Himalayan regional divisions MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers

Kanchenjunga is located in the eastern Himalayas, on the India-Nepal border adjoining Sikkim, and is conventionally associated in Indian geography with the Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas. The Arunachal Himalayas lie farther east and include ranges such as the Mishmi and Patkai-related hill systems, not Kanchenjunga. Himachal and Uttarakhand Himalayas contain peaks such as Nanda Devi and Trisul, but not Kanchenjunga. Kashmir Himalayas are in the north-western sector and are linked with ranges around Kashmir and Ladakh, so they do not fit this peak.

The incorrect statement is the one linking the higher reaches of the Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas with the Monpa. The Monpa are chiefly associated with Arunachal Pradesh, especially the Tawang and West Kameng areas of the eastern Himalayas. The Darjeeling-Sikkim section does have high mountain peaks, receives well-distributed rainfall under the monsoon influence, and lies between the Nepal Himalayas to the west and the Bhutan Himalayas to the east. Those statements fit the region.

Pangong Tso and Tso Moriri are high-altitude lakes associated with the Ladakh region, which is treated in this classification under the Kashmir Himalayas. That is why Kashmir Himalayas is the correct answer. Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas refer to the eastern Himalayan sector, far from Ladakh. Arunachal Himalayas lie still farther east and do not contain these lakes. Himachal and Uttarakhand Himalayas include another western Himalayan sector, but Pangong Tso and Tso Moriri are not placed there in the standard regional division used for this question.

Namcha Barwa is associated with the eastern syntaxis of the Himalayas near the great bend of the Brahmaputra, and in Indian regional classification it is placed with the Arunachal Himalayas. The Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas lie farther west and include peaks and ranges around Sikkim and northern West Bengal. The Himachal and Uttarakhand Himalayas belong to the western-central Himalayan sector. Kashmir Himalayas are still farther to the north-west. Therefore the regional setting asked here is the Arunachal Himalayas.