Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Geography

A cultivated hillside is experiencing rapid runoff and the formation of several small finger gullies. Which one of the following would be the most appropriate conservation response?

  1. Develop terraces and contour barriers, retain cover vegetation and prevent further extension of the gullies.
  2. Increase irrigation so that the soil remains continuously saturated.
  3. Remove the remaining vegetation to facilitate uniform sheet flow.
  4. Apply gypsum as the principal treatment for the gullies.
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  2. A physiographic region has the following characteristics: Its principal river flows from northeast to…
  3. A place has the following characteristics: Its underlying land surface heats rapidly during summer and cools…
  4. A soil is deep, clayey and relatively impermeable. It becomes sticky when wet, develops wide cracks during the…
  5. A stream on one side of a divide has a steeper gradient and receives more precipitation than a neighbouring…
  6. A survey identifies three plate-boundary settings: At boundary X, normal and reverse magnetic strips parallel…