SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -This immense mountain range began to form between 40 and 50 million years ago, when two large landmasses, India and Eurasia, driven by plate movement, collided. Because both these continental landmasses have about the same rock density, one plate could not be subducted under the other.

Detailed explanation-2: -The himalayan mountain range was formed a few million years ago due to the collision of two tectonic plates, namely the Eurasian plate and the Indo-Australian plate. Due to this collision, the edges of these plates began to fold, which in turn resulted in the formation of the Himalayas.

Detailed explanation-3: -Forty million years ago, the continent of India, which was being carried northward by the Indo-Australian plate, collided with Asia. Since the initial encounter, the subcontinent of India has moved 2, 000 kilometers farther north at a rate of 5 centimeters a year, sliding beneath Asia as it moves.