MOUNTAIN MCQS SET 01

MOUNTAIN MCQS SET 01

1. How many major mountain ranges having peaks of over 1000 meters are in India?
a) 4
b) 6
c) 8
d) 3
Answer. 6.
 

2. Which is the highest Indian peak?
a) Kangchenjunga
b) Nanda Devi
c) K10
d) Kamet
Answer. A) Kangchenjunga.
 

3. Kangchenjunga is situated in which state?
a) Uttarakhand
b) Sikkim
c) J&K
d) Arunachal Pradesh
Answer. B) Sikkim. Sikkim (Shared with Nepal)
 

4. What do you mean by world ‘Himalaya’?
a) Land of peaks
b) Land of rising sun
c) Adobe of snow
d) Land of mountains
Answer. C) adobe of snow.
 

5. Which of the following is the youngest range in India?
a) Karakoram
b) Pir Panjal Range
c) Satpura
d) Himalaya
Answer. Himalaya.
 

6. Which is considered as the western point of the Himalayas?
a) Nanga Parbat
b) Namcha Barwa
c) K2
d) Kanchenjunga
Answer. A) nanga Parbat.
 

7. Which is the highest peak in the world?
a) Kanchenjunga
b) K2
c) Mount Everest
d) Pir panjal
Answer. C) Mount Everest.
 

8. Which mountain range lies under the disputed category of Indian and Pakistan?
a) Himalaya
b) Karakoram Range
c) Pir Panjal Range
d) None of these
Answer. B) Karakorum.
 

9. Which of the following mountain has largest peaks of world?
a) Himalaya
b) Karakoram Range
c) Pir Panjal Range
d) None of these
Answer. B) Karakoram Range
 

10. Which of the following are world’s 2nd largest glaciers?
a) Siachen Glacier
b) The Biafo Glacier
c) Both a and b
d) None
Answer. A) Siachen.