Question

Surahi and Matki are made from
(a)Sandy soil
(b)Loamy soil
(c)Clay soil
(d)Silt

Answer 1

Hint: This type of soil is dark in color from grey to brown or deep orange-red depending on the soil content, it is fine-grained natural soil. They are formed from the weathering of rocks and the soil obtained is used in making other kitchenwares.

Complete answer:
Clay soil is used for making pottery like the matki and surahi. Clay has so wide and extended information importance from plantation to making vessels. It is the smallest particle, the particles in this soil are tightly packed together with each other with very little or no air space. It has very good water storage qualities and makes it hard for the air and moisture to penetrate inside.

Additional Information: -When the clay is wet it is sticky but becomes smooth on drying.
-Clayey soil is the densest and heaviest type of soil that does not drain.
-The plasticity towards the escape of water is because of the hydrous aluminum phyllosilicates present in the soil.
-The use of clay for making the pottery vessel can be recorded in prehistoric times as well as a building material, for bricks.

So, the correct answer is, ‘Clay soil.’

Note: Traditional uses of clay soil also include using it as a medicine, Fuller’s Earth also called “Multani mitti” is used for the treatment of poisoning, as a cleansing agent for skin detoxification, and decontamination. Pottery is the process of forming vessels from the clay soil and other ceramic material, which are fired at 600 °C high temperature to give them a hard and durable form.