Multiple choice

The Himalayas are formed due to

  1. internal pressure of two large land forms

  2. faulting of the earth's crust

  3. folding of the earth's crust

  4. folding of the geo-syncline named Tethys
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Explanation

The Himalayas were formed from the Tethys geosyncline, which was a vast sedimentary basin between the Indian and Eurasian plates. When these plates collided approximately 50 million years ago, the sediments in the Tethys Sea were folded and uplifted to create the magnificent Himalayan mountain range we see today.

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