The shape of peninsular plateau in India is ______.

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SSC CGL 2022 Tier-I Official Paper (Held On : 12 Dec 2022 Shift 2)

Answer 1

The correct answer is Triangular.

Key Points:

The shape of the Indian Peninsular Plateau is Triangular.
Earlier, there was a supercontinent called Pangea.
Panthalassa was the ancient Ocean surrounding it.
Pangea broke into two namely Gondwana land and Laurasia.
In between, there was a Sea called the Tethys Sea.
The northern boundary of the Peninsular Block may be taken as an irregular line running from Kachchh along the western flank of the Aravali Range near Delhi and then roughly parallel to the Yamuna and the Ganga as far as the Rajmahal Hills and the Ganga delta.
Apart from these, the Karbi Anglong and the Meghalaya Plateau in the northeast and Rajasthan in the west are also extensions of this block.
The northeastern parts are separated by the Malda fault in West Bengal from the Chotanagpur plateau.
In Rajasthan, the desert and other desert–like features overlay this block.
The Peninsula is formed essentially by a great complex of very ancient gneisses and granites, which constitutes a major part of it.