Question

2. Answer the following questions in about 30 words.
(i) Name three states having black soil and the crop which is mainly grown in it.
(ii) What type of soil is found in the river deltas of the eastern coast? Give three
main features of this type of soil.
(iii) What steps can be taken to control soil erosion in the hilly areas?
(iv) What are the biotic and abiotic resources? Give some examples.
3. Answer the following questions in about 120 words.
(1) Explain land use pattern in India and why has the land under forest not
increased much since 1960-61?
(ii) How have technical and economic development led to more consumption of
resources?​

Answer 1

Answer:

1- Maharashtra, Gujarat, MP....Cotton

2- Alluvial soil...FEATURES:

•It contain amount of clay,silt and sand.

•It contain quantity of phosphoric acid, lime.

3-Contour ploughing, and Terrace farming.

4-Biotic factors are living or once-living organisms in the ecosystem.

Abiotic factors refer to non-living physical and chemical elements in the ecosystem.