State PCS PYQPrelims 2023

BPSC – Combined Competitive Examination · प्रश्न 23

The process that continually adds new crust is:

  1. subduction
  2. earthquake
  3. seafloor spreading
  4. convection
उत्तर दाखवा आणि स्पष्टीकरण

उत्तर: (C) seafloor spreading

स्पष्टीकरण

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

  • (A) चूक

    Wrong: subduction destroys crust.

  • (B) चूक

    Wrong: earthquakes do not create crust.

  • (C) बरोबर

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

  • (D) चूक

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