Survey of India Marks 28 Standard Place Names in Ladakh

The correct answer is 28. The Centre, acting in consultation with the Union Territory of Ladakh, settled standard place and feature names for twenty-eight locations and had them marked on the official map of Ladakh issued by the Survey of India. The announcement came from the Ministry of Home Affairs on 2 October 2026, and the stated purpose was to make each of these spots easier to identify correctly and to spread awareness of the region's geography among ordinary readers. Option A, eighteen, is short of the figure in the announcement. Option B, twenty-four, is likewise lower than the number actually named and matches nothing in the list. Option D, thirty-two, overshoots the count; the map carries other places and features too, but only twenty-eight were formally identified in this exercise. Counting the entries by type confirms the total, since ten peaks, seven land areas, three mountains, two passes, two glaciers, one valley, one river, one lake and one water body add up to exactly twenty-eight.

The correct answer is the Survey of India. The twenty-eight places and features were marked with their standard names on the Survey of India's official map of the Union Territory of Ladakh, and that map, along with further places and features, can be seen in the state maps section of the Survey of India website. Option A, the Geological Survey of India, is a different body and had no part in this naming exercise as announced. Option C, the Indian Space Research Organisation, is the national space agency and was not named in the announcement at all. Option D, the National Atlas and Thematic Mapping Organisation, also produces maps, but the announcement is specific that the official map in question is the Survey of India's map of the Union Territory. The naming itself was done by the Centre in consultation with the Union Territory of Ladakh, and the Ministry of Home Affairs made it public.

The correct answer is Peak. Ten of the twenty-eight entries are listed as peaks, namely Atisha Giri, Kanishka Peak, Martand Giri, Zorawar Peak, Rinchen Zangpo, Sakyasri Giri, Marpa Lotsava Ri, Milarepa Kangri, Shiva Ri and Maheshvara Ri, which is more than any other feature type on the list. Option C, land area, is the second largest group with seven entries, namely Brangsa, Kuksel, Dehra Compass, Gogra, Kumarayana Point, Panglung and Shamal Lungpa, so it is close but not the answer. Option A, pass, covers only two entries, Chapchingal Pass and Shachmirk Pass. Option B, glacier, also covers only two, Skamri Glacier and Parpik. The remaining entries are three mountains and one each of valley, river, lake and water body, which is why peaks remain the single largest category in this set of names.