SOILS AND NATURAL VEGETATION
SOILS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Cotton
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Wheat
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Gram
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All of these
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Detailed explanation-1: -Wheat, Groundnut and cotton are few of the crops which require black soil for their growth.
Detailed explanation-2: -The correct answer is Groundnut.
Detailed explanation-3: -Black soils are rich in iron, lime, aluminium, magnesium and also contain potassium. However, these soils are deficient in nitrogen, phosphorus and organic matter. Cotton, pulses, millets, castor, tobacco, sugarcane, citrus fruits, linseed, etc. are mainly cultivated in black soil.
Detailed explanation-4: -Crops that grow in black soil are chillies, nuts, sugarcanes, maize, etc. Answer: Cotton, ceraels, oilseeds, citrus fruits (mango, saptova, guava and banana) and vegetables(peas, brinjals, tomato, green chilli), tobacco, sugarcane, gram.
Detailed explanation-5: -Black soil is suitable for dry farming because it is fine-grained, rich in calcium and it can retain moisture to a large level and is sticky in nature. It has a higher water holding capacity. Some of the major crops grown on the black soils are cotton, wheat, linseed, Virginia tobacco, castor, sunflower, and millets.