ibps-so 2016 · Question 320 of 394

A soil survey report annexed to a land development proposal classi es each of the borrower's classi cation before he can settle what the land may be planted with and how much term loan it will carry. The report groups the elds as very shallow, shallow, moderately deep, deep and very deep, and the borrower's upper block has been placed in the shallow class. The o cer notes that a soil of that class will not carry a deep-rooted perennial, that it holds too little water to bring a crop through a break in the monsoon without protective irrigation, and that the proposal for an orchard on the upper block must therefore be modi ed before it is sanctioned. In the standard depth classi cation of soils, a shallow soil is one whose depth is

1. ALess than 2 cm
2. B10 to 20 cm
3. C20 to 30 cm
4. D5 to 10 cmCorrect
5. E30 to 45 cm