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Agriculture · Q213

Environmental Science In Agricultural

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 213

Q213

Good soil is one which has

A.
50% organic salts and 50% inorganic salts
B.
50% of sand and 50% of clay
C.
50% clay and 50% organic salts
D.
50% organic and inorganic salts and other 50% of pores, air and water
Answer

Answer: Option D

Solution

Answer: Option D
Solution:
Good soil has 50% organic and inorganic salts and other 50% of pores, air and water.
Soil consists of these major components of inorganic mineral matter, about 40 to 45 percent of the soil volume. organic matter, about 5 percent of the soil volume, water and air, about 50 percent of the soil volume.
A typical soil is about 50% solids (45% mineral and 5% organic matter), and 50% voids (or pores) of which half is occupied by water and half by gas.