Geography PYQ 44 of 587 · Physical Divisions · Plateaus

Extra peninsular mountains of India were formed during

  1. AAzoic Era
  2. BPaleozoic Era
  3. CMesozoic Era
  4. DCenozoic Era

41st B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1996

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Correct answer: (d) Cenozoic Era

Explanation

The extra-peninsular mountains of India (the region north of the Indus and Ganga plains), including the Himalayas, were formed during the Cenozoic Era.

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