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Consider the following statements associated with the Deccan traps

1.From the Crataceous to the Eocene, intense volcanic activity took place in peninsular India

2.The volcanic lava spread out in horizontal sheets, filing the irregularities of the pre-existing topography

3.The trap country is characterized by conical hills and extensive flat surfaces

Of these statements

1 and 2 are correct

1, 2 and 3 are correct

2 and 3 are correct

1 and 3 are correct

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Explanation:

1. The Deccan Traps began forming 66.25 million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous period and ends at the Eocene period. The bulk of the volcanic eruption occurred at the Western Ghats some 66 million years ago. This series of eruptions may have lasted less than 30,000 years in total. The original area covered by the lava flows is estimated to have been as large as 1.5 million km², approximately half the size of modern India. The Deccan Traps region was reduced to its current size by erosion and plate tectonics; the present area of directly observable lava flows is around 500,000 km

2. Second statement is correct.

3. Third one is also correct.