REVISION SERIES for SSC CGL 2024 TIER 1

Mountain Ranges (India, World)

Plateaus
Mountain passes
Glaciers
Valleys

A hill with an elevation surpassing 600 meters is Doddabetta Hills are located in: Western Ghats
classified as: A Mountain Eastern Karakoram Range
A mountain pass across the Pir Panjal Range that highest battlefield)
connects the Kashmir Valley with plains in the south is: Famous hill station Udhagamandalam is also known as:
Banihal Pass Ooty
: Fotu La Pass is situated in: Ladakh
Nathu La Garo Hills, Khasi Hills, Jaintia Hills are part of
of: Meghalaya
Abor hills are located in: Arunachal Pradesh Plateau
Anamudi (Kerala): Highest peak of South India Himalaya, Rocky and Andes are examples of of: Fold
Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Saddle Peak, Mount mountain
Diavolo, Mount Koyob, Mount Thuillier Himalayan Peak Kanchenjunga lies betweenbetween: India and
Aravalli Range (Rajasthan): Residual Fold mountain Nepal
Aravalli Range Highest Peak:: Guru Shikhar (1,722 meters) Himalayas are divided into: Himachal, Himadri and
Assam Himalayas:: Between Tista and Dihang rivers Shivalik
Baltoro Glacier is located in:: Karakoram mountain range Himalayas: Prevent cold Siberian winds from entering
Barabar Hills (Lomas Rishi Cave) is located in: Bihar India
Bhor Ghat pass is located in:: Western Ghats India is bounded by the Hindu Kush mountain range in
Bora Caves are situated in: Ananthagiri hills the: North west
Central Highlands, Deccan Plateau, Northeastern K2 (Mount Godwin-Austen): Second highest peak
Plateau are parts of: Peninsular Plateau Kaimur Hills are located in: Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and
Madhya Pradesh
Kalsubai peak is located in: Maharashtra
Kamet mountain is located in the Garhwal region of:
Uttarakhand
 Kanchenjunga: Highest peak in India (K2 with Dispute)
Karbi Anglong Hills is situated in: Assam plates are pushed together are: Fold mountains
Kashmir Himalayas: Karewa formations (saffron Nagari hills is situated in: Andhra Pradesh
cultivation) Nepal Himalaya lies between: Kali and Tista rivers
Khyber Pass (Hindu Kush range) is located between: Nepal: Mount Everest (Sagarmatha)
Pakistan and Afghanistan Netarhat Mountains (Queen of Chotanagpur) are
Kumaon Himalayas: Between Satluj and Kali rivers situated in:: Jharkhand
Mahadeo Hills are located in the northern part of the Nilachal Hills are located inin: Guwahati
Satpura Range in: Madhya Pradesh Nilgiri hills in India are known as
as: Blue Mountains
Jindhagada Peak : Highest peak of Eastern Ghats (NCERT) Nilgiri Hills
Hills: Meeting point of Western and Eastern Ghats
Mahendragiri Hills are located in: Odisha Palakkad Gap connects the Nilgiri Hills to the north and
Mana Pass, Niti Pass and Mangsha Dhura are Himalayan Anaimalai Hills to the
the: South
Mountain Pass connecting Uttarakhand with: Tibet Palghat Pass of Kerala connects
connects: Palghat to Coimbatore
Manipur hills, Naga hills, and Mizo hills are part of: Pir Panjal Range, Zanskar Range and Karakoram Range
Purvanchal Hills are part of the: Himalayan mountain
Mizoram, Uttarakhand and Sikkim are located in the Punjab Himalayas: Between Indus and Satluj rivers
Indian: Himalayan range Purvanchal: Mizo and Naga hills
Mount Diavolo peak is located in:: Andaman and Nicobar Rainshadow Area: Dry land on leeward side of a
islands mountain
Mount Everest (8,848 m): Highest peak in the world,
located in Nepal

