Allied & ICAR Exam Bank • ALLIED_1190 NAT • 1 Mark

Section 4: Soil and Water Conservation Engineering

Soil Erosion Mechanics and USLE

Subtopic: Permissible Soil Loss

Question Statement:

In soil conservation planning, the commonly accepted upper threshold for tolerable soil loss (T-value) on deep, productive agricultural soils in India is typically around:

Answer Key:

11.2

Step-by-Step Solution & Explanation

The widely adopted tolerable soil loss rate is $11.2\text{ t/(ha}\cdot\text{yr)}$ (corresponding to $5\text{ tons/acre/year}$), where rate of soil loss approximately equals the rate of natural pedogenic soil formation.
← Previous (ALLIED_1189) Next (ALLIED_1191) →

Practice In Authentic CBT Exam Interface

Test your skills under authentic timed conditions with live scoring and AIR percentile ranking.

Launch CBT Mock Test