Field investigation was undertaken to find out suitable weed control methods for kharif grown soybean in the transitional tract of Dharwad and Bailhongal under rainfed conditions. Herbicide clomazone (1 kg/ha) recorded significantly higher yield during both the years of study followed by two hand weeding at 20 and 40 DAS. The herbicides fluchloralin, metalachlor, alachlor and nabu-S were on par with each other. Significantly higher weed control efficiency (83.04 and 84.91%) and lowest weed dry weight (181 and 161 kg/ha) and weed count (8.00 and 7.67) were recorded with clomazone and hand weeding at 20 and 40 DAS respectively. Similarly, net profit and B:C ratio were higher with clomazone and hand weeding at 20 and 40 DAS treatments.