NTA-NET (UGC-NET) Tourism Administration & Management (93): Questions 1 of 2513

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Deccan Traps are largely made of

Choices

Choice (4)Response

a.

Flow of basalt

b.

Alternate sheets of lava

c.

Limestone

d.

Lava flows alternating with sedimentary deposits

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Answer

a.

Explanation

Deccan Traps are one of the world՚s largest volcanic provinces with more than 6,500 feet of flat-lying basalt lava flows and covers an area of nearly 500,000 square km in west-central India and estimates of the original area covered by the lava flows is about 1.5 million square km.

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