Question

Red soil is mostly found in:
(a) Parts of Jammu & Kashmir
(b) Upper Ganga Plains
(c) Eastern and Southern part of Deccan Plateau
(d) None of the above

Answer 1

"Option (C) is Eastern and Southern part of Deccan Plateau in India"

Explanation:

In India, red soil develops on pellucid igneous rocks in areas of low rainfall in the eastern and southern parts of the Deccan plateau. These soils are abundant along the eastern grades of the Western Ghats, Odisha and Chhattisgarh and in the southern parts of the middle Ganga plain. The soil develops a reddish colour due to a wide diffusion of iron in crystalline and metamorphic rocks.

Answer 2

Option (C) is the correct answer

Red soil is mostly found in Eastern and Southern part of Deccan Plateau.

Explanation:

• In India,  on crystalline igneous rocks red soil develops mainly in areas of low rainfall and in the eastern and southern parts of the Deccan plateau.
• In India, red soil are developed on pellucid igneous rocks in areas where there is low rainfall in the eastern and southern parts of the Deccan plateau.
• The eastern grades of the Western Ghats, Odisha and Chhattisgarh and in the southern parts of the middle Ganga plain are  abundant  with this soil.
• A reddish colour is developed due to a wide diffusion of iron in crystalline and metamorphic rocks.

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