Key Indian mountains include Kanchenjunga (the highest peak in India), Nanda Devi (the highest located entirely within India), and the Himalayas, the world’s highest and youngest mountain range. Other major mountain ranges are the Karakoram, Aravalli (the oldest in India), Western Ghats, Eastern Ghats, Vindhya, and Satpura.
Indian mountain ranges, vital for government exam preparation (SSC, RRB, UPSC), include the Himalayas, the world’s highest, and the Karakoram Range, home to K2. Other key ranges are the ancient Aravalli Ranges, the north-south spanning Western Ghats, the smaller Eastern Ghats, the Vindhya and Satpura Ranges, and the Purvanchal (Eastern) Mountains. Examining these ranges, their highest peaks (like Kanchenjunga), and important passes are common exam topics.
1. Question: What is the highest peak in India?
Answer: Kangchenjunga
2. Question: Which mountain range separates North India from South India?
Answer: Vindhya Range
3. Question: Which is the highest peak in the Aravalli Range?
Answer: Guru Shikhar
4. Question: In which state are the Garo, Khasi, and Jaintia Hills located?
Answer: Meghalaya
5. Question: What is the highest peak of the Western Ghats?
Answer: Anai Mudi
6. Question: The Karakoram Range is also known as what?
Answer: Krishna-giri
7. Question: Which is the highest peak in the Eastern Ghats?
Answer: Jindhagada Peak
8. Question: Which pass connects Kashmir with the rest of India?
Answer: Banihal Pass
9. Question: The Nilgiri Hills are located at the junction of which two mountain ranges?
Answer: Western and Eastern Ghats
10. Question: What is the highest peak of the Satpura Range?
Answer: Dhupgarh
11. Question: Which mountain pass connects Ladakh with Tibet?
Answer: Khardung La Pass
12. Question: The Pir Panjal Range is a part of which Himalayan division?
Answer: Lesser Himalayas
13. Question: In which state is the Nathu La Pass located?
Answer: Sikkim
14. Question: Which mountain range runs parallel to the Arabian Sea?
Answer: Western Ghats
15. Question: What is the highest peak of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands?
Answer: Saddle Peak
16. Question: The Zojila Pass connects which two places?
Answer: Srinagar and Leh
17. Question: The highest peak of the Naga Hills is what?
Answer: Mount Saramati
18. Question: Which mountain range is the oldest in India?
Answer: Aravalli Range
19. Question: The Anai Mudi peak is located in which state?
Answer: Kerala
20. Question: Which mountain range is also known as ‘Sahyadri’?
Answer: Western Ghats
21. Question: Which pass connects Mumbai and Pune?
Answer: Bhor Ghat
22. Question: The Siachen Glacier is located in which mountain range?
Answer: Karakoram Range
23. Question: Which mountain pass connects the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand with Tibet?
Answer: Lipulekh Pass
24. Question: The Great Himalayas are also known as what?
Answer: Himadri
25. Question: Which is the highest peak in the world?
Answer: Mount Everest
26. Question: The highest peak of the Hazaribagh Plateau is what?
Answer: Parasnath
27. Question: Which is the second highest peak in the world?
Answer: K2 (Mount Godwin-Austen)
