Geography

Mountains, Hills, and Trekking Geography

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Mountains, hills, and trekking geography focus on global mountain ranges, high altitude plateaus, and famous hill stations. This includes identifying prominent peaks like Makalu and understanding natural barriers. Such geographical facts are commonly tested in SSC and state exams.

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Mountains, Hills, and Trekking Geography Questions

Multiple choice

Which one of the following mountain ranges is spread over only one state in India?

  1. Aravalli

  2. Satpura

  3. Ajanta

  4. Sahyadri
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Ajanta mountain range is a short range which spreads within Maharashtra. Aravalli ranges cover Rajasthan, Haryana and Delhi. Satpura ranges are found in Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. Sahyadri ranges start from Gujarat, Maharashtra border and crossing Goa and Karnataka, they reach Kerala tip up to the Cape Comrin. Ajanta range is found in the Aurangabad district of Maharashtra.

Multiple choice

Examine the map of Jammu and Kashmir given below:

The mountain ranges marked 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively are

  1. Ladakh, Zanskar, Karakoram and Pir Panjal

  2. Karakoram, Ladakh, Zanskar and Pir Panjal

  3. Karakoram, Zanskar, Pir Panjal and Ladakh

  4. Ladakh, Pir Panjal, Karakoram and Zanskar
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

According to the physiography map of India, the mountain ranges found in Jammu and Kashmir are Karakoram, marked as ‘1’ in the figure, Ladakh range marked as ‘2’, Zanskar range marked as ‘3’, and Pir Panjal marked as ‘4’.

Multiple choice geography abiotic resources: land, soil and water water resources in india abiotic resources the ground under our feet

Loktak is a __________.

  1. Valley

  2. Lake

  3. River

  4. Mountain Range
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Loktak is the largest freshwater lake of North - East India. It is located near Moirang in Manipur. It is famous for the phumids floating over it. Due to this, it is also called a floating lake. This is the only floating lake in the world.

Multiple choice geography biosphere and landscape introduction to earth's landform development of landforms major landforms of the earth

Which landform was a part of Gondwanaland?

  1. Tibet Plateau

  2. Peninsular plateau

  3. Main plateau

  4. Big Plateau

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
  • At one point of time, all the landmass on Earth was united as one mega continent called Pangea and whole water bodies were also unified called Panthalassa.
  • After that, the Pangea got bifurcated into the northern part as Laurasia and southern part as the Gondwanaland.
  • Peninsular India was part of Gondwanaland which moved northwards to unite with rest of India. Thus the right answer is B.
Multiple choice

What's the highest mountain in the world?

  1. K2

  2. Snowy Mountains

  3. Everest

  4. Lhotse
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Mount Everest is recognized as the highest mountain above sea level in the world. K2 is the second highest, while Lhotse is the fourth.

Multiple choice social studies country and state neighbours of india india and her neighbours india and other countries

Which part of India-China boundary is called the McMahon Line?

  1. Northern

  2. Eastern

  3. Southern

  4. none of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

  • MacMahon line is a border between the countries of India and China as a part of a treaty signed in 1914.
  • The line is named after Sir Henry McMahon, foreign secretary of the British-government in India.
  • This line is present towards the east of the country.

Multiple choice geography our changing earth glacier glaciers landforms created by glacial erosion

Northern most part in India is ____________.

  1. Gangotri glacier

  2. Siachen glacier

  3. Baltoro glacier

  4. Nubra glacier
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Siachen Glacier lies in Northern Ladakh in the Karakorams, a mountain range originating from the Pamirs. The total area of Siachen Glacier is approximately 78 sq-km. 

Multiple choice geography our changing earth glacier glaciers landforms created by glacial erosion

Baltora glacier is located in

  1. Pamir plateau

  2. Shivalik

  3. Karakoram ranges

  4. Alps
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Baltoro Glacier, at 63 km in length, is one of the longest glaciers outside the polar regions. It is located in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, and runs through part of the Karakoram mountain range.