Question

Peninsular plateau of India has survived for the last ________.

• A. 200 thousand years
• B. 500 million years
• C. 80 thousand years
• D. 900 million years

Answer 1

The correct option is B 500 million years

The Indian Peninsular Plateau has been standing like a rigid block for the last 500 million years. It existed since the Cambrian period. It is the oldest and geologically stable landform of India. It is composed of old, crystalline rocks of igneous and metamorphic origin.