28. Question: Which range forms the eastern border of India?
Answer: Purvanchal Range
29. Question: The Palakkad Gap connects which two states?
Answer: Kerala and Tamil Nadu
30. Question: Which state is known as the ‘Land of Five Rivers’?
Answer: Punjab
31. Question: The highest peak of the Satpura Range is located in which state?
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
32. Question: The Patkai Bum Hills are located in which part of India?
Answer: North-Eastern
33. Question: Which pass connects Himachal Pradesh and Tibet?
Answer: Shipki La Pass
34. Question: The Pir Panjal Tunnel is also known as what?
Answer: Atal Tunnel
35. Question: The Nanda Devi peak is located in which state?
Answer: Uttarakhand
36. Question: Which is the southernmost hill range in India?
Answer: Cardamom Hills
37. Question: The ‘Thar Desert’ is located in which mountain range’s rain shadow?
Answer: Aravalli Range
38. Question: The ‘Dhauladhar’ range is part of which Himalayan division?
Answer: Lesser Himalayas
39. Question: Which mountain peak is located in the Indian state of Uttarakhand?
Answer: Nanda Devi
40. Question: The Chang La Pass is located in which Indian state/union territory?
Answer: Ladakh
41. Question: Which pass connects Assam with Arunachal Pradesh?
Answer: Bomdi La Pass
42. Question: The highest peak of the Eastern Ghats is what?
Answer: Jindhagada Peak
43. Question: The ‘Doda Betta’ peak is located in which hills?
Answer: Nilgiri Hills
44. Question: The Kardung La Pass is located in which Indian state/union territory?
Answer: Ladakh
45. Question: Which mountain range forms a boundary between India and Myanmar?
Answer: Arakan Yoma
46. Question: The ‘Mount Abu’ hill station is located in which mountain range?
Answer: Aravalli Range
47. Question: The Nilgiri Hills are located in which three states?
Answer: Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Kerala
48. Question: The ‘Anamudi’ peak is located in which mountain range?
Answer: Western Ghats
49. Question: The ‘Shevaroy Hills’ are located in which state?
Answer: Tamil Nadu
50. Question: Which is the highest mountain peak in Sikkim?
Answer: Kangchenjunga
51. Question: The ‘Dudhsagar Falls’ are located near which mountain range?
Answer: Western Ghats
52. Question: The ‘Kanchenjunga’ peak is located in which state?
Answer: Sikkim
53. Question: The ‘Amarnath Cave’ is located in which mountain range?
Answer: Himalayas
54. Question: The ‘Valley of Kashmir’ is located between which two ranges?
Answer: Pir Panjal and Greater Himalayas
55. Question: The ‘Salher’ peak is the highest point of which hills?
Answer: Sahyadri Range
56. Question: The ‘Kalanjari’ peak is located in which state?
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
57. Question: Which mountain pass is located in the Great Himalayas?
Answer: Zojila Pass
58. Question: The ‘Doda Betta’ peak is located in which state?
Answer: Tamil Nadu
59. Question: The ‘Satmala Hills’ are located in which state?
Answer: Maharashtra
60. Question: Which mountain peak is the source of the Ganga River?
Answer: Gangotri Glacier (part of the Himalayas)
61. Question: The ‘Naga Hills’ are located in which part of India?
Answer: North-Eastern
62. Question: The ‘Palani Hills’ are located in which state?
Answer: Tamil Nadu
63. Question: The ‘Mizo Hills’ are located in which state?
Answer: Mizoram
64. Question: The ‘Bomdi La Pass’ connects which two states?
Answer: Arunachal Pradesh and Assam
65. Question: The ‘Thal Ghat’ pass connects which two cities?
Answer: Mumbai and Nashik
66. Question: Which is the highest peak in the Shivalik Range?
Answer: No, the Shivaliks are a range of hills, not a single peak.
