2016 · Q27
Consider the following statements :
- 1Most of the coal and the ferrous group of minerals in India occur in the peninsula, south of the Vindhyas
- 2The peninsular India once formed part of the super-continent which included Australia, Antarctica, Africa and South America Which of the statements given above is /are correct?
General KnowledgeGeography
- A1 only
- B2 only
- CBoth 1 and 2
- DNeither 1 nor 2
Explanation
Statement 1 is correct: India's major Gondwana coalfields and the ferrous minerals (iron ore, manganese) of the Chotanagpur plateau, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Karnataka all lie on the peninsular shield, south of the Vindhya range. Statement 2 is correct: peninsular India is the surviving fragment of Gondwanaland, the southern supercontinent that also included Australia, Antarctica, Africa and South America. Both statements are correct, giving option (C).