Multiple choice

Deccan Traps, presently covering most of the Maharashtra Plateau are an example of which of the following volcanoes?

  1. Composite volcanoes

  2. Mid-ocean ridge volcanoes

  3. Flood basalt province

  4. Shield volcanoes

  5. Caldera
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C Correct answer
Explanation

These volcanoes outpour highly fluid lava that flows for long distances. There can be a series of flows with some flows attaining thickness of more than 50 m. Individual flows may extend for hundreds of kilometres.

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