67. Question: The ‘Tawang Monastery’ is located in which mountain pass?
Answer: Sela Pass
68. Question: The ‘Cardamom Hills’ are located in which state?
Answer: Kerala and Tamil Nadu
69. Question: The ‘Agasthyamalai’ peak is located in which state?
Answer: Kerala
70. Question: The ‘Gorakhnath Peak’ is located in which hills?
Answer: Girnar Hills
71. Question: The ‘Chanderkhani Pass’ is located in which state?
Answer: Himachal Pradesh
72. Question: The ‘Kalanjari Peak’ is the highest peak in which range?
Answer: Satpura Range
73. Question: The ‘Kanchenjunga’ peak is located on the border of which two countries?
Answer: India and Nepal
74. Question: The ‘Hazaribagh Plateau’ is located in which state?
Answer: Jharkhand
75. Question: The ‘Gomti’ and ‘Sharada’ rivers originate from which mountain range?
Answer: Himalayas
76. Question: The ‘Palakkad Gap’ is a low mountain pass in which state?
Answer: Kerala
77. Question: The ‘Pir Panjal Range’ is a part of which Himalayan division?
Answer: Lesser Himalayas
78. Question: The ‘Thal Ghat’ is also known as what?
Answer: Kasara Ghat
79. Question: The ‘Bara-lacha La Pass’ is located in which state?
Answer: Himachal Pradesh
80. Question: Which is the highest peak of the Nilgiri Hills?
Answer: Doda Betta
81. Question: The ‘Saddle Peak’ is the highest point of which island group?
Answer: Andaman Islands
82. Question: Which mountain peak is also known as ‘Godwin-Austen’?
Answer: K2
83. Question: The ‘Anaimalai Hills’ are located in which states?
Answer: Tamil Nadu and Kerala
84. Question: Which mountain range is the youngest in India?
Answer: Himalayas
85. Question: The ‘Bhutan Himalayas’ are located in which country?
Answer: Bhutan
86. Question: The ‘Siachen Glacier’ is a part of which mountain range?
Answer: Karakoram Range
87. Question: The ‘Banihal Pass’ is located in which state/union territory?
Answer: Jammu and Kashmir
88. Question: Which is the highest peak of the Himalayas in Nepal?
Answer: Mount Everest
89. Question: The ‘Garo Hills’ are located in which state?
Answer: Meghalaya
90. Question: The ‘Kanchanjunga’ peak is located on the border of which two countries?
Answer: India and Nepal
91. Question: Which mountain range forms the eastern boundary of India?
Answer: Purvanchal Range
92. Question: The ‘Palk Strait’ separates which two countries?
Answer: India and Sri Lanka
93. Question: The ‘Arakan Yoma’ mountain range is located in which country?
Answer: Myanmar
94. Question: Which mountain pass connects Ladakh and Tibet?
Answer: Khardung La Pass
95. Question: The ‘Thal Ghat’ is a mountain pass located in which state?
Answer: Maharashtra
96. Question: The ‘Kashmir Valley’ is located between which two ranges?
Answer: Pir Panjal and Great Himalayas
97. Question: The ‘Amarnath Cave’ is located in which state/union territory?
Answer: Jammu and Kashmir
98. Question: The ‘Saddle Peak’ is the highest point of which island group?
Answer: Andaman Islands
99. Question: The ‘Pir Panjal’ range is part of which Himalayan division?
Answer: Lesser Himalayas
100. Question: The ‘Nanda Devi’ peak is located in which state?
Answer: Uttarakhand
101. Question: The ‘Mizo Hills’ are located in which state?
Answer: Mizoram
102. Question: Which mountain range is also known as ‘Sahyadri’?
Answer: Western Ghats
103. Question: The ‘Vindhya Range’ is located in which part of India?
Answer: Central India
104. Question: The ‘Aravalli Range’ is the oldest mountain range in which country?
Answer: India
105. Question: The ‘Kanchanjunga’ peak is located on the border of which two countries?
Answer: India and Nepal
106. Question: Which is the highest peak in the world?
Answer: Mount Everest
107. Question: The ‘Karakoram Range’ is also known as what?
Answer: Krishna-giri
108. Question: The ‘Satpura Range’ is located in which states?
Answer: Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Gujarat
109. Question: The ‘Shiwalik Hills’ are a part of which Himalayan division?
Answer: Outer Himalayas
110. Question: The ‘Pashupati Temple’ is located in which country?
Answer: Nepal
111. Question: The ‘Patkai Bum’ hills are located in which part of India?
