Paper 1 · People, Development and Environment
Soils in the Mahanadi Delta are less fertile than those in the Godavari Delta because of
AErosion of top soil by annual floods ✓ Correct
BInundation of land by sea water
CDerivation of soil from the red-soil hinterland
DNone of the above
Correct answer: (A) Erosion of top soil by annual floods — The reason is erosion of top soil by annual floods, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★The reason is erosion of top soil by annual floods, so that is the answer.
★The Mahanadi Delta faces annual floods.
★These floods wash away the fertile top soil each year.
★So its soils are less fertile than those of the Godavari Delta.
★The book keys this erosion as the reason.
★So the answer is erosion of top soil by annual floods.
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