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Mountain building by severe folding of long narrow crustal belts is called:
AIsostatic
BOrogenic
CEpeirogenic
DVolcanism
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Orogenic
1. It is one part of diastrophism.
2. Orogenic processes build mountains.
3. Epeirogenic processes uplift large areas.
_Source: NCERT Class 11 Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Chapter 6, Geomorphic Processes._
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