SSC
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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rivers
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oceans
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ocean basins
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lakes
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Detailed explanation-1: -Lithosphere only includes the crust and uppermost part of the mantle. Oceanic crust is thicker about 50 to 100 km and continental lithosphere is about 150 km thicker. Hence, the correct answer is option D.
Detailed explanation-2: -Continents are a part of lithosphere and oceans and other water bodies are a part of the hydrosphere. Lithosphere essentially relates to land and hydrosphere essentially relates to water. Hence the statement is true.
Detailed explanation-3: -significance in lithosphere An example of an oceanic plate is the Pacific Plate, which extends from the East Pacific Rise to the deep-sea trenches bordering the western part of the Pacific basin. A continental plate is exemplified by the North American Plate, which includes North America as well as the oceanic crust…