Which of the following are the evidences of the phenomenon of continental drift? [Physical Geography]
I. The belt of ancient rocks from Brazil coast matches with those from Western Africa.
II. The gold deposits of Ghana are derived from the Brazil plateau when the two continents lay side by side.
III. The Gondwana system of sediments from India is known to have its counterparts in six different landmasses of the Southern Hemisphere.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.

The correct option is I, II and III.

Continental drift is a geological theory proposed by Alfred Wegener in 1912, suggesting that the Earth's continents have moved over geological time relative to each other. Several key lines of evidence support this phenomenon, as explained below:

I. Matching of Rocks Across Oceans (Belt of Ancient Rocks):
Radiometric dating methods have shown that the belt of ancient rocks of 2,000 million years from the Brazil coast matches exactly with those from Western Africa. Furthermore, the earliest marine deposits along the coastlines of both South America and Africa belong to the Jurassic age, indicating that the ocean did not exist prior to that period and these landmasses were contiguous.

II. Placer Deposits (Gold Deposits):
The occurrence of rich gold placer deposits along the coast of Ghana in West Africa, in the absolute absence of any local gold-bearing source rocks (veins), is a remarkable geological anomaly. The source rocks for these deposits are located directly across the Atlantic Ocean in the Brazil plateau. This indicates that the gold deposits of Ghana were deposited when the South American and African plates were joined side by side.

III. Tillite and the Gondwana Sediments:
Tillite is a sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of glaciers. The Gondwana system of sediments from India has thick tillite deposits at its base, reflecting a prolonged glacial period. Identical counterparts of these glacial tillite sediments are found in five other distinct landmasses of the Southern Hemisphere: Africa, the Falkland Islands, Madagascar, Antarctica, and Australia. This shared stratigraphy proves that these landmasses once formed a single large landmass (Gondwanaland) situated near the South Pole before drifting apart.

Since statements I, II, and III are all scientifically established evidences of continental drift, the correct option is I, II and III.