Mountains, Hills, and Trekking Geography

This is the correct answer as this statement is incorrect. In Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram, they are in the north-south direction.

This is the correct answer. The Himalayas are young, weak and flexible in their geological structure unlike the rigid and stable Peninsular Block.

This is the correct answer. The Shivalik range is also known as the outer Himalayas.

This is the correct answer. The geological regions of India broadly follow the physical features of: The Peninsular Block, The Himalayas and other Peninsular Mountains and the Indo-Ganga-Brahmaputra Plain.

This is also known as the lesser Himalayas. Thus, this is the correct answer.

This is the correct answer. Only Himalayas are young Peninsular mountains. The rest are relict and residual mountains of the peninsular block.

As Dhaoladhar is the part of the lesser Himalayas, which are locally known as Dhaoladhar in Himachal Pradesh and Nagtibha in Uttarakhand.

Banihal is in the Pir Panjal range.

This is the correct answer. Salt water lakes such as Pangong Tso and Tso Moriri are in the northwestern Himalayas.

This is the correct answer as these formations are not found in the peninsular plateau. Duar formations are formed in the Shivaliks. They have been used for the development of tea gardens.

Mount Everest is the highest Himalayan peak at 8,849 meters (29,032 ft) above sea level. While K2 is the second-highest globally, it's in the Karakoram range, not the Himalayas. Everest is clearly the highest among Himalayan peaks.

Mount Everest is the world's highest mountain peak above sea level at 8,848.86 meters (29,031.7 feet). K2 (Godwin-Austen) is the second highest at 8,611 meters. Kanchenjunga is the third highest. Mount Kailash is sacred in multiple religions but is not among the tallest peaks. Everest's height was most recently measured in 2020 by Nepal and China.

The mountain range that separates Europe from Asia is called the Urals.

Kanchenjunga, standing at 8,586 meters, is the highest peak within Indian territory. It is located on the border between Sikkim and Nepal. While Kangchenjunga's main summit lies in Nepal, the border arrangement gives India ownership of the peak.