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Who put forward the 'Theory of Continental Drift' in 1915?

  1. A
    C. C. Paterson
  2. B
    Nicolaus Copernicus
  3. C
    Alfred Wegener
  4. D
    Galileo Galilei

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The 'Theory of Continental Drift' was formally put forward by the German meteorologist and geophysicist Alfred Wegener in his publication The Origin of Continents and Oceans in 1915. He hypothesized that all the continents were once joined together in a single supercontinent called 'Pangaea' before breaking apart and drifting to their current locations.

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Who put forward the 'Theory of Continental Drift' in 1915?
A
C. C. Paterson
B
Nicolaus Copernicus
C
Alfred Wegener
D
Galileo Galilei

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