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[#731] Which is the second soil group in Madhya Pradesh?
Correct Answer

(A) Red-Yellow soil

Explanation

Solution: Red-Yellow soil is the second soil group in Madhya Pradesh. It is found in the entire eastern part of the state that is Baghelkhand. Main districts include Mandla, Balaghat and Shahdol, Anooppur, Sidhi, Umaria, Singrauli etc. This soil is 37 percentage of the total soil of MP This is made up of Gondwana rock group.

[#732] Match the following List I List II a. Black soil 1. Bundelkhand b. Red-Yellow soil 2. Malwa c. Laterite soil 3. Shivpuri d. Alluvial soil 4. Morena Select the correct answer
Correct Answer

(B) a-2, b-1, c-4, d-3

Explanation

Solution: a. Black soil - Malwa Black soils are derivatives of trap lava. Black soils spread across Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Madhya Pradesh on the Deccan lava plateau and the Malwa. b. Red-Yellow soil - Bundelkhand Red-yellow soil is mainly found in Bundelkhand and Baghelkhand region. It is found around 37% area of Madhya Pradesh. c. Laterite soil - Morena Laterite, soil layer that is rich in iron oxide and derived from a wide variety of rocks weathering under strongly oxidizing and leaching conditions. It forms in tropical and subtropical regions where the climate is humid. d. Alluvial soil - Shivpuri Alluvial soil is mostly found in the northwest part of Madhya Pradesh, mainly Morena district, Bhind district, Gwalior district and Shivpuri district. It is spread over a large area in the frontier region of the Gangetic Valley, which is made of Bundelkhand gneiss and soil deposited by the Chambal River and its tributaries.

[#733] Match the following lists. List I (Zone) List II (Type of Climate) a. Malwa Plateau 1. Summer-moderate hot b. Northern Plains 2. Summer-extreme hot c. Vindhyan Hills 3. Summer-less hotter
Correct Answer

(B) a-1, b-2, c-3

Explanation

Solution: a. Malwa Plateau - Summer-moderate hot The climate of this plateau is temperate i.e neither there is exuberant heat during summer nor there is extravagant cold during winter. b. Northern Plains - Summer-extreme hot The wind blowing in the northern plains in summer is known as Loo. Loo is a strong, hot and dry summer afternoon wind from the west which blows over the western Indo-Gangetic Plain region of North India and Pakistan. It is especially strong in the months of May and June. c. Vindhyan Hills - Summer-less hotter Sedimentological Investigation of the Rocks of Lower Vindhyan around. The hot winds during summer-season were distinguished by two peculiarities.

[#734] Average rainfall for Northern plains zone is even lesser than ......... because this zone lies in sub-tropical humid climatic zone.
Correct Answer

(B) 75 cm

Explanation

Solution: Average rainfall for this zone is even lesser than 75 cm because of which this zone lies in sub-tropical humid climatic zone. This region includes Bundelkhand, Rewa-Panna and Madhya Bharat.

[#735] Which district of Madhya Pradesh has highest percentage of tribal population?
Correct Answer

(C) Alirajpur