Which of the following was NOT a part of Gondwana Land?

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This question was previously asked in

SSC JE EE Previous Paper 11 (Held on: 24 March 2021 Morning)

Answer 1

The correct answer is Europe.

Key Points:

Gondwana was an ancient supercontinent that broke up about 180 million years ago.
The Gondwana land included India, Australia, South Africa, and South America as one single landmass.
Gondwana became the largest piece of continental crust of the Paleozoic Era
Gondwana existed from the Neoproterozoic period, that is, around 550 million years ago.
During the Eocene period, the Drake passage was opened up separating Antarctica and South America.
The continent of Gondwana was named by the Austrian scientist Eduard Suess, after the Gondwana region of central India which is derived from Sanskrit for ‘forest of the Gonds’.
As per the earlier definition, Gondwana was not considered a supercontinent, as the landmasses of Siberia, Laurentia, Baltica were separated from it.
During the Paleozoic era, the largest piece of continental crust was the Gondwana, it was about 1/5th of the earth’s surface.
Gondwana merged with Euramerica, during the Carboniferous period, to form the larger supercontinent called Pangea.
However, during the Mesozoic era, Pangea and Gondwana broke up.
Two-thirds of today’s continental area is made up of Gondwana which includes the Indian subcontinent, Australia, Antarctica, Arabia, Zealandia, Africa, and South America