Land Resources - FAQ's

1. Why should everyone, not just farmers, be concerned with soil conservation?
2. What is desertification ? What causes it?
3. How are soil and land different?
4. Discuss the characteristics of major components of soil?
5. Describe the process of soil formation?
6. Name five physical and chemical processes that break parent material into smaller pieces?
7. In addition to fertility, what other characteristics determine the usefulness of soil?
8. How does soil particle affect texture and drainage?
9. Describe a soil profile?
10. Besides cropland, what are other possible uses of soil?
11. Give an account of the types of Indian soils ?
12. Discuss interrelationship between land use planning and restoring soil fertility?
13. Write notes on:
    1. Generalized soil profiles
    2. World land resources
    3. Map
    4. soils of India
    5. Indian scenario of soil degradation
    6. Types of erosion caused by water flow
    7. Anthropogenic soil erosion factors
    8. Types of fertilizers.