The World Mountain

Total Questions: 42

31. The Mountain creating the boundary between France and Spain is- [U.P.U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2013]

(a) Apennines
(b) Alps
(c) Zura
(d) Pyrenees

Correct Answer: (d) Pyrenees

Solution:The Pyrenees is a chain of mountains that forms a natural boundary between France and Spain. They extend from the Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean Sea. It is a fold mountain chain created by the continental collision of the microcontinent of Iberia with the massive Eurasian plate. They are quite old mountains incomparison to the Alps. It extends for about 500 kmfrom the coasts of the Mediterranean Seain the east to the Bay of Biscay (Atlantic Ocean) in the west. At the eastern end, it is six miles wide and 80 miles wide at the center. Politically, it is divided into the Spanish and French Pyrenees. The tiny country of Andorra is found sandwiched between them, in the eastern part of the Pyrenees Mountains. It separates the rest of continental Europe from the Iberian Peninsula. The western end of the Pyrenees Mountains merges with the Cantabrian Mountains, located in the northern part of the Iberian Peninsula. Located in Spain, Aneto Peak, is the highest mountain peak in the Pyrenees Mountains (3,404 m).
Source: - https://vajiramandravi.com/upsc-daily-current-affairs/prelims-pointers/pyrenees-mountains/

32. The area is known as 'Golan Heights' sometimes appears in the news in the context of the events related to - [I.A.S. (Pre) 2015]

(a) Central Asia
(b) Middle East
(c) South-East Asia
(d) Central Africa

Correct Answer: (b) Middle East

Solution:Golan Heights is located in the Middle East Asia. It is a rock plateau in south-west Syria. Israel occupied Golan Height from Syria in the war of 1967. It is a hilly area overlooking the upper Jordan River valley on the west. It is aSyrian territory occupied by Israel since 1967. The area's name is from the biblical city of refuge Golan in Bashan. It is bounded by the Jordan River and the Sea of Galileeon the west, Mount Hermon on the north, the seasonal Wadi Al-Ruqqād River on the east, and the Yarmük River on the south. It extends about 71 km from north to south and about 43 km from east to west at its widest point. It is roughly boat-shaped and has an area of 1,150 sq.km.

33. Which of the following is a basic landform? [Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2016]

(a) Volcanic cone
(b) Residual mountain
(c) Monadnock
(d) Erosional waterfall

Correct Answer: (a) Volcanic cone

Solution:

The volcanic cone is a basic landform. It is formed by fragments (called ejecta) thrown up (ejected) from a volcanic vent, lava and Ash piling up around the vent in the shape of a cone with a central crater. Residual mountain is originally a mountain but due to erosion work they become residu mountain. In the same way, the erosional waterfall and Monadnock are also formed after erosional work.

34. Place the following mountain ranges of the world in the descending order of their lengths and find the correct option from the given code - [U.P.P.C.S. (Spl) (Pre) 2008]

(i) Andes

(ii) Great Dividing Range

(iii) The Himalaya

(iv) The Rocky

Code:

(a) (i), (iii), (iv), (ii)
(b) (i), (iv), (iii), (ii)
(c) (iv), (i), (ii), (iii)
(d) (iv), (iii), (i), (ii)

Correct Answer: (b) (i), (iv), (iii), (ii)

Solution:Is the above question the nearest suitable option is (b). Although the correct order is-

Mountain	Location	Highest Peak	Height (m)	Length (km)
Andes	W.S America	Aconcagua	6962	7000-8900
Rocky	W, N America	Mount Albert	6962	4800
Great Dividing Range	E. Australia	Mt Kosciuszko	2228	3700
Himalaya	India	Mount Everest	8848.86	2500

Le., Andees Rocky Great dividing range > Himalaya.

(7000-8900) (4800) (3700) (2500)

It may be that commission has included north-eastern mountain ranges (1400) as part of the Himalaya system making it 3900 km long to justify the option but it is wrong.

