Which of the following is the northernmost and highest of the three parallel ranges of the Himalayas?
- A.Shiwalik
- B.Himachal or Lesser Himalaya
- C.Himadri or Greater Himalaya
- D.Purvanchal
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, Himadri or Greater Himalaya. The Himadri is the innermost and northernmost of the three parallel Himalayan ranges, with an average height of about 6,000 metres. It is the most continuous of the three, carries the loftiest peaks and stays under snow through the year, which is why the largest Himalayan glaciers, such as Gangotri and Yamunotri, lie in it. Option A is wrong because the Shiwalik is the outermost and lowest range, only about 900 to 1,100 metres high and built of loose sediment washed down by rivers. Option B is wrong because the Himachal or Lesser Himalaya lies between the other two, at about 3,700 to 4,500 metres, and holds the hill stations and the Kashmir, Kangra and Kullu valleys. Option D is wrong because the Purvanchal hills are the eastern extension beyond the Brahmaputra bend, not one of the three parallel ranges.
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Practice Questions
View allThe longitudinal valleys known as Duns lie between which two ranges?
- A.Greater Himalaya and Lesser Himalaya
- B.Shiwalik and Lesser Himalaya
- C.Karakoram and Ladakh range
- D.Zaskar and Greater Himalaya
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Duns are flat-floored longitudinal valleys formed where rivers coming out of the Lesser Himalaya were held up behind the rising Shiwalik and filled the depression with gravel and silt.
Read the full explanation →The Karewa deposits of the Kashmir valley are best known for the cultivation of which crop?
- A.Saffron
- B.Tea
- C.Rubber
- D.Jute
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Karewas are thick beds of glacial clay, silt and other lake sediments laid down in the Kashmir valley, which lies between the Pir Panjal and the Greater Himalaya.
Read the full explanation →Which belt of the Northern Plains is a narrow strip of pebbles at the foot of the Shiwaliks, in which streams disappear from the surface?
- A.Terai
- B.Bhabar
- C.Bhangar
- D.Khadar
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The Bhabar is a narrow belt about 8 to 16 kilometres wide, laid along the foot of the Shiwalik range, where the rivers leaving the hills drop their coarsest load.
Read the full explanation →The older alluvium of the Northern Plains, lying above the flood level and containing lime nodules called kankar, is known as:
- A.Khadar
- B.Bhabar
- C.Bhangar
- D.Terai
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Bhangar is the older alluvial deposit of the Northern Plains. It forms terraces that stand above the present flood level, so fresh silt no longer reaches it, and long leaching has left calcareous concretions called kankar in its profile.
Read the full explanation →The Nathu La pass connects which Indian state with Tibet?
- A.Himachal Pradesh
- B.Uttarakhand
- C.Arunachal Pradesh
- D.Sikkim
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Nathu La lies in eastern Sikkim on the old trade route from Gangtok to Lhasa and is one of the passes on India's border with the Tibet region of China; Jelep La, also in Sikkim, is the other.
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