UPSC Previous Year Question | Prelims GS | 2022

Consider the following pairs: Peak — Mountains 1. Namcha Barwa — Garhwal Himalaya 2. Nanda Devi — Kumaon Himalaya 3. Nokrek — Sikkim Himalaya Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

  1. 1 and 2
  2. 2 only
  3. 1 and 3
  4. 3 only

Answer

Correct Answer

2 only

Explanation

Only pair 2 is correctly matched: Nanda Devi lies in the Kumaon Himalaya. Namcha Barwa is in the Eastern Himalaya/Arunachal region (not Garhwal), and Nokrek is the highest peak of the Garo Hills in Meghalaya (not Sikkim).

Topics: geography, himalayas, mountain peaks, nanda devi