of dunes
Correct Answer: Saltation ✔
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Option A: Lichens
Option B: Blue-green algae
Option C: Legumes
Option D: Grasses
Correct Answer: Grasses ✔
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Option A: Nitrogen starvation many result
Option B: Specific mineral deficiency may arise
Option C: Soil will become prone to diseases
Option D: Water level in soil will recede
Correct Answer: Specific mineral deficiency may arise ✔
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Option A: Stream bank erosion
Option B: Sheet erosion
Option C: Slip erosion
Option D: Gully erosion
Correct Answer: Gully erosion ✔
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Option A: Leaching only
Option B: Utilization by plants
Option C: Both (a) & (b)
Option D: Chemical reactions
Correct Answer: Both (a) & (b) ✔
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Option A: Soil pollution
Option B: Creeping death of soil
Option C: Loss of living stratum
Option D: Loss of feeding zone
Correct Answer: Soil pollution ✔
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Option A: Rill erosion
Option B: Gully erosion
Option C: Sheet erosion
Option D: All of these
Correct Answer: Rill erosion ✔
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Option A: 3,000 million tons
Option B: 3,000,000 million tons
Option C: 3,00,00,000 million tons
Option D: 3,00,000 billion tons
Correct Answer: 3,000,000 million tons ✔
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Option A: Excessive rains
Option B: Wind storms
Option C: Overfelling and overgrazing
Option D: All of these
Correct Answer: Overfelling and overgrazing ✔
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Option A: Gully – Rill – ravine
Option B: Rill – Ravine – Gully
Option C: Rill – Gully – Ravine
Option D: Ravine – Rill – Gully
Correct Answer: C. Rill – Gully – Ravine ✔
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Option A: Along rivers
Option B: At the sea shore
Option C: In water falls
Option D: In all these places
Correct Answer: At the sea shore ✔
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Option A: Sterile soil is converted into fertile soil
Option B: Soil is aerated
Option C: Soil erosion is allowed
Option D: Soil is protected against loss
Correct Answer: Soil is protected against loss ✔
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Option A: Cajanus and Dalbergia
Option B: Cajanus and Aeschynomene
Option C: Dalbergia and trigonella
Option D: Trigonella and Trifolium
Correct Answer: Trigonella and Trifolium ✔
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Option A: Agrostology
Option B: Basin listing
Option C: Growing grazing fields
Option D: Animal husbandry
Correct Answer: Animal husbandry ✔
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Option A: Contour terracing
Option B: Contour strip cropping
Option C: Confour farming
Option D: All of these
Correct Answer: Contour strip cropping ✔
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Option A: Aeration and hydration
Option B: Humus and mineral contents
Option C: Humus, mineral and hydration level
Option D: All of these
Correct Answer: All of these ✔
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Option A: Levelling
Option B: Ridge terracing
Option C: Bench terracing
Option D: Channel terracing
Correct Answer: Bench terracing ✔
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Option A: Loss of soil water
Option B: Soil particles became smaller
Option C: Soil organisms are exposed
Option D: All of these
Correct Answer: Loss of soil water ✔
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Option A: Pan breaking
Option B: Levelling
Option C: Ridge terracing
Option D: All of these
Correct Answer: Levelling ✔
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Option A: Ley farming
Option B: Land retirement
Option C: Basin listing
Option D: Contour farming
Correct Answer: Ley farming ✔
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Option A: Zizpyhus and Calotropis
Option B: Dalbergia and Delonix
Option C: Delonix and Albizia
Option D: Morinda and Anona
Correct Answer: Zizpyhus and Calotropis ✔
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Option A: Shallow ploughing
Option B: Development of textures
Option C: Animal husbandry
Option D: Crop selection
Correct Answer: Crop selection ✔
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Option A: Pans
Option B: Peds
Option C: Clods
Option D: None of these
Correct Answer: Pans ✔
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Option A: Mulching
Option B: Fallowing
Option C: Tilling
Option D: Contour farming
Correct Answer: Tilling ✔
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Option A: Rill erosion
Option B: Gully erosion
Option C: Ravine formation
Option D: Sheeterision
Correct Answer: Sheeterision ✔
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Option A: Algae
Option B: Mycorrhizae
Option C: Grasses
Option D: All of these
Correct Answer: Grasses ✔
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Option A: Wind breaks
Option B: Soil binders
Option C: Shelter belts
Option D: Basin blisters
Correct Answer: Shelter belts ✔
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Option A: Contour terracing
Option B: Contour trenching
Option C: Beach terracing
Option D: None of these
Correct Answer: Contour trenching ✔
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Option A: Desert areas
Option B: Hilly areas
Option C: Dry areas
Option D: Plain areas
Correct Answer: Hilly areas ✔
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