Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Geography

Consider the following statements:

  1. Land with a slope gradient of approximately 15–25 per cent should generally be kept out of cultivation or carefully terraced.
  2. Contour bunding, cover cropping, mixed farming and crop rotation can reduce soil erosion.
  3. Small finger gullies may be treated through terracing, while larger gullies may require check dams.
  4. Shelter belts and agroforestry can protect cultivable land in arid areas from encroaching sand dunes.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

  1. 1 and 2 only
  2. 2, 3 and 4 only
  3. 1 and 3 only
  4. 1, 2, 3 and 4
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