This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: None, Subject name: Forensic Medicine
Suitable environmental condition for mummification 
Select and explain. 
A. Lying in water, B. Inside shallow soil, C. Dry and hot air, D. Under earth
C: Dry and hot air
Answer: C: Dry and hot air 
Explanation: Mummification in dehydration or drying of body.
Absence of moisture, hot air, dry sand soil, arsenic antimony favour mummification.