Question

Assertion (A): Epeirogenic movements result in the formation of deep ocean trenches.

Reason (R): Epeirogenesis involves localized, intense folding and faulting of rock layers.

Which of the following is correct?

• A. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
• B. Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
• C. (A) is true but (R) is false
• D. (A) is false but (R) is true

Answer 1

Answer:

D. (A) is false but (R) is true

• Epeirogenic movements are a fundamental concept in geology that describe the broad, large-scale, and slow vertical movements of the Earth's crust.

• Epeirogenesis involves localized, intense folding and faulting of rock layers.