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NDA 2 2025 GAT, question 118

Topic: Geography

Q118

Which of the following statements with reference to soil forming processes is/are correct ?

  1. Translocation, enrichment, removal and transformation are different classes of soil forming processes

  2. In translocation, fine particles are transported downward by eluviation and accumulate in lower horizons by illuviation

Select the answer using the code given below :

  1. (a) 1 only
  2. (b) 2 only
  3. (c) Both 1 and 2Correct answer
  4. (d) Neither 1 nor 2

Solution.

Answer: (c) Both 1 and 2

  1. Soil formation involves additions/enrichment, losses/removal, transformations and translocations.
  2. In the second statement, eluviation describes washing material out of an upper horizon, and illuviation its accumulation lower down.
  3. Both statements are correct.