Assertion (A): The percentage of net sown area in the total area of Andhra Pradesh is less as compared to that of West Bengal. 

Reason (R) : The soil of most of Andhra Pradesh is laterite.

(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A 

(b) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A 

(c) A is true but R is false 

(d) A is false but R is true

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(c) Assertion is true but Reason is false. Net sown area of Andhra Pradesh is 40% and West Bengal has 60%. So, the assertion is correct. But the reason is false because the alluvial soil is found in delta of rivers of the Godavari, the Krishna and the Cauvery of Andhra Pradesh.

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