Consider the following pairs 2. Kilauea Volcano - United States of America

Question

Consider the following pairs:

1. Deception Island - Australia

2. Kilauea Volcano - United States of America

3. Shiveluch volcano - Norway

4. Ibu volcano - Indonesia

Which of the following is correct with regards to above given pairs :

1. A. Only 2 and 4 are correctly matched (Correct answer)
2. B. Only 1 and 3 are correctly matched
3. C. Only 1 and 2 are correctly matched
4. D. Only 3 and 4 are correctly matched

Correct Answer

Option A — Only 2 and 4 are correctly matched

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is Only 2 and 4 are correctly matched.

Key Points

• Checking each pair:

• Only 2 and 4 are correctly matched.

Additional Information

• Deception Island is a caldera volcano whose flooded crater forms a natural harbour — one of the few places in the world where ships can sail directly into the centre of an active volcano. It hosts research stations and, unusually for Antarctica, geothermally warmed shores.
• Kilauea on the island of Hawaii is among the world's most active volcanoes, a shield volcano built by fluid basaltic lava over a hot spot rather than a plate boundary. Its 2018 eruption destroyed hundreds of homes in the Puna district.
• Shiveluch is one of Kamchatka's largest and most active volcanoes, part of the Pacific Ring of Fire where the Pacific plate subducts beneath the Okhotsk plate. Its major eruption of April 2023 blanketed nearby settlements in ash.
• Mount Ibu on Halmahera erupted repeatedly through 2024, prompting evacuations. Indonesia has the most active volcanoes of any country, sitting where the Indo-Australian, Eurasian and Pacific plates meet.
• The Ring of Fire accounts for roughly 75% of the world's active volcanoes and about 90% of earthquakes. India's only active volcano, Barren Island in the Andaman Sea, lies on a different arc, where the Indian plate subducts beneath the Burma plate.