Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Geography

Which one of the following best describes soil degradation?

  1. The natural development of distinct horizons through weathering
  2. The deposition of fresh silt on a floodplain
  3. The conversion of mineral matter into humus
  4. A decline in soil fertility and nutritional status, often accompanied by loss of soil depth through erosion and misuse
  1. A geological survey records the following intrusive bodies: Body P is thin and nearly horizontal. Body Q is…
  2. A place has the following characteristics: Its underlying land surface heats rapidly during summer and cools…
  3. A stream on one side of a divide has a steeper gradient and receives more precipitation than a neighbouring…
  4. A survey identifies three plate-boundary settings: At boundary X, normal and reverse magnetic strips parallel…
  5. Although the vertical pressure-gradient force in the lower atmosphere is much greater than the horizontal…
  6. An earthquake releases energy at a point below the Earth’s surface. Which one of the following correctly…