Match the following

List I	List II
a. Black soil	1. Bundelkhand
b. Red-Yellow soil	2. Malwa
c. Laterite soil	3. Shivpuri
d. Alluvial soil	4. Morena

Select the correct answer

a. Black soil - Malwa
Black soils are derivatives of trap lava. Black soils spread across Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Madhya Pradesh on the Deccan lava plateau and the Malwa.

b. Red-Yellow soil - Bundelkhand
Red-yellow soil is mainly found in Bundelkhand and Baghelkhand region. It is found around 37% area of Madhya Pradesh.

c. Laterite soil - Morena
Laterite, soil layer that is rich in iron oxide and derived from a wide variety of rocks weathering under strongly oxidizing and leaching conditions. It forms in tropical and subtropical regions where the climate is humid.

d. Alluvial soil - Shivpuri
Alluvial soil is mostly found in the northwest part of Madhya Pradesh, mainly Morena district, Bhind district, Gwalior district and Shivpuri district. It is spread over a large area in the frontier region of the Gangetic Valley, which is made of Bundelkhand gneiss and soil deposited by the Chambal River and its tributaries.