Answer: North-Eastern
112. Question: The ‘Western Ghats’ are located in which part of India?
Answer: Western Coast
113. Question: The ‘Eastern Ghats’ are located in which part of India?
Answer: Eastern Coast
114. Question: The ‘Cardamom Hills’ are located in which states?
Answer: Kerala and Tamil Nadu
115. Question: The ‘Doda Betta’ peak is located in which hills?
Answer: Nilgiri Hills
116. Question: The ‘Anaimalai Hills’ are located in which states?
Answer: Tamil Nadu and Kerala
117. Question: Which is the highest peak in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands?
Answer: Saddle Peak
118. Question: The ‘Nilgiri Hills’ are located at the junction of which two mountain ranges?
Answer: Western and Eastern Ghats
119. Question: The ‘Zojila Pass’ connects which two places?
Answer: Srinagar and Leh
120. Question: The ‘Garo, Khasi, and Jaintia Hills’ are located in which state?
Answer: Meghalaya
121. Question: Which mountain range separates North India from South India?
Answer: Vindhya Range
122. Question: The ‘Dhauladhar’ range is part of which Himalayan division?
Answer: Lesser Himalayas
123. Question: The ‘Nathula Pass’ is located in which state?
Answer: Sikkim
124. Question: Which mountain pass connects Kashmir with the rest of India?
Answer: Banihal Pass
125. Question: The ‘Guru Shikhar’ is the highest peak of which mountain range?
Answer: Aravalli Range
126. Question: The ‘Parasnath’ peak is the highest point of which plateau?
Answer: Hazaribagh Plateau
127. Question: The ‘Thal Ghat’ is located in which state?
Answer: Maharashtra
128. Question: The ‘Palakkad Gap’ is a low mountain pass in which state?
Answer: Kerala
129. Question: The ‘Bomdi La Pass’ connects which two states?
Answer: Arunachal Pradesh and Assam
130. Question: The ‘Shipki La Pass’ is located in which state?
Answer: Himachal Pradesh
131. Question: The ‘Lipulekh Pass’ is located in which state?
Answer: Uttarakhand
132. Question: The ‘Chang La Pass’ is located in which state/union territory?
Answer: Ladakh
133. Question: The ‘Bara-lacha La Pass’ is located in which state?
Answer: Himachal Pradesh
134. Question: The ‘Zanskar Range’ is a part of which Himalayan division?
Answer: Trans-Himalayas
135. Question: The ‘Doda Betta’ peak is located in which state?
Answer: Tamil Nadu
136. Question: Which mountain range is the oldest in India?
Answer: Aravalli Range
137. Question: The ‘Great Himalayas’ are also known as what?
Answer: Himadri
138. Question: The ‘Highest peak’ of the Satpura Range is what?
Answer: Dhupgarh
139. Question: Which pass connects Mumbai and Pune?
Answer: Bhor Ghat
140. Question: The ‘Karakoram Range’ is located in which Indian state/union territory?
Answer: Ladakh
141. Question: Which mountain range separates the Brahmaputra valley from the Barak valley?
Answer: Patkai Range
142. Question: The ‘Mahabaleshwar’ hill station is located in which mountain range?
Answer: Western Ghats
143. Question: The ‘Mount Abu’ hill station is located in which mountain range?
Answer: Aravalli Range
144. Question: The ‘highest peak’ in the world outside Asia is what?
Answer: Aconcagua
145. Question: The ‘Highest point’ in the Nilgiri Hills is what?
Answer: Doda Betta
146. Question: The ‘Palani Hills’ are located in which state?
Answer: Tamil Nadu
147. Question: The ‘Shevaroy Hills’ are located in which state?
Answer: Tamil Nadu
148. Question: The ‘Cardamom Hills’ are located in which states?
Answer: Kerala and Tamil Nadu
149. Question: The ‘Anai Mudi’ peak is located in which state?
Answer: Kerala
150. Question: Which is the highest peak of the Eastern Ghats?
Answer: Jindhagada Peak
151. Question: The ‘Zojila Pass’ is located in which state/union territory?
Answer: Jammu and Kashmir
152. Question: The ‘Banihal Pass’ is located in which state/union territory?
Answer: Jammu and Kashmir
153. Question: The ‘Pahalgam’ hill station is located in which valley?
Answer: Kashmir Valley
154. Question: The ‘Sonamarg’ hill station is located in which valley?
Answer: Kashmir Valley
155. Question: The ‘Kanchenjunga’ peak is located on the border of which two countries?
