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If the parent rock is crystalline igneous, the soil will be __________.

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Alluvial

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Black

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Red

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Laterite

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Solution

The correct option is B Red
Red soil develops on crystalline igneous rocks in areas of low rainfall in the eastern and southern parts of the Deccan plateau.

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