State PCS PYQPrelims 2023

BPSC – Combined Competitive Examination · প্রশ্ন 23

The process that continually adds new crust is:

  1. subduction
  2. earthquake
  3. seafloor spreading
  4. convection
উত্তর দেখান ও ব্যাখ্যা

উত্তর: (C) seafloor spreading

ব্যাখ্যা

At divergent mid-ocean ridges, seafloor spreading continuously creates new crust (Harry Hess).

  • (A) ভুল

    Wrong: subduction destroys crust.

  • (B) ভুল

    Wrong: earthquakes do not create crust.

  • (C) সঠিক

    Correct: magma rising at mid-ocean ridges forms new oceanic crust.

  • (D) ভুল

    Wrong: convection drives plates but does not itself add crust.