Match the following :
List I
A. Pacific & Philippine Plate
B. American & Pacific Plate
C. Indo-Australian & Pacific Plate
D. Pacific Plate & Okhotsk Plate
List II
1. Tonga Trench
2. Mariana Trench
3. Aleutian Trench
4. Kuril-Kamchatka Trench
Options
AA-1, B-2, C-3, D-4
BA-2, B-3, C-4, D-1
CA-2, B-3, C-1, D-4
DA-3, B-4, C-1, D-2
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Correct Answer
CA-2, B-3, C-1, D-4
Model Answer
Major tectonic plates of the World
Oceanic Trenches
Oceanic trenches are narrow, elongated depressions on the ocean floor that represent some of the deepest parts of the Earth's oceans.
They are typically formed at convergent plate boundaries where an oceanic plate is being subducted beneath a continental plate or another oceanic plate.
Major oceanic trenches
The Tonga Trench : It is located in the South Pacific Ocean.
The Mariana Trench is the deepest part of the world's oceans and located in the western Pacific Ocean, to the east of the Mariana Islands.
The Aleutian Trench is a significant geological feature located in the northern Pacific Ocean, near the southern coast of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. It is a subduction zone where the Pacific Plate is being forced beneath the North American Plate, creating a deep oceanic trench.
The Kuril-Kamchatka Trench is an important geological feature in the Pacific Ocean, specifically located off the eastern coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula and the Kuril Islands.
World map showing the major tectonic plates, named, with their boundaries drawn in white.