35. Match List-I and List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below: [U.P. R.O/A.R.O. (Pre) 2023]

List-I (Mountain)	List-II (Continent)
A. Andes	1. Europe
B. Altai	2. North America
C. Alps	3. Asia
D. Appalachian	4. South America

Code:

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

Correct Answer: (d)

Solution:The correct matching is an follows:

List-I (Mountain)	List-II (Continent)
Andes	South America
Altai	Asia
Alps	Europe
Appalachian	North America

36. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2010]

List-I (Mountain)	List-II (Country)
A. Allegheny	1. Canada
B. Cantabrian	2. Iran
C. Elburz	3. Spain
D. Mackenzie	4. U.S.A.

Code:

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

Correct Answer: (a)

Solution:The correct match of mountains and their countries is as follows:

List-I (Mountain)	List-II (Country)
Allegheny	U.S.A.
Cantabrian	Spain
Elburz	Iran
Mckenzie	Canada

37. Match List-1 with List-II and select the correct answer using codes given below: [R.A.S/R.T.S. (Pre) 2016]

List-I (Mountain Peak)	List-II (Continent)
A. Kosciuszko	i. Europe
B. McKinley	ii. Africa
C. Elbrus	iii. Australia
D. Kilimanjaro	iv. North America

Code:

	A	B	C	D
(a)	iii	iv	i	ii
(b)	ii	iv	iii	i
(c)	iv	iii	ii	i
(d)	iii	i	ii	iv

Correct Answer: (a)

Solution:The correctly matched mountain peaks with their continents are as follows:

Mountain Peak		Continent
Kosciuszko	2228mt	Australia
McKinley	6190mt	North America
Elbrus	5642mt	Europe
Kilimanjaro	5895mt	Africa

38. Which one of the following pair is not correctly matched? [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2021]

	Mountain Peak	Continent
(a)	Kilimanjaro	Africa
(b)	Mount McKinley	North America
(c)	Elbrus	Asia
(d)	Aconcagua	South America

Correct Answer: (c)

Solution:The correctly matched mountain peaks with their continents are as follows:

Mountain Peak		Continent
Kosciuszko	2228mt	Australia
McKinley	6190mt	North America
Elbrus	5642mt	Europe
Kilimanjaro	5895mt	Africa

39. Match list-1 with list-II and select the correct answer using the code given below: [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2023]

List-I (Mountain)	List-II (Countries)
(A) Kilimanjaro	(1) Morocco
(B) Toubkal	(2) Algeria
(C) Stanley	(3) Tanzania
(D) Hoggar	(4) Uganda

Code:

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

Correct Answer: (a)

Solution:

List-I (Mountains)	List-II (Countries)
Kilimanjaro	Tanzania
Toubkal	Morocco
Stanley	Uganda
Hoggar	Algeria

40. Make the correct match between the list -I and list-II and using the following codes, select the correct option [U.P.U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2013]

List-I (Mountains)	List-II
A. Alps	1. Block Mountain
B. Vosges	2. Volcano Mountain
C. Vindhya	3. Folded Mountain
D. Fujiyama	4. Residual Mountain

Code:

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

Correct Answer: (b)

Solution:Below is the correct match of list-I with list-II

List-I (Mountains)	List-II
Alps	Folded Mountain
Vosges	Block Mountain
Vindhya	Residual Mountain
Fujiyama	Volcano Mountain

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The World Mountain

31. The Mountain creating the boundary between France and Spain is- [U.P.U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2013]

32. The area is known as 'Golan Heights' sometimes appears in the news in the context of the events related to - [I.A.S. (Pre) 2015]

33. Which of the following is a basic landform? [Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2016]

34. Place the following mountain ranges of the world in the descending order of their lengths and find the correct option from the given code - [U.P.P.C.S. (Spl) (Pre) 2008]

35. Match List-I and List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below: [U.P. R.O/A.R.O. (Pre) 2023]

36. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2010]

37. Match List-1 with List-II and select the correct answer using codes given below: [R.A.S/R.T.S. (Pre) 2016]

38. Which one of the following pair is not correctly matched? [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2021]

39. Match list-1 with list-II and select the correct answer using the code given below: [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2023]

40. Make the correct match between the list -I and list-II and using the following codes, select the correct option [U.P.U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2013]

Code:

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