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Question
Give a geographical reason of the following:
The Peninsular Plateau of India is rich in mineral resources.
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Solution 1
It is made up of very ancient, crystalline, hard, igneous and metamorphic rocks. Such rocks are rich in mineral resource.
Solution 2
The Peninsular Plateau of India is rich in mineral resources as it is made up of hard and crystalline igneous rocks.
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