State PCS PYQPrelims 2024

UPPCS · प्रश्न 32

Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). Assertion (A): The Himalayas are still rising. Reason (R): The Indian tectonic plate is colliding with the Eurasian plate. Select the correct answer using the code given below.

  1. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
  2. (A) is false, but (R) is true
  3. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
  4. (A) is true, but (R) is false
उत्तर देखें और व्याख्या

उत्तर: (C) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

व्याख्या

The continuing northward push of the Indian plate into Eurasia keeps uplifting the Himalayas.