Question

The Himalaya and the Alps are______ mountain.​

Answer 1

The Himalayas and the Alps are fold mountains

Answer 2

The himalaya and the alps are young fold mountains


Here is some explanation about 4 kinds if mountains


(A)young fold- The mountains which have formed recently are known as young fold mountains.for example-Himalayas,Alps,Andes,Rockies.

(B)old fold-The mountains which have formed much earlier are known as old fold mountains.Urals,Appalachians,Tian Shan,Aravallis r best examples of old fold mountains.Aravallis of India is considered to be one of old fold mountains on earth surface

Block mountains-They r formed due to faulting.When the faults break the earths crust into several blocks,some blocks went up and some went down.The raised surface r called block mountains
Black forest,salt range r some examples

(D)volcanic-They r formed dur to solidification of lava on earths surface.Etna,Kilimanjaro,Cotopaxi,fujiyama are also examples of volcanic mountains


Hope it helps