Multiple choice

Consider the following statements: The circum Pacific belt is highly prone to the occurrence of earthquakes because it is a zone of

  1. Young folded mountains
  2. active volcanoes
  3. divergent plate boundaries
  4. convergent plate boundaries Which of the statements given above are correct?

  1. 1, 2 and 3

  2. 1, 2 and 4

  3. 2, 3 and 4

  4. 1, 3 and 4
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The circum-Pacific belt (Ring of Fire) is prone to earthquakes due to young folded mountains (statement 1), active volcanoes (statement 2), and convergent plate boundaries (statement 4). It is NOT primarily a zone of divergent boundaries (statement 3 is false), making option B (1, 2, and 4) correct.

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