The sandy soil of south-western Haryana is locally called:
- A.Bhur
- B.Rausli
- C.Dhankar
- D.Kandi
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Bhur. Bhur is the light, loose, sandy soil found in Sirsa, Hisar, Bhiwani and Mahendragarh, where Haryana shades into the sandy tract of Rajasthan. It is low in organic matter, drains too freely to hold a crop through a dry spell, and shifts in the summer wind to form low dunes, which is why shelter belts of trees are planted across that part of the state.
Option B, Rausli, is the loam of the central districts and the most fertile soil of Haryana, the opposite end of the texture scale. Option C, Dhankar, is clay with a hard calcareous kankar layer beneath it, which blocks root growth and drainage. Option D, Kandi, is the coarse, gravelly and stony soil of the Shivalik foothills in Panchkula, Ambala and Yamunanagar, formed from hill material brought down by seasonal streams. Note that Bhur and Kandi are both coarse, but one is wind-laid sand in the south-west and the other is hill gravel in the north-east.
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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 →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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Rausli is the loam of the central Haryana plain, a balanced mixture of sand, silt and clay.
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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