Shevaroy Hills are located in: Eastern Ghats The Deccan plateau is located between: Western and
Eastern Ghats
outside the polar region, is in: Nubra Valley The Deomali is the highest mountain peak of: Odisha
Siwaliks Range: Southernmost range of the Himalayas The famous hill station Kodaikanal is situated in the:
Southeast of Eastern Ghats: Shevaroy and Javadi Hills Palani hills
Spiti Valley (Cold Desert Mountains) is located in: The Gorichen peak is located in: Arunachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh The height of Kamet peak (highest point in Zanskar
Taramati peak is located in: Maharashtra range) is: 7756 m
: The The height of Mt. Godwin Austen (K2) (K2): 8611 meters
Peninsular Plateau The highest hill station in India
India: Leh
: Himachal The highest mountain in Myanmar is is: Hkakabo Razi
Pradesh The highest mountain of Bhutan is is: Gangkhar Puensum
The altitude of the outermost range of Himalayas, the The highest Peak in Tamil Nadu is is: Doddabetta hills
Shiwaliks: 900 to 1100 meters The highest peak in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands is:
The Andaman and Nicobar Island group of India is an Saddle peak
emergent part of: Arakan Yoma The highest peak of Arunachal Pradesh state is: Kangto
The Andes mountain range is located:: in South America The highest peak of Odisha is: Deomali (1672 meters)
The approximate length of the Great Himalayan range is is: The highest peak of Vindhya Range is: Goodwill peak
2500 km
The average height of the Inner Himalayas is: 6000 Sagaing region: Mount Saramati
meters
The Japfu range (3014 m) is located in: Nagaland The place in the southern Khasi Hills that gets 12,000
The Javanese and Servarayan hills are situated in: Tamil mm annual rainfall is: Mawsynram
Nadu The plateau in the eastern part of Madhya Pradesh lies
The Jelep La pass passes through the: Chumbi Valley in the south of the Son river valley: Baghelkhand
The Karakoram pass, the mountain pass which lies The range extends from Leh to the Tibetan border,
between India and China, is in close proximity to: Kargil including Digar La Pass and Khardung La Pass: Ladakh
The largest of all the duns of the Shiwaliks mountain Range
range in India is: DehraDun The result of colliding convergent plate boundaries
boundaries:
The longitudinal valley lying between the lesser Mountain building
Himalayas and the Shivalik is known as: Duns The river Luni originates from
from: Aravali Mountain range
The Lushai hills are part of the Patkai mountain range in: The Shatrunjaya Hills are located in
in: Gujarat
Mizoram Mts. : Mizoram
: Dhaulagiri The type of mountains that are created when large areas
The Northernmost range of the Himalayas is known as: are broken and displaced vertically: Block mountains
Inner Himalayas or Himadri The uplifted blocks of block mountains are called: Horsts
The oldest mountain range of India is: Aravalli The Vindhya range practically forms the boundary
The outermost range of the Himalayas lies in width between: North and South India
between: 10 and 50 km
The part of Peninsular Plateau lying north of the Ladakh is at an altitude of: 19,024 feet
Narmada river is known as: Central Highlands : K2 (Mount
Godwin Austen)

Western Ghat is known as Sahyadri Mountain in: The Bamuni hills are located in: Assam
Maharashtra The Brahmaputra marks the easternmost boundary of
Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats meet at: Nilgiri hills the: Himalayas
Zoji La Pass is in the Zaskar range of: Jammu & Kashmir The hilly parts of the Karnataka plateau is also known
: Barren island as: Malnad
- Lambert-Fisher glacier The Himalaya, Alps, Ural mountain ranges areare: Fold
Savanna (East Africa), Campos (Brazil), Llanos mountains
(Venezuela) -Tropical grasslands The part of the Himalayan mountains that lies between
Dalhousie hill station is located in: Himachal Pradesh Tista and Dihang river is known as: Assam Himalayas
Diphu - The pass that connects the Kullu Valley with the Lahaul
China and: Myanmar and Spiti Valleys of Himachal Pradesh is: Rohtang Pass
Mount Jopuno is situated in: Sikkim Tirich Mir is the highest peak of the
the: Hindu Kush
Mount Kailash is situated in: Tibet region Vindhyan mountain range is bounded by: Satpura range
Mount Tiyi is situated in: Nagaland and Aravalli
Sahyadri hills in Maharashtra, Anaimalai hills in Kerala,
Nilgiri hills in Karnataka are a local name for the:
Western Ghats
Saltoro Kangri Peak is located on: Indo-Pak Pak border
Sankotta Pass connects Madurai with: Kottayam