CDS Questions on Soils, Crops & Agriculture

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CDS 2021-I

1. Identify the type of soil on the basis of the given characteristics:

  1. They are rich in lime, iron, magnesia and alumina.
  2. They are generally clayer, deep and impermeable.
  3. They are mainly found in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat.

Select the correct answer using the code given alternatives:

  1. Laterite soil
  2. Red and yellow soil
  3. Saline soil
  4. Black soil

2. Arabica, Robusta and Liberica are varieties of

  1. Coffee
  2. Tea
  3. Sugarcane
  4. Cotton

3. Milpa and Ladang are different names for

  1. shifting cultivation.
  2. mixed farming.
  3. truck farming.
  4. plantation agriculture.

4. Identify the crop on the basis of the following characteristics:

  1. It is a kharif crop.
  2. Aus, Aman and Boro are its three different growing periods in an agricultural year.
  3. About one-fourth of the total cropped area of India is under its cultivation.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

  1. Wheat
  2. Rice
  3. Pulses
  4. Cotton

5. Alluvial soils vary in nature from sandy loam to clay. They are generally

  1. poor in potash and rich in phosphorus.
  2. poor in both potash and phosphorus.
  3. rich in both potash and phosphorus.
  4. rich in potash and poor in phosphorus.

6. Growing of two or more crops simultaneously on the same field in a definite pattern is known as

  1. mixed cropping
  2. inter cropping
  3. mixed farming
  4. hybrid farming

CDS 2021 - II

7. Fertilizers are used to obtain higher yields of crops. However, all nutrients are usually not available in fertilizers. Which one of the following nutrients is usually not available in fertilizers?

  1. Iron
  2. Potassium
  3. Nitrogen
  4. Phosphorus

8. Inceptisols, Entisols, Vertisols and Mollisols are orders of which one of the following?

  1. Sugarcane
  2. Soil
  3. Coal
  4. Copper

9. Which one of the following States is not prominent for plantation agriculture?

  1. Rajasthan
  2. Assam
  3. Nagaland
  4. Kerala

CDA 2022 - I

10. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

List I
(Soil Type)		List II
(Salient Characteristic)
A. Entisols1. Soils having weakly or quickly developed horizons
B. Inceptisols2. Weakly developed soils with no horizons
C. Histosols3. These soils are very old and highly weathered
D. Oxisols4. These soils have very quantity of organic matter in the upper layers

Code:

  1. A - 2; B - 1; C - 4; D - 3
  2. A - 2; B - 4; C - 1; D - 3
  3. A - 3; B - 4; C - 1; D - 2
  4. A - 3; B - 1; C - 4; D - 2

CDS 2022 - II

11. Consider the following statements:

The Government is promoting the 'Kisan Drone' for

  1. Spraying weedicides
  2. Digitisation of land records
  3. Crop assessment

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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

CDS 2023 - I

12. Consider the following characteristics of a soil type:

  1. These soils consist of various proportions of sand, silt and clay.
  2. These soils contain adequate proportions of potash, phosphoric acid and lime.
  3. These soils can further classified on the basis of their age.

Identify the type of soil on the basis of the given characteristics.

  1. Alluvial
  2. Laterite
  3. Arid
  4. Black

CDS 2023 - I

13. Which of the following crops is not cultivated under dryland farming?

  1. Jowar
  2. Ragi
  3. Sugarcane
  4. Groundnut

14. Identify the type of soil on the basis of given characteristics:

  1. They contain a large proportion of sodium, potassium and magnesium and thus they are infertile.
  2. Their structure ranges from sandy to loamy.
  3. They are more widespread in western gujarat, deltas of the eastern coast and in Sunderban areas of West Bengal.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

  1. Peaty soil
  2. Laterite soil
  3. Arid soil
  4. Saline soil

15. Which one of the following statements about plantation agriculture is not correct?

  1. Plantation farm estates are scientifically managed.
  2. Plantation farming requires heavy capital outlay.
  3. Plantation farm lands have mainly foreign ownership and local labour.
  4. Plantation famers rear the animals for sale.

16. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists:

List I
(Name of Shifting Cultivation)		List II
(Country)
A. Roca1. Sri Lanka
B. Chena2. Thailand
C. Masole3. Brazil
D. Tamarai4. Zaire

Code:

  1. A - 2; B - 4; C - 1; D - 3
  2. A - 2; B - 1; C - 4; D - 3
  3. A - 3; B - 4; C - 1; D - 2
  4. A - 3; B - 1; C - 4; D - 2

CDS 2020 - II

17. The largest geographical area of India is covered by which one of the following types of soils?

  1. Inceptisols
  2. Entisols
  3. Alfisols
  4. Vertisols

CDS 2020 - I

18. The number of people per unit area of arable land is termed as

  1. agricultural density
  2. arithmetic density
  3. physiological density
  4. economic density

19. Which one of the following is NOT a type of commercial agriculture?

  1. Dairy farming
  2. Grain farming
  3. Livestock ranching
  4. Intensive subsistence agriculture

20. Which one of the following is NOT a land use category?

  1. Forestland
  2. Pasture land
  3. Marginal land
  4. Barren and wasteland

21. Which one of the following soils is characterized by very high content of organic matter?

  1. Vertisol
  2. Histosol
  3. Gelisol
  4. Spodosol


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