Q. Which is the highest peak of the Himalayas?
A. Mount Everest
Q. Mount Everest lies in which Himalayan range?
A. Greater Himalayas (Himadri)
Q. Which Himalayan range contains the world’s highest peaks?
A. Greater Himalayas
Q. What is the highest peak of India?
A. Kangchenjunga
Q. Kangchenjunga belongs to which Himalayan range?
A. Greater Himalayas.
Q. Which is the highest peak entirely within India?
A. Nanda Devi
Q. Which Himalayan range contains Mount Annapurna?
A. Greater Himalayas
Q. Which is the highest peak of the Karakoram range?
A. K2 (Godwin-Austen)
Q. The Shiwalik range is also known as?
A. Outer Himalayas
Q. Nanda Devi lies in which Himalayan range?
A. Greater Himalayas
Q. Which Himalayan range is also called Himadri?
A. Greater Himalayas
Q. Which range lies between Himadri and Shiwaliks?
A. Himachal (Lesser Himalayas)
Q. Name the highest peak of the Lesser Himalayas.
A. Dhauladhar Peak (Hanuman Tibba)
Q. Which range contains Pir Panjal?
A. Lesser Himalayas
Q. Which is the highest peak of the Pir Panjal range?
A. Indrasan
Q. The Dhauladhar range is part of which Himalayan division?
A. Lesser Himalayas
Q. Which Himalayan range is most discontinuous?
A. Shiwalik Range
Q. Which Himalayan range contains Mount Kamet?
A. Greater Himalayas
Q. Which Himalayan range contains Trisul peak?
A. Greater Himalayas
Q. Which range contains the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve?
A. Greater Himalayas
Q. Which Himalayan range is famous for hill stations like Shimla and Mussoorie?
A. Lesser Himalayas
Q. Which range includes the Zanskar and Ladakh ranges?
A. Trans-Himalayas
Q. Which Himalayan range contains K2?
A. Karakoram Range (Trans-Himalayas)
Q. Which Himalayan range is geologically youngest?
A. Shiwalik Range
Q. Which range forms the northern boundary of the Indo-Gangetic Plain?
A. Shiwalik Range
Q. Which Himalayan range acts as the main climatic barrier of India?
A. Greater Himalayas
Q. Which range contains the longest Himalayan glaciers?
A. Karakoram Range
Q. Which Himalayan range is also known as the Middle Himalayas?
A. Lesser Himalayas
Q. Which Himalayan range includes peaks like Everest, Lhotse and Makalu?
A. Greater Himalayas
Q. Which Himalayan peak is known as the “Savage Mountain”?
A. Nanga Parbat
Q. Nanga Parbat belongs to which Himalayan division?
A. Western Himalayas (Greater Himalayas)
Q. Which Himalayan range contains the Kangra Valley?
A. Dhauladhar Range (Lesser Himalayas)
Q. Which is the highest peak of the Dhauladhar range?
A. Hanuman Tibba
Q. The Pir Panjal range separates which two regions?
A. Kashmir Valley and Himachal Pradesh
Q. Which Himalayan range contains the Zoji La pass?
A. Pir Panjal Range
Q. Which Himalayan range is rich in valleys called duns?
A. Shiwalik Range
Q. Which peak is called the “Queen of the Himalayas”?
A. Kangchenjunga
Q. Which Himalayan range contains Mount Makalu?
A. Greater Himalayas
Q. Which peak lies on the Nepal–China border and is the 4th highest in the world?
A. Lhotse
Q. Which Himalayan peak is entirely located in Nepal and exceeds 8,000 m?
A. Dhaulagiri
Q. Which Himalayan range contains the Bara Lacha La pass?
A. Zaskar Range
Q. Which Himalayan peak is the highest in Uttarakhand?
A. Nanda Devi
Q. The Karakoram Range is separated from the Himalayas by which river?
A. Indus River
Q. Which Himalayan range contains Siachen Glacier?
A. Karakoram Range
Q. Which Himalayan peak is also known as Godwin-Austen?
A. K2
Q. Which range is structurally older than the Greater Himalayas?
A. Lesser Himalayas
Q. Which Himalayan range includes Mount Kamet?
A. Greater Himalayas
Q. Which Himalayan range forms the watershed between the Indus and Ganga rivers?
A. Greater Himalayas
Q. Which Himalayan peak is known as the “Matterhorn of the Himalayas”?
A. Ama Dablam
Q. Which Himalayan range includes the Kullu Valley?
A. Lesser Himalayas
Q. Which peak is the highest of the Zaskar Range?
A. Nun Peak
Q. Which Himalayan range lies north of the Indus River?
A. Karakoram Range
Q. Which Himalayan peak is famous for the Nanda Devi Sanctuary?
A. Nanda Devi
Q. Which Himalayan range contains the Rohtang Pass?
A. Pir Panjal Range
Q. Which Himalayan peak is called the “Mountain of the Spirit”?
A. Mount Kailash
Q. Mount Kailash lies in which mountain system?
A. Trans-Himalayas
Q. Which Himalayan range forms the outermost edge of the Himalayas?
A. Shiwalik Range
Q. Which Himalayan range contains the lowest elevation hills?
A. Shiwalik Range