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  1. The Himalayas are also known by the name
    1. ancient mountains
    2. fold mountains
    3. valley mountains
    4. Indus mountains
Correct Option: B

The Himalayas are examples of fold mountains that are created where two or more of Earth’s tectonic plates are pushed together. The Himalayan mountain ranges were formed as result of a continental collision or orogeny along the convergent boundary between the Indo-Australian Plate and the Eurasian Plate. The Arakan Yoma highlands in Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal were also formed as a result of this collision.



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