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How many years has the Peninsular plateau of India survived?

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200 thousand years
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500 million years
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80 thousand years
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900 million years
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Solution

The correct option is B 500 million years
For the last 500 million years (Cambrian period) the Indian Peninsular Plateau has been standing like a rigid block. The Peninsular plateau is a tableland composed of the old crystalline, igneous and metamorphic rocks.

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