Answer: India and Nepal
156. Question: The ‘Kashmir Valley’ is located between which two ranges?
Answer: Pir Panjal and Great Himalayas
157. Question: The ‘Great Himalayas’ are also known as what?
Answer: Himadri
158. Question: The ‘Highest peak’ of the Aravalli Range is what?
Answer: Guru Shikhar
159. Question: The ‘Thal Ghat’ is also known as what?
Answer: Kasara Ghat
160. Question: Which pass connects Mumbai and Pune?
Answer: Bhor Ghat
161. Question: The ‘Nathula Pass’ is located in which state?
Answer: Sikkim
162. Question: The ‘Doda Betta’ peak is located in which hills?
Answer: Nilgiri Hills
163. Question: The ‘Arakan Yoma’ mountain range is located in which country?
Answer: Myanmar
164. Question: The ‘Palakkad Gap’ is a low mountain pass in which state?
Answer: Kerala
165. Question: The ‘Siachen Glacier’ is located in which mountain range?
Answer: Karakoram Range
166. Question: Which is the highest peak of the Western Ghats?
Answer: Anai Mudi
167. Question: Which mountain range separates North India from South India?
Answer: Vindhya Range
168. Question: The ‘Nilgiri Hills’ are located at the junction of which two mountain ranges?
Answer: Western and Eastern Ghats
169. Question: The ‘Siachen Glacier’ is a part of which mountain range?
Answer: Karakoram Range
170. Question: The ‘Great Himalayas’ are also known as what?
Answer: Himadri
171. Question: The ‘Highest peak’ of the Satpura Range is what?
Answer: Dhupgarh
172. Question: The ‘Pir Panjal’ range is part of which Himalayan division?
Answer: Lesser Himalayas
173. Question: Which mountain range is the oldest in India?
Answer: Aravalli Range
174. Question: The ‘Patkai Bum’ hills are located in which part of India?
Answer: North-Eastern
175. Question: The ‘Garo, Khasi, and Jaintia Hills’ are located in which state?
Answer: Meghalaya
176. Question: The ‘Saddle Peak’ is the highest point of which island group?
Answer: Andaman Islands
177. Question: The ‘Dhauladhar’ range is part of which Himalayan division?
Answer: Lesser Himalayas
178. Question: The ‘Nanda Devi’ peak is located in which state?
Answer: Uttarakhand
179. Question: The ‘Zojila Pass’ connects which two places?
Answer: Srinagar and Leh
180. Question: Which mountain pass connects Kashmir with the rest of India?
Answer: Banihal Pass
181. Question: The ‘Nathula Pass’ is located in which state?
Answer: Sikkim
182. Question: Which mountain range runs parallel to the Arabian Sea?
Answer: Western Ghats
183. Question: The ‘Bomdi La Pass’ connects which two states?
Answer: Arunachal Pradesh and Assam
184. Question: The ‘Lipulekh Pass’ is located in which state?
Answer: Uttarakhand
185. Question: The ‘Chang La Pass’ is located in which state/union territory?
Answer: Ladakh
186. Question: The ‘Bara-lacha La Pass’ is located in which state?
Answer: Himachal Pradesh
187. Question: The ‘Anai Mudi’ peak is located in which state?
Answer: Kerala
188. Question: The ‘Cardamom Hills’ are located in which states?
Answer: Kerala and Tamil Nadu
189. Question: The ‘Garo Hills’ are located in which state?
Answer: Meghalaya
190. Question: The ‘Highest peak’ of the Aravalli Range is what?
Answer: Guru Shikhar
191. Question: The ‘Parasnath’ peak is the highest point of which plateau?
Answer: Hazaribagh Plateau
192. Question: The ‘Thal Ghat’ is located in which state?
Answer: Maharashtra
193. Question: The ‘Palakkad Gap’ is a low mountain pass in which state?
Answer: Kerala
194. Question: The ‘Kashmir Valley’ is located between which two ranges?
Answer: Pir Panjal and Great Himalayas
195. Question: The ‘Amarnath Cave’ is located in which state/union territory?
Answer: Jammu and Kashmir
196. Question: The ‘Saddle Peak’ is the highest point of which island group?
Answer: Andaman Islands
197. Question: The ‘Pir Panjal’ range is part of which Himalayan division?
Answer: Lesser Himalayas
198. Question: The ‘Kanchenjunga’ peak is located on the border of which two countries?
Answer: India and Nepal
199. Question: The ‘Zojila Pass’ connects which two places?
Answer: Srinagar and Leh
200. Question: Which is the highest peak in the Nilgiri Hills?
Answer: Doda Betta