Rift Valleys
Rift Valleys is a Geography concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 2 past MPSC questions (2018, 2021). Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations, plus the concepts worth being comfortable with first.
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खालील विधानांची सत्यता तपासा आणि योग्य पर्याय निवडा : विधान 'अ' : हिमालयीन नद्या या हिमालयाच्या अनेक रांगा व शिवालीक टेकड्या पार करून मैदानी प्रदेशात प्रवेश करतात. विधान 'ब' : प्रायद्वीपीय नद्या प्रस्तरभंगामुळे निर्माण झालेल्या खचदण्यातून वाहतात. Examine the following statements and select the correct option. : Statement 'A': Himalayan rivers cross many Himalayan ranges and the Shivalik Hills and enter into the plain area. Statement 'B': Peninsular rivers flow through the rift valleys created by faults.
(a)हिमालयीन नद्या या हिमालयाच्या अनेक रांगा व शिवालीक टेकड्या पार करून मैदानी प्रदेशात प्रवेश करतात. / Himalayan rivers cross many Himalayan ranges and the Shivalik Hills and enter into the plain area.
(b)प्रायद्वीपीय नद्या प्रस्तरभंगामुळे निर्माण झालेल्या खचदण्यातून वाहतात. / Peninsular rivers flow through the rift valleys created by faults.
Statement A is correct as Himalayan rivers are antecedent rivers crossing multiple ranges including Shivaliks. Statement B is also correct as major Peninsular rivers like Narmada and Tapti flow through rift valleys created by faults.
खालील नमूद जागतिक पठारांच्या त्यांच्या खंडांशी जोड्या लावा : (a) कोलंबिया पठार (i) आशिया (b) बोलिव्हिया पठार (ii) युरोप (c) सेंट्रल मसिफ पठार (iii) दक्षिण अमेरिका (d) युनान पठार (iv) उत्तर अमेरिका
(a)कोलंबिया पठार - (i) आशिया
(b)बोलिव्हिया पठार - (ii) युरोप
(c)सेंट्रल मसिफ पठार - (iii) दक्षिण अमेरिका
(d)युनान पठार - (iv) उत्तर अमेरिका
Columbia Plateau is in North America, Bolivia Plateau in South America, Central Massif in Europe, and Yunnan Plateau in Asia. This matches option 3.