GK
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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The Himalayan mountain system belongs to which of the following?
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Volcanic mountains
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Residual mountains
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Block mountains
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Fold mountains
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Formed in the recent ages, the great Himalayas, the Rockies, the Andes and the Alps are all young uplift fold mountains.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Alps and Himalayas are examples of fold mountains that are formed at convergent boundaries due to the collision of two tectonic plates.
Detailed explanation-3: -In India, the Himalayas represent the young fold mountains because they have formed only a few million years ago by a collision of the Eurasian plates as well as the Indo-Australian plates as a result of the Continental drift. Young fold mountains are 10 to 25 million years of age.
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