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UPSC Prelims 2006 · Agriculture · Soils
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 the correct explanation of A.
- (c) A is true but R is false.
- (d) A is false but R is true.
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Answer: (c) A is true but R is false.
West Bengal (flat alluvium) sows a higher share of its land; Andhra’s soils are mostly red and black, not laterite.
Why the others are wrong
(a) Accepts laterite as Andhra’s main soil.
(b) Accepts laterite as Andhra’s main soil.
(d) Rejects A — West Bengal’s sown share is among India’s highest.
The trap
R sounds like a neat cause, but the soil fact is wrong.
🔒 Highest net sown area %: Punjab, Haryana, West Bengal. Laterite: Western Ghats, Odisha, Meghalaya.