GK Quiz on Mountains

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

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

3. Kangchenjunga is situated in which state?
a) Uttarakhand
b) Sikkim
c) J&K
d) Arunachal Pradesh

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. Which range is also known as Lower Himalayas?
a) Himalaya
b) Karakoram Range
c) Pir Panjal Range
d) Vindhyachal

12. Purvanchal range comprises of how many parts?
a) 2
b) 4
c) 5
d) 3

13. Mawsynram is in which state?
a) Meghalaya
b) Assam
c) Arunachal
d) J&K

14. Which of the following mountain is the source of rivers like Narmada and Tapti?
a) Himalaya
b) Karakoram Range
c) Pir Panjal Range
d) Satpura range

15. Which of the following mountain is The oldest mountain range of India?
a) Karakoram Range
b) Pir Panjal Range
c) Satpura Range
d) Aravalli Range

16. What do you mean by world ‘Aravalli’?
a) Line of peaks
b) Land of rising sun
c) Adobe of snow
d) Land of mountains

17. Which mountain ranges block wind carrying rain to reach Thar Desert?
a) Karakoram Range
b) Pir Panjal Range
c) Satpura Range
d) Aravalli Range

18. Which is the highest point of Aravalli Range?
a) Vindhya
b) Satpura
c) Guru Shikhar
d) Luni

19. Which city is also known as Venice of the East?
a) Jammu
b) Udaipur
c) Jaipur
d) Lucknow

20. Which mountain range is also called “Sahyadri Mountains”?
a) Pir Panjal Range
b) Satpura range
c) Aravalli Range
d) Western Ghats

21. Which mountain range comprises the mountain range of Nilgiris, Anaimalai and Cardamom?
a) Satpura range
b) Aravalli Range
c) Western Ghats
d) the Eastern Ghats

22. In which Indian state Anaimalai Hills lies?
a) Kerala
b) Karnataka
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Maharashtra

23. Which of the following mountain is a part of UNESCO World Heritage Sites?
a) Aravalli Range
b) Western Ghats
c) Eastern ghats
d) Himalaya

24. Which range runs in eastern part of Indian Peninsula parallel to Bay of Bengal?
a) Aravalli Range
b) Western Ghats
c) Eastern ghats
d) Satpura range

25. Which is highest peak of eastern Ghats region?
a) Satpura
b) Guru Shikhar
c) Luni
d) Arma Konda

26. Raisina Hill, the area in New Delhi where Rashtrapati Bhavan is located is an extension of
a) Aravalli Range
b) Western Ghats
c) Eastern ghats
d) Satpura range

27. The hill ranges which geographically divide northern India from the Deccan Plateau?
a) Aravalli Range
b) Western Ghats
c) Vindhyas
d) Satpura

28. The name of the hill on which the famous Vaishno Devi temple is located
a) Himalaya
b) Trikuta
c) Vindhyas
d) Satpura

29. Mt Kailash, the abode of Lord Shiva of Hindu mythology is located in
a) Nepal
b) Tibet
c) China
d) India