SSC CPO 2022 PYQ — Question 58

The correct answer is Option 1 i.e. Nazca plate

• The Nazca plate is not one of the major tectonic plates of the earth.
• Nazca Plate or Nasca Plate, named after the Nazca region of southern Peru, is an oceanic tectonic plate in the eastern Pacific Ocean basin off the west coast of South America.
• It is bounded on the west by the Pacific Plate and to the south by the Antarctic Plate through the East Pacific Rise and the Chile Rise respectively.