PHYSIOLOGY OF INDIA
INDIAN PHYSIOLOGY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Fold mountains
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Volcanic mountains
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Block mountains
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None of these
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Himalayan mountain system belongs to fold mountains. Hence, the correct answer is option (A).
Detailed explanation-2: -Complete answer: 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.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Himalayas consist of three parallel ranges, the Greater Himalayas known as the Himadri, the Lesser Himalayas called the Himachal, and the Shivalik hills, which comprise the foothills. Mount Everest at a height of 8848m is the highest peak followed by the Kanchanjunga at 8598 m.
Detailed explanation-4: -The geosynclinal sediments of Tethys sea were squeezed and folded into Alpine-Himalayan mountain chains due to lateral compressive forces caused by the convergence and collision of Eurasian and African-Indian continental plates during Cenozoic Era.