Question 5
MediumOriginal questionWhich is the highest mountain peak lying entirely within the territory of India?
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The question turns on the words 'entirely within', not on height alone.
Kangchenjunga is higher, but it stands on the border between Sikkim and Nepal, so it is not entirely within India.
Mount Everest lies on the Nepal-China border and does not touch India at all; K2 is in the Karakoram, in territory India claims but does not administer.
Nanda Devi, in Uttarakhand, is the highest peak that lies wholly inside India.
Worth noting
Three of the four options are higher than the answer. A question that gives you a superlative always has a second condition attached, and here it is the one doing the work.
- Concept
- Relief of the Himalayas and Indian territory
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