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Matching mountain peaks with their respective Himalayan ranges

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Question

Consider the following pairs: Peak Mountains

1Namcha Barwa Garhwal Himalaya
2Nanda Devi Kumaon Himalaya
3Nokrek Sikkim Himalaya

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched ?

Options

a

1 and 2

b

2 only

Answer
c

1 and 3

d

3 only

Explanation

Only pair 2 is correct; Nanda Devi is the crown jewel of the Kumaon Himalayas (Uttarakhand). Pair 1 is incorrect; Namcha Barwa is located far to the east in Tibet/Arunachal Pradesh, anchoring the Eastern Himalayas. Pair 3 is incorrect; Nokrek is the highest peak in the Garo Hills of Meghalaya, completely separate from the Sikkim Himalayas.

Namcha Barwa anchors the extreme eastern syntaxial bend of the Himalayas; Nanga Parbat anchors the western bend.

Answer: (b).

Question details

Year

2022

Paper

GS Paper 1

Question

Q25

Subject

Geography

Sub-topic

Indian Geography (general)

Type

Matching pairs

Difficulty

Medium

Nature

Static

Source hint

NCERT Geography Cl.11 Ch.2

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