Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is incorrect?

  1. A map produced using a computer programme to find the best fit of the Atlantic margin was presented by Bullard in 1964.

  2. The belt of ancient rocks of 2,000 million years from Brazil coast matches with those from western Africa.

  3. Tillite is the sedimentary rock formed out of deposits of glaciers.

  4. Alfred Wegener was a Dutch map maker who first proposed the possibility of a big landmass as early as 1596.

  5. The continental drift theory suggested that the movement responsible for the drifting of the continents was caused by pole-fleeing force and tidal force.
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Explanation

This statement is incorrect. .Abraham Ortelius was a Dutch map maker who first proposed such a possibility as early as 1596. Alfred Wegener was a German meteorologist who put forth a comprehensive argument in the form of the continental drift theory in 1912.

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