Question 1. Question 14. Question 4.

In how many groups the soil has been categorised? Name A special kind of soil is used for making matkas and A student visits two types of field and observes that soil
them. surahis. Name it. [HOTS] from field A has high percolation rate of water, while soil
from field B has low percolation rate. In field B, paddy crop
Question 2. Question 15. was grown while in field A, there was no standing crop.
Which soil is considered to be the most fertile and used Explain the term humus that is generally found in the Name two types of soil present in two fields. [HOTS]
for growing crops? uppermost layer of soil.
Question 5.
Question 3. Question 16. Describe how clayey soil is useful for crops?
Which type of soil absorbs more water but allows less Can we make toys with the soil obtained from a field?
wateMo percolate? Explain. Question 6.
Read the following statements and give the appropriate
Question 4. Question 17. terms for each of them.
Give the formula to calculate the absorption percentage. The percolation rate varies from soil to other soil. Which (a) The process of breakdown of rocks by the action of
soil would have the highest and least percolation rate? wind, water, sunlight.
Question 5.
(b) Removal of topsoil during heavy rains or strong winds.
When we add some dry soil to the water in a glass and stir Question 18.
(c) Accumulation of wastes in the soil generated by
it, bubbles are observed from the soil. What causes these How can a farmer convert acidic soil into neutral soil?
human activity which alter the features of soil.
bubbles to raise? [HOTS] [NCERT Exemplar]
(d) The process of movement of water into deeper layers
Question 6. Question 19. of soil. [NCERT Exemplar]
What is weathering? Do all types of soil absorb water to the same extent? Give
Question 7.
reason for your answer.
Question 7. Describe the different type of soil.v
There is shimmering of air just above the soil during hot Question 20.
Question 8.
summer day. What does the term shimmering indicate? For planting rice, which kind of soil would be most
Rajasthan is a desert state in India. Once while travelling
[HOTS] suitable?
to Rajasthan by train, Boojho observed several streams
Question 8. Question 1. and rivulets of rainwater during the journey but to his
Draw a diagram to show the different layers of soil. The soil is said to be inseparable part of our life. Why? surprise, he did not see streams of water in the desert
region even during rains. Help Boojho to find a suitable
Question 9. Question 2. explanation for this. [NCERT Exemplar; HOTS]
Name two soil types used for cultivation. Suppose certain sample takes 120 min for 960 mL water
to percolate into the soil. Calculate the rate of percolation Question 9.
Question 10. of water. A man digging a pit found that he could dig with ease
Soil has particles of different sizes. Arrange the words initially but digging became difficult as he went deeper. He
given below in decreasing order of their particle size. Question 3. could not big beyond a depth 5 feet. Provide a suitable
Rock, clay, sand, gravel, silt [NCERT Exemplar] Locate the following zones given as boxed items in figure scientific explanations. [NCERT Exemplar; HOTS]
which shows a diagram of soil profile.
Question 11. Topsoil, subsoil, bedrock [NCERT Exemplar] Question 10.
There are two components of soil one that comes from Continuously water-logged soils are disadvantageous for
living thing and other from non-living thing. What are these plant growth. Why? [NCERT Exemplar]
two components?
Question 11.
Question 12. Is it a good practice to remove grass and small plants that
It is necessary to ban the use of polythene bags and are growing in an open, unused field? Give reason to
plastics. Do you agree? If yes, why? [HOTS] support your answer. [NCERT Exemplar; HOTS]
Question 13. Question 12.
List the substances which pollute the soil. Observe the following figure and answer the following
questions.
(a) Which is the heaviest rock material?
(b) Which is the lightest soil component?
(c) Why different layers of soil component are formed?
Question 13.
During the summer vacations, Gaurav visited his native
village. He observed that farmers were using pesticides in
their field. He contacted the village head and explained
him the effects of such substances in causing soil
pollution. Next day, the village head called a meeting of all
the villagers and convinced the villagers not to use
chemicals and pesticides.
(a) Why is there a ban to demand the polythene bags and
plastics.
(b) List some substances which pollute the soil.
(c) What are the values shown by Gaurav? [Value Based
Question]
Question 3.
The contamination of soil with waste materials causes soil
pollution. Does the use of pesticides in agriculture also
contribute to the soil pollution? Explain.
Question 4.
A soil sample was taken from an agricultural land and was
weighed. The mass of the soil was found to be 50 g. 100
mL of water was taken in a measuring cylinder and added
into the soil sample. The soil absorbed 80 mL of water
and rest left in the measuring cylinder. Calculate the
absorption rate of water by the soil. [HOTS]
Question 5.
(a) Soil has various important component. Write them.
(b) Arrange the following rock particles which occur in soil
in the increasing order. Silt, clay, gravel, sand.
(c) Observe the following figure. What does this figure
show?
students in a corner, the teacher rushed to them to see
the matter and objected to their action. Anshul, one of the
student asked the reason.
Teacher smiled and explained him that an earthworm
living in the soil is very beneficial for farmers. Anshul
wondered whether there were other organisms also in the
soil. The teacher appreciated him and explained.
(a) Mention the importance of earthworm.
(b) List some organisms living in soil.
(c) What are the values shown by Anshul? [Value Based
Question]
Question 10.
A soil sample having mass of 200 g was taken from
garden.This soil was dried completely in the oven and
again weight. The weight of the soil now was found to be
170 g. Calculate the percentage of water or moisture
content present in the sample soil. [HOTS]

Question 14.
Write the difference between rate of percolation and the
Question 6.
amount of water retained.
In towns and cities, generally, the borewells have to be
Question 15. dug very deep to get water as compared to borewells dug
Why is soil erosion relatively less in dense forests as in villages. Give suitable reasons. [NCERT Exemplar;
compared to barren, open fields? [NCERT Exemplar; HOTS]
HOTS]
Question 7.
Question 16. Soil erosion does not occur easily where the land is
Gardeners gently dig up the soil around the roots of covered by vegetation. Do you agree? Explain.
garden herbs (plants) frequently. Give reasons. [NCERT
Question 8.
Exemplar. HOTS]
The raw and baked soil differs from each other. How they
Question 1. are different? How can you prepare matkas from soil?
Explain through an activity that soil has moisture in it. [HOTS]

Question 2. Question 9.
Design an activity to show the soil erosion on a barren During a field trip, some students visited an agricultural
land. farm and saw a few birds eating earthworms. They
enjoyed the scene and then they also started picking and
killing the earthworms for pleasure. Seeing the crowd of