11. The continental shelf region is the shallowest part of the ocean and surrounds the contents as a shallow platform which is terminated seaward by a sharp break slope

1. 1. Shelf edge

   
   
   

   2. Canyon

   
   
   

   3. Rift

   
   
   

   4. Esturay

   
   
   

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   Correct Option: A

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12. Consider the following by statement
    1. The Rhine rift valley stretches for more than 800 km.
    2. The floor of Dead Sea is more than 1100m below sea level.
    Which of the statement (s) given above is / are correct ?

1. 1. 1 only

   
   
   

   2. 2 only

   
   
   

   3. Both 1 and 2

   
   
   

   4. Neither 1 nor 2

   
   
   

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   Correct Option: D

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13. Assertion (A) : The continents are considered as floating on the denser layers of rocks.
    Reason (R) : The continents are made up of lighter rocks.

1. 1. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

   
   
   

   2. Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not a correct explanation of (A)

   
   
   

   3. (A) is true but (R) is false

   
   
   

   4. (A) is false but (R) is true

   
   
   

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   Correct Option: A

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14. Assertion (A) : Explosive type of volcanic eruptions are associated with the destructive of convergent plate boundaries in which the heavier plate is subducted beneath the lighter plate.
    Reason (R) : Materials of the upper mantle lying below the mid-oceanic ridges are melted and move upward in the form of lava during volcanic eruptions.
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1. 1. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

   
   
   

   2. Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not a correct explanation of (A)

   
   
   

   3. (A) is true but (R) is false

   
   
   

   4. (A) is false but (R) is true

   
   
   

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   Correct Option: B

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