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Put in descending order of soils in terms of percentage area in India: I. Red soils II. Black soils III. Laterite soils IV. Alluvial soils

Put in descending order of soils in terms of percentage area in India: I. Red soils II. Black soils III. Laterite soils IV. Alluvial soils Correct Answer IV, I, II, III

The correct answer is Option 3, i.e IV, I, II, III.

The descending of soils in terms of percentage area is Alluvial soil, Red soil, Black soil, Laterite soil

Soil types

The area in million hectares

Percentage

Alluvial soil

143.1

43.36

Red soil

61.0

18.49

Black (Regur) soil

49.8

15.09

Mountain soil

18.2

5.51

Red and Black soil

17.8

5.40

Desert soil

14.66

4.42

Laterite soil

12.2

3.70

Grey and Brown soil

3.6

1.09

sub mountain -soil

5.7

1.73

Snowfields

4.0

1.21

Total

330.0

100

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