UPSC Geography Soil Question Bank Soil, Natural Vegetation, Wildlife and Agriculture of India

  • question_answer
    Red soil colour is caused by

    A) aluminium compounds

    B) mercury compounds

    C) iron compound   

    D) clay

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    Red soils develop in a warm, temperate, wet climate under deciduous forests and have thin organic and mineral layers overlying a yellowish-brown leached layer resting on red layer made of iron oxide(ferric oxide). Red soils generally form from iron-rich sediments. They are usually poor growing soils, low in nutrients and humus and difficult to cultivate.


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