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Mountain Ranges, Hills and Peaks

The ranges, hills and high peaks UPSC keeps asking about, from the Karakoram to the Cardamom Hills.

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Asked in exams

Actual questions from UPSC and state PCS papers that this map answers. The key detail column carries the correct fact behind each question.

ExamQuestionKey detail
UPSC 1995J&K ranges on a map: Karakoram, Ladakh, Zanskar, Pir Panjal—
UPSC 2006Markha valley: Jammu & Kashmir—
UPSC 1994Oldest Himalayan range: Great Himalayanot Dhaula Dhar
UPPCSKamet: Uttarakhand—
UPSC 2003Nanda Devi: Kumaon Himalayas—
UPSC 2022Nanda Devi - Kumaon Himalaya ✓Nanda Devi lies in the Kumaon Himalaya, Uttarakhand
UPPCSNanda Devi: Uttarakhand—
UPPCSTrishul: Uttarakhand; Gosain Than not in India—
UPSC 1994Oldest range: Great Himalaya, not the Siwalik—
UPPCSEast: west: Namcha Barwa: Kanchenjunga: Everest: Nanda Devi—
UPSC 2022Namcha Barwa - Garhwal Himalaya ✗Namcha Barwa is in the eastern Himalaya, on the Arunachal-Tibet border
UPSC 2014Saramati Peak - Nagaland ✓Saramati is the highest peak of Nagaland
UPPCSSaramati: Nagaland—
UPSC 2006Dzukou valley: Nagaland—
UPSC 2014Mikir Hills - North-East India ✓Mikir Hills are in Karbi Anglong, Assam
UPSC 2022Nokrek - Sikkim Himalaya ✗Nokrek is in the Garo Hills, Meghalaya
UPSC 2007Guru Shikhar: Rajasthan—
UPSC 1989Guru Shikhar: Aravalli—
UPPCSGurushikhar: Mt Abu, Aravalli—
UPSC 1979Oldest mountains: Aravallis—
UPSC 1997Aravalli: Pre-Cambrian—
UPSC 1982River between Vindhya and Satpura: Narmada—
UPSC 2014Kaimur Hills - Konkan coast ✗the Kaimur Hills are in MP-Bihar, part of the Vindhya system
UPSC 2005Tapi lies south of the Satpura ✓—
UPSC 1989Dhupgarh: Satpura—
UPSC 2014Mahadeo Hills - Central India ✓the Mahadeo Hills are in Madhya Pradesh, central India
UPPCSDhupgarh: Madhya Pradesh—
UPSC 2023Amarkantak = Vindhya + Sahyadri ✗Amarkantak is at the Vindhya-Satpura junction, in the Maikal Hills
UPSC 2007Narmada rises at Amarkantak—
UPSC 1995Range in only one state: Ajanta—
UPSC 2023Biligirirangan = easternmost Satpura ✗Biligirirangan Hills are in Karnataka-Tamil Nadu, near the Eastern Ghats
UPSC 2008Where Eastern and Western Ghats meet: Nilgiri Hills—
UPSC 1989Doddabetta: Nilgiri—
UPPCSDoddabetta: Tamil Nadu—
UPSC 1990Palghat gap: between the Nilgiris and the Anamalai hills—
UPSC 2005Anai Mudi = highest peak in the Western Ghats ✓—
UPPCSAnamudi = highest peak of peninsular Indiaasked 3 times
UPSC 2014Cardamom Hills - Coromandel coast ✗the Cardamom Hills are in the Western Ghats, on the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border
UPSC 2020Agasthyamala BR: Neyyar, Peppara, Shendurney, KMTR—
UPSC 2015Srisailam - Nallamala Hills ✓—
UPSC 2005N: S: Nallamalai: Javadi: Nilgiri: Anaimalai—
UPSC 2023Seshachalam = southernmost Western Ghats ✗the Seshachalam Hills are in the Eastern Ghats, Andhra Pradesh
UPSC 2007Shevaroy Hills: Tamil Nadu—
UPSC 1994Oldest Himalayan range: Great Himalayan Range—
UPSC 2005Western Ghats higher in the north ✗the Western Ghats rise southward; Anai Mudi in the south is the highest peak
UPSC 2017Western Ghats in five states only ✗the Western Ghats span six states: Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu
UPSC 2008Eastern and Western Ghats meet: Nilgiri Hills—
UPSCKanchenjunga: highest peak of India, in Sikkim8,586 m
UPSCPir Panjal: southernmost of the four main Kashmir rangesKarakoram, Ladakh, Zanskar, Pir Panjal
About this map

This map plots the ranges, hills and peaks the exam keeps returning to, from the Karakoram to Agasthyamalai. Tap any marker for its one-line identity: which system it belongs to, what it is known for, and the years UPSC asked it.

The standard trap is ordering: north-to-south sequences of Himalayan ranges, or west-to-east arrangements of peninsular hills. Use the zoom to fix relative positions in your head rather than memorizing lists.

Peaks are asked as highest-point-of-state questions and as pair-matching (peak to range). If a marker carries year chips, that place has appeared before and deserves a second look.