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Alluvial soil is mostly found in which region

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Southern India
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Northern India
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Gangetic Jamuna Plains
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Eastern India
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Solution

The correct option is C Gangetic Jamuna Plains
Alluvial soil covers about 40 percent of land area of India. It is depositional soils that are transported and deposited by rivers and stream formed by deposition of fine sediments and silt by the rivers along their banks. Such soil is mostly found in the Great Northern Plains of the river Ganga. Thus the correct answer is option C.

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