Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: List I - List II 1. I. Deccan Traps - A) Late Cenozoic 2. II. Western Ghats - B) Pre-Cambrian 3. III. Aravalli - C) Cretaceous-Eocene 4. IV. Narmada-Tapi - D) Cambrian Alluvial deposits 5. E) Pleistocene Codes:

1. This question asks to match major geological features of India with their approximate period of formation. 2. The Deccan Traps are a large igneous province formed by massive volcanic eruptions towards the end of the Cretaceous period and continuing into the early Paleocene (Eocene epoch). Thus, Cretaceous-Eocene is appropriate (I matches C). 3. The Western Ghats are fault-block mountains formed during the break-up of Gondwanaland and subsequent uplift, largely during the Cenozoic era. Their formation is complex and occurred over geological time, but uplift events are associated with the Cenozoic. Comparing options, 'Late Cenozoic' (A) is plausible for significant recent uplift phases. (II matches A). 4. The Aravalli Range is one of the oldest fold mountain systems in the world, formed during the Pre-Cambrian era (Proterozoic Eon). (III matches B). 5. The Narmada-Tapi rift valleys and associated alluvial deposits are geologically younger features. The rifting itself is ancient, but the major deposition filling the valleys occurred much later, primarily during the Quaternary period, including the Pleistocene epoch and Holocene. (IV matches E). 6. Matching these: I-C, II-A, III-B, IV-E. This corresponds to option (B).