Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. Alluvial soils are depositional soils, transported and deposited by rivers and streams. b. Bhangar is the new alluvium and is deposited by floods annually, which enriches the soil by depositing fine silts. c. Alluvial soils are more loamy and clayey in the lower and middle Ganga plain and the Brahamaputra valley.

  1. a only

  2. b only

  3. c only

  4. a and b

  5. a and c
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E Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer as both the statements are correct. Alluvial soils are depositional soils, transported and deposited by rivers and streams. Alluvial soils are more loamy and clayey in the lower and middle Ganga plain and the Brahamaputra valley.

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