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The vast alluvial plains of north India are almost devoid of:
AEconomic minerals
BFertile soil cover
CPerennial rivers
DFarming families
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Economic minerals
1. Minerals sit in the old peninsular rocks.
2. The plains are young river deposits.
3. They have almost no economic minerals.
_Source: NCERT Class 10 Geography, Contemporary India II, Chapter 5, Minerals and Energy Resources._
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