The Shillong (Meghalaya) Plateau is physically separated from the main Chota Nagpur Plateau of Peninsular India by which of the following structural depressions?

💡 Solution & Explanation

The Shillong Plateau of Meghalaya is detached from the main Peninsular Plateau of India by the Malda Fault, a tectonic depression also known as the Rajmahal-Garo Gap. Other geographical features such as the Narmada Rift Valley lie entirely within central India separating different mountain ranges. Continuous sediment deposition by the Ganga and Brahmaputra rivers has heavily filled this structural gap over millennia.