Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Geography

Which one of the following correctly lists the four major divisions of the ocean floor?

  1. Continental shelf, continental slope, deep-sea plain and oceanic deeps.
  2. Continental shelf, seamount, guyot and atoll.
  3. Mid-oceanic ridge, submarine canyon, lagoon and continental slope.
  4. Continental rise, volcanic island, coral reef and oceanic trench.
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