In which of the following State ‘black soil’ is NOT found?

Concept

Black soil, also called regur, is a clay-rich soil associated mainly with basaltic lava rocks of the Deccan region.

Its broad distribution follows the Deccan Plateau and adjoining central-western parts of India.

Application

• Maharashtra has extensive black-soil tracts over the Deccan Trap.

• Madhya Pradesh has major black-soil areas in the Malwa Plateau and Narmada valley.

• Gujarat also has black-soil belts, especially in its Deccan-related and central-southern tracts.

• Punjab lies mainly in the northwestern alluvial plain, where river-deposited alluvial soil is characteristic.

Cross-check

Thus three listed states belong to the standard black-soil distribution, whereas Punjab belongs to the alluvial-soil belt.

Result

Therefore, the state in which black soil is not found under the standard Indian soil-distribution classification is Punjab.