Mains • GS-I • 2018 • Q.6
Indian Heritage and Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society
Define mantle plume and explain its role in plate tectonics.
Syllabus Connection
Important Geophysical phenomena such as earthquakes, Tsunami, Volcanic activity, cyclone etc., geographical features and their location-changes in critical geographical features (including water-bodies and ice-caps) and in flora and fauna and the effects of such changes. (GS-I)
NCERT Connection
Ch.3: Interior of the Earth
Geography • Class 11 • Class 11 World Physical Geography
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