UPSC Geography Oceans and Continents / महासागरों और महाद्वीपों Question Bank Continents

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    Which one of the following characteri sties of the earth' not explained by the tetrahedral hypothesis?         

    A)  Drifting of the continents,                      

    B)  Location of chain of Fold Mountains around the Pacific Ocean.                              

    C)  Antipodal arrangement of the continents and ocean

    D)  Triangular shape of the continents and the oceans.

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

     The Tetrahedral hypothesis is an obsolete scientific theory attempting to explain the arrangement of the Earth's continents and oceans by referring to the geometry of a tetrahedron. Although it was a historically interesting theory in the late 19th and early 20th century, it was superseded by the concepts of continental drift and modern plate tectonics.


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