Mountains

Himalayas

• The Himalayas are a mountain range in South Asia
• The highest mountain range in the world
• The youngest folded Mountain range in the world
• The word "Himalaya" means House of Snow
• The name of the sea which once occupied the place of Himalayas: Tethys Sea
• The Himalaya is mostly formed of sedimentary rocks
• Himalayas alone stretches for a distance of over 2,500 km from the Indus river  in the west to the Brahmaputra river in the east

• The three parallel Mountain ranges of Himalaya
  The Greater Himalaya(Himadri),The Lesser Himalaya(Himachal),The outer Himalaya(Siwalik)

      Himadri

• Himadri is the highest and northernmost section of the Himalayan mountain ranges.
• The backbone of Himalaya .
• It is described as heart of the entire Himalayan range.
• Himadri contain many of the world’s tallest peaks, including  Nanga Parbat,Nanda Devi, Annapurna, Mount Everest, and Kanchenjunga.

             Mount Everest

• The highest peak in Himalaya and World's highest peak is Mount Everest (8850 m)
• Mount Everest is located in Nepal
• In Nepal the Mount Everest is called Sagarmatha
• In Tibet the Everest is called Chomolungma
• Everest was just called Peak XV by surveyors at first
• In 1865, Everest was given its official English name
• Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary made the first official ascent of Everest in 1953
• First women climber Junko Tabei a Japanese mountaineer
• Bachendri Pal is the first Indian woman climber

           Kanchenjunga

• Kanchenjunga is located in Sikkim (shared with Nepal)
• The third highest Mountain peak in the world is Kanchenjunga (8586 m)
• The highest mountain peak in India

           Nanda Devi

• Nanda Devi peak is in Uttarakhand state of India (7,816 m)
• The highest mountain peak that entirely located in India 

     Himachal

• Himachal also known as Middle Himalayas.
• Himachal holds some of the famous hill stations Dalhousie, Nainital,Simla, Mussorie, Darjeeling
• The hill station known as Queen of hill stations - Mussoorie

    Siwalik

• The southernmost range of himalayas is Siwaliks.
• The siwalik is prone to landslides and earthquakes.
• Shiwalik range of himalayas are famous for the valleys known as ‘Duns’

Other mountains

• The pamir Mountain also known as  Roof of the world
• World's second highest peak :  Mount Godwin Austen (Mount K2) in Karakoram range.
• The height of the Mount K2 : 8,611 M
• Mount K2 also known as Dapsang
• The Karakoram Mountain range lies in the state Jammu and Kashmir in India.
• Kailash peak is in Tibet(China)
• World's third pole - Siachen Glacier
• India's north end point -Indira Col

• Mountain range located in the  central portion of India - Satpura
• Satpura range is a series of seven mountains ('Sat' = seven and 'pura' = mountains)
• Pachmarhi is a famous hill station in Madhya Pradesh in mountain range - Satpura (Known as Queen of Satpura)

• Mountain range which separates Indian Subcontinent into North and South - Vindhya

• The oldest mountain range  in India - Aravalli range
• The highest peak in the Aravalli Range - Guru Shikhar
• Popular hill station ,Mount Abu in Rajasthan is in mountain range - Aravalli

• Highest peak in the eastern ghats - Mahendragiri
• The Garo-Khasi range is in Meghalaya
• The wettest places in the world ,Mawsynram & Cherrapunjee is in Khasi Hills ( Meghalaya)
• The Lushai Hills are a mountain range in Mizoram and Tripura
• The famous hill station 'Kodai Kanal' lies in Palani hills

Questions

1.The famous hill station 'Kodai Kanal' lies in  - Palani hills (Assistant Research Officer Chemistry 2019)

2.The Karakoram Mountain range ,is situated in the state of - Jammu and Kashmir (Assistant Research Officer Chemistry 2019)

2018
1.ഹിമാലയത്തിന്റെ നട്ടെല്ല് - ഹിമാദ്രി (STORE KEEPER-KSFDC 2018)

2.The beautiful hill station Mussoorie is situated at - Himachal (Clinical Psychologist 2018)

3.ചുവടെ കൊടുത്തിരിക്കുന്നവയിൽ ഇന്ത്യയുടെ ഏറ്റവും വടക്കു ഭാഗത്തായി സ്ഥിതി ചെയ്യുന്ന പർവ്വതനിര ഏത് - ഹിമാദ്രി (Security Guard- Government Secretariat 2018)

4.The highest Mountain peak situated in India is - Kanchenjunga (Junior Instructor Bakery and Confectionary 2018)

5.Garo Hills is located in - Meghalaya (Asst Professor in Pathology 2018)

6.The Back Bone of Himalaya is - Himadri (Perfusionist 2018)

7.‘ഗോഡ്വിൻ ഓസ്റ്റിൻ’ എന്നറിയപ്പെടുന്ന ഇന്ത്യയിലെ കൊടുമുടി - മൗണ്ട് K2  (AYAH 2018)

8.Which of the following peak is also known as ‘Dapsang’ - Godwin Austen  (Lineman- Public Works 2018)

9.മൗണ്ട് അബു എന്ന സുഖവാസകേന്ദ്രം ഏതു സംസ്ഥാനത്താണ് - രാജസ്ഥാൻ (LGS Exserviceman-NCC 2018)


10.The height of the mountain peak Nanda devi is _____________ metre - 7817  (Asst Professor in Radiotherapy 2018)

11.Mount Abu is situated in - Rajasthan   (Assistant Professor in General Medicine 2018)

2017

1.ഹിമാലയത്തിന്റെ നട്ടെല്ല് എന്ന് വിശേഷിപ്പിക്കാവുന്ന ഏറ്റവും ഉയരമേറിയ പർവത നിര -ഹിമാദ്രി (LDC 2017)

2.ലോകത്തിലെ ഏറ്റവും ഉയരം കൂടിയ കൊടുമുടി - എവറസ്റ് ( LGS 2017)

3.Kanchenjunga is situated in - Sikkim (Fireman 2017)

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