Question

इनमें से कौन-सी लघु प्लेट नहीं है?
(अ) नाज्का
(ब) फिलीपीन
(स) अरेबियन
(द) अण्टार्कटिका

Answer 1

nazka ..........,.......

Answer 2

Out of the given tectonic plates, Antarctic plate is not the minor one.

1) Those plates are termed as major plates which have an area above 20 million square kilometers.

2) Minor plates are those plate which have an area between 1 million square kilometers to 20 million square kilometers.

3) Micro plates are plates having area less than 1 million square kilometers.

4)  The areas of listed plates are:

  a) Nazca: 15.6 million square kilometers

  b) Philippines : 5.5 million square kilometers

  c) Arabian: 5 million square kilometers

  d) Antarctica:  60.9 million square kilometers

Hence it is visible from data that only Antarctic plate is classified as a major plate while others are minor plates.