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GS Geography Physical Geography of World
Q.

The Himalayan mountain range is an example of:

Explanation:

ANS. (D) 
The Himalaya are among the youngest mountain ranges on the planet and consist mostly of uplifted sedimentary and metamorphic rock. They are Fold Mountains which were formed due to a continental collision or orogeny along the convergent boundary between the Indo-Australian Plate and the Eurasian Plate.

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