UPSC PYQPrelims 2021

Civil Services Examination · Question 64

The black cotton soil of India has been formed due to the weathering of

  1. brown forest soil
  2. fissure volcanic rock
  3. granite and schist
  4. shale and limestone
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Answer: (B) fissure volcanic rock

Explanation

Black (regur) soil formed from weathering of Deccan Trap basalts, which came from fissure eruptions.