Mountain Ranges and Hills of South and Central India

Total Questions: 48

41. Match List-I and List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the list: [U.P.P.S.C.(PRE)2018]

	List-I	List-II
	States	Highest Peak
A.	Kerala	1. Doddabetta
B.	Nagaland	2. Nanda Devi
C.	Uttarakhand	3. Anaimudi
D.	Tamil Nadu	4. Saramati

Code:

	A	B	C	D
(a)	1	3	4	2
(b)	2	3	4	1
(c)	3	4	2	1
(d)	1	2	3	4

Correct Answer: (c)

Solution:

State	Highest Peak
Kerala	Anaimudi
Nagaland	Saramati
Uttarakhand	Nanda Devi
Tamil Nadu	Doddabetta

42. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the hills of Central India from West to East? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2019]

(a) Maikal, Satpura, Mahadeo and Chotanagpur
(b) Satpura, Mahadeo, Maikal and Chotanagpur
(c) Maikal, Mahadeo, Satpura and Chotanagpur
(d) Satpura, Mahadeo, Chotanagpur and Maikal

Correct Answer: (b) Satpura, Mahadeo, Maikal and Chotanagpur

Solution:The correct sequence of the hills of Central India located from west to east is Satpura, Mahadeo, Maikal and Chotanagpur. So, the correct answer is option (b).

43. Which of the following sequences presents the correct location of the ranges in the Satpura region from West to East? [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2019]

(a) Barwani Hills - Mahadeo Range - Maikal Range
(b) Mahadeo Range - Barwani Hills - Maikal Range
(c) Mahadeo Range-Maikal Range-Barwani Hills
(d) Maikal Range -Mahadeo Range - Barwani Hills

Correct Answer: (a) Barwani Hills - Mahadeo Range - Maikal Range

Solution:The correct sequence of the ranges in the Satpura region from West to East is Barwani Hills-Mahadeo Range-Maikal Range. The Satpura Range is a hill range in central India. The range begins in eastern Gujarat and runs east through Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh before ending in Chhattisgarh. The range runs parallel to the Vindhya Range to the north, and these two east-west mountains divide the Indian Subcontinent into the Indo-Gangetic plain in the north and the Deccan Plateau in the south. The Satpuras have been folded and upheaved in places. They are referred to as 'horst' or structural uplift.

44. The Hills situated closer to Kanyakumari are: [65th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2019]

(a) Anaimalai Hills
(b) Nilgiri Hills
(c) Cardamom Hills
(d) Shevaroy Hills

Correct Answer: (c) Cardamom Hills

Solution:Cardamom Hills are closest to Kanyakumari which is approximately 365 km from Cardamom Hills. Cardamom Hills are part of the Western Ghats located in southeast Kerala and southwest Tamil Nadu.

45. From north to south, Western Ghats are locally Known as- [Jharkhand P.C.S.(Pre) 2023]

(a) Sahyadri-Nilgiri-Anaimalai-Cardamom Hills
(b) Sahyadri-Anaimalai-Nilgiri-Cardamom Hills
(c) Nilgiri-Sahyadri-Cardamom Hills-Anaimalai
(d) Sahyadri-Nilgiri-Cardamom Hills-Anaimalai

Correct Answer: (a) Sahyadri-Nilgiri-Anaimalai-Cardamom Hills

46. Which one of the following hills does not have tea plantations? [65th B.P.S.C. (PRE) 2019]

(a) Kanan Devan
(b) Nilgiri
(c) Darjeeling
(d) Girnar

Correct Answer: (d) Girnar

Solution:Girnar hills is not a tea garden among the given options. All other hills have tea gardens. Kanan Devan hill is locat- ed in the Idukki district of Kerala state, India. This area is located in near Munnar hill station. Tea plantations were established in the Munnar region in the 1870s.
- The Nilgiris, an important mountain region of the Western Ghats located to the South, Nilgiri tea is one of the most exclusive teas in India.
- India's Darjeeling is mainly famous for tea production, which is located in the state of West Bengal in the South of the state of Sikkim.
- Mount Girnar is located in the State of Gujarat, where tea-making has not been developed.

47. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below the lists.

	List-I	List-II
	(Hill/Mountain)	(Location in State of India)
A.	Bateshwar Hill	1. Haryana
B.	Bilari Range	2. Manipur
C.	Chin Range	3. Bihar
D.	Dhoshi Hill	4. Karnataka

Code:

	A	B	C	D
(a)	3	2	4	1
(b)	4	3	1	2
(c)	2	3	1	4
(d)	3	4	2	1

Correct Answer: d

Solution:

Hill/Mountain	State
Bateshwar Hill	Bihar (Bhagalpur)
Chin range	Manipur (Myanmar to Manipur)
Dhoshi Hill	Haryana (Mahendragarha)

Note : The question has been asked about the Bilari range, where as the Bellari/Bellary Gudda range exists in Karnataka. Although nearest Bilari can be considered as Bellary. Hence option (d) is the correct

48. Consider the following statements: [U.P.S.C.(Pre)2023]

1. Amarkantak Hills are at the confluence of Vindhya and Sahyadri Ranges.
2. Biligirirangan Hills constitute the easternmost part of Satpura Range.
3. Seshachalam Hills constitute the southernmost part of Western Ghats.
How many of the statements given above are correct?

(a) Only one
(b) Only two
(c) All three
(d) None

Correct Answer: (d) None

Solution:The Vindhya and Satpura Ranges converge at the Amarkantak Hill, a distinctive natural heritage site. So statement 1 is incorrect. Biligirirangan Hills are located in southeast Karnataka. Therefore, statement 2 is incorrect. The Seshachalam Hills are hilly region that are the part of the Eastern Ghat in Southern Andhra Pradesh. Therefore statement 3 is also incorrect.

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