The highest fold mountains in India are _______.

The Aravallis

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The Vindhyas

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The Himalayas

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The Eastern Ghats

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Solution

The correct option is D The Himalayas
The crust beneath the Himalaya, the most towering mountain range on Earth, is still the process of being compressed.
Examples of fold mountains include the Himalayan mountains in Asia, the Alps in Europe. the Andes in South America, the Rockies in North America, the Urals in Russia.
Fold mountains are formed when sedimentary rock strata in geosynclines are subjected to compressive forces.

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Statements:

No hill is a mountain.

All Himalayas are mountains.

All Alps are hills.

Conclusions:

I. Alps being Himalayas can never be a possibility.

II. Some mountains being Alps is a possibility.

Name the mountains which are the young fold mountain ranges that run across the northern, north west and north eastern boundary of India.

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