In Haryana, the loamy and most fertile soil is known locally by which name?
- A.Bhur
- B.Dakar
- C.Rausli
- D.Kallar
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, Rausli. Rausli is the loam of the central Haryana plain, a balanced mixture of sand, silt and clay. It drains well, holds enough moisture for a crop and is easy to plough, which makes it the best agricultural soil of the state; the fertile belt of Karnal, Panipat, Sonipat and Rohtak rests on it.
Option A, Bhur, is the loose sandy soil of the south-western districts such as Sirsa, Hisar and Bhiwani, poor in moisture and humus. Option B, Dakar, is the heavy clay of the low-lying eastern tracts; it holds water well but cracks and sets hard when dry and is difficult to work. Option D, Kallar, is not a texture at all but a condition: the saline and alkaline soil of the waterlogged canal tracts, recognised by its white crust. Learning the four names against the four conditions, loam, clay, sand and salt, answers most soil questions on Haryana.
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Practice Questions
View allWhich hot and dry westerly wind blows over Haryana in May and June?
- A.Kalbaisakhi
- B.Loo
- C.Mango shower
- D.Norwester
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The loo is the hot, dry wind that blows from the west and north-west over the plains of Haryana, Punjab, Delhi, Rajasthan and western Uttar Pradesh in May and June.
Read the full explanation →Rainfall in Haryana decreases in which direction?
- A.From south-west to north-east
- B.From north-east to south-west
- C.From north to south evenly
- D.From east to west only along the Yamuna
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The Shivalik districts of Panchkula, Ambala and Yamunanagar in the north-east catch the first of the monsoon against the foothills and receive the heaviest rain of the state, while the south-western districts of Sirsa, Bhiwani and Mahendragarh lie towards the dry Thar margin and receive the least.
Read the full explanation →Which district of Haryana normally receives the highest annual rainfall?
- A.Sirsa
- B.Bhiwani
- C.Panchkula
- D.Mahendragarh
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Panchkula lies in the Shivalik foothills at the north-eastern corner of the state.
Read the full explanation →The sandy soil of south-western Haryana is locally called:
- A.Bhur
- B.Rausli
- C.Dhankar
- D.Kandi
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Bhur is the light, loose, sandy soil found in Sirsa, Hisar, Bhiwani and Mahendragarh, where Haryana shades into the sandy tract of Rajasthan.
Read the full explanation →The Central Soil Salinity Research Institute is located in which city of Haryana?
- A.Hisar
- B.Karnal
- C.Ambala
- D.Rohtak
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The Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, a research institute under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, is at Karnal. It works on reclaiming salt-affected and alkaline land, on gypsum treatment and subsurface drainage, and on salt-tolerant crop varieties, all problems that Haryana's canal-irrigated districts face directly.
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