Which of the following statements is wrong ........

World Geography (Easy) World Physical Aspects

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Which of the following statements is wrong?

Folding and faulting movements led to the building up of the mountains.

Folding occurs when forces act horizontally in opposite directions away from a given place or a point.

When the sinking of a part of the earth’s crust relative to surrounding portion takes place, it is called subsidence.

None of the above.

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Explanation:

Simple folded mountains - folds are arranged in waves like pattern with a well-developed system of anticline and synclines.
Complex folded mountains - folds are complex in nature due to extreme compressional forces like overfold, recumbent fold and nappe.

Therefore Folding occurs when forces act horizontally in opposite directions away from a given place or a point is wrong statement. Hence option 2nd is incorrect.