Question 27

Consider the following statements about alluvial soils.
1. One of the most important and fertile soils of India they support the growth of a wide variety of crops such as rice, wheat, sugarcane, cotton, jute, potato and vegetables.
2. Alluvium are fine particles of rock materials carried in suspension and later deposited by the river in its bed and bank.
3. Alluvial soils are not formed by the deposition of silt by the rivers.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Solution

Options 1 and 2 are correct. Option 3 is wrong because it directly contradicts the geological formation process of alluvial soils. Alluvial soils are fundamentally formed by the deposition of silt, sand, and clay sediments brought down by major river systems like the Indus, Ganga, and Brahmaputra

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