Post-UTME English Language 2007 Objective — Question 3
Question 3 of 15 from the Post-UTME Screening (Post-UTME) English Language 2007 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.
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[Passage: on 'hot spots' - isolated regions of volcanic activity not at tectonic plate boundaries, used by geologists to track the slow movement of Earth's plates, e.g. showing the African plate has been stationary for about 30 million years.] Which of the following statements indicate that Africa and South America once adjoined one another? I. They share certain common topographical traits II. Their shore lines are physical counterparts III. The African plate has been stable for 30 million years
- A. I only
- B. II only
- C. II and III only
- D. I and II onlyCorrect
Explanation
Statements I and II describe direct physical evidence of a former joined coastline; statement III is a separate observation about plate stability, not direct evidence of the original joining.
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