Multiple choice

''The Deccan Traps” covering the most part of the Maharashtra Plateau is a type of

  1. shield volcano

  2. composite volcano

  3. caldera

  4. flood basalt province
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Explanation

The Deccan Traps are a massive flood basalt province formed by volcanic eruptions approximately 66 million years ago. They cover most of the Maharashtra Plateau and consist of multiple layers of solidified basalt rock spread over nearly 500,000 square kilometers. A shield volcano has a different shape, composite volcanoes are cone-shaped, and a caldera is a volcanic collapse depression.

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