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Agriculture · Q832

Soil Science

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 832

Q832

Terai soil comes under which soil order?

A.
Histosol
B.
Mollisol
Answer
C.
Andisol
D.
All of the above

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Terai soil comes under Mollisol. Terai is a low land in a lowland region in northern India Soils which are mostly similar to mollisols but contain either continuous or discontinuous permafrost.
Mollisol is a soil type that has deep, high organic matter, nutrient-enriched surface soil, typically between 60 and 80 cm in depth, and this fertile surface horizon is called mollic epipedon.