UPSC PRELIMS · GEOGRAPHY · PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY: MOUNTAINS
Consider the following pairs: 1. Central Asia — Vosges — Fold mountains 2. Europe — Alps — Block mountains 3. North America — Appalachians — Fold mountains 4. South America — Andes — Fold mountains How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?
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EXPLANATION
The Appalachians and Andes are fold mountain systems. The Vosges are block mountains and the Alps are fold mountains, so only pairs 3 and 4 are correctly matched.
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