Multiple choice

The Himalayas are formed due to the

  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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D Correct answer
Explanation

The excessive shrinking of the geosynclines, caused folding and the surplus sediments were raised as the Himalayan mountains.

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