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

Highest point in the Philippines.

  1. Mt. Pulag

  2. Mt. Maculot

  3. Mt. Apo

  4. Mt. Giting-Giting
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Mt. Apo, located on the island of Mindanao, is the highest mountain in the Philippines with an elevation of 2954 meters.

Multiple choice

What is the highest mountain on Earth?

  1. Mt. Everest

  2. Olympus Mons

  3. Mt. Kilimanjaro

  4. Mt. Apo
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Mount Everest is the highest mountain on Earth above sea level, reaching an elevation of 8848.86 meters.

Multiple choice social studies natural vegetation and communities dependent on forest land degradation wildlife resources human activities and environmental degradation

Valley of flowers National Park is found on the mountain of ________.

  1. Kangchenjunga

  2. Kamet

  3. Nanda Devi

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

Valley of Flowers National Park is an Indian national park, located in North Chamoli, in the state of Uttarakhand and is known for its meadows of endemic alpine flowers and the variety of flora. This richly diverse area is also home to rare and endangered animals, including the Asiatic black bear, snow leopard, musk deer, brown bear, red fox, and blue sheep. Birds found in the park include Himalayan monal pheasant and other high altitude birds. At 3352 to 3658 meters above sea level, the gentle landscape of the Valley of Flowers National Park complements the rugged mountain wilderness of Nanda Devi National Park to the east. Together, they encompass a unique transition zone between the mountain ranges of the Zanskar and the Great Himalaya. The park stretches over an expanse of 87.50 km2 and it is about 8 km long and 2 km wide. Both parks are encompassed in the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve (223,674 ha) which is further surrounded by a buffer zone (5,148.57 km2). Nanda Devi National Park Reserve is in the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves.

Multiple choice

What makes India a subcontinent?

  1. it is below sea level

  2. it is a poor country

  3. C. the Himalaya mountains separate it from the continent

  4. it is too small to be considered a real continent
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

A subcontinent is a large, distinguishable part of a continent. India is considered a subcontinent because it is geographically separated from the rest of Asia by the massive Himalaya mountain range.

Multiple choice social studies transport, communication and trade means of transport - roadways means of transport human environment - settlement, transport and communication

The National Highway 1A connects Leh to Kashmir Valley through the _____.

  1. Ram Pass

  2. Cold Pass

  3. Triyeg Pass

  4. Zoji la Pass
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Zojila Pass-9 kilometers from Sonamarg and at an elevation of 3500 meters above sea level, is responsible for connecting Kashmir Valley to Ladakh Valley

Multiple choice social studies transport, communication and trade means of transport - roadways means of transport human environment - settlement, transport and communication

India has the world's highest road which connects to ________.

  1. Leh and Srinagar

  2. Leh and Manali

  3. Srinagar and Jammu

  4. Sikkim and Darjeeling
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Leh-Manali Highway is widely recognized as one of the highest motorable roads in the world, traversing several high-altitude mountain passes in the Himalayas.

Multiple choice civics local self-government-rural our district physical geography of rajasthan introduction to local self-government

_____________ is one of the oldest mountain ranges of the world.

  1. Himalayas

  2. Rocky

  3. Andes

  4. Aravalli
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Rajasthan, the largest state of India, has an area of 3,42,239 sq km. Rajasthan covers the territory which has a very mature topography, developed during the thousands of years of denudation and erosional processes. Physiographically, it is difficult to find a region more varied and diverse than Rajasthan. It is a land of lofty hills and shifting sand dunes, of scorching heat and freezing cold, of fertile plain, rugged ravines and dense forests. However, desert remains its dominant pecularity, besides the mountaineous Aravalli range that divides the land into two natural divisions. Aravalli ranges are one of oldest of the world. The other ranges are comparatively new.

Multiple choice

Which mountain range was formed as a result of the collision between the Indian and Eurasian plates?

  1. Andes Mountains

  2. Himalayas Mountains

  3. Rocky Mountains

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

The collision between the Indian and Eurasian plates resulted in the formation of the Himalayas Mountains.