Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Geography

Which one of the following correctly describes Wegener’s proposed arrangement of continents and oceans?

  1. Pangaea was a single continental mass surrounded by Panthalassa and later split into the northern Laurasia and southern Gondwanaland.
  2. Panthalassa was a northern continent that split into Pangaea and Gondwanaland.
  3. Laurasia was a mega-ocean separating Pangaea from the southern continents.
  4. Gondwanaland was formed only after the present continents had reached their existing positions.
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