RAS question
Mount Abu, the only hill station in Rajasthan, is part of which mountain range?
Correct answer: (B) Aravalli Range.
Mount Abu, Rajasthan's only hill station, is part of the Aravalli Range.
Explanation
Mount Abu belongs to the Aravalli Range, so option B is the answer. Mount Abu is identified as the highest point of the Aravalli Range, with Guru Shikhar, at 1,722 metres, as the highest peak. Incredible India describes Mount Abu as located in the age-old Aravalli range and separately notes that Guru Shikhar reaches 1,722 metres in the Aravalli Range. This matters because the question is not asking for a nearby plateau or a broad region of western India; it asks for the mountain range of which Mount Abu forms a part. Among the four options, only Aravalli Range matches that location and peak reference.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Satpura Range is wrong because Mount Abu is placed in the Aravalli Range, not in Satpura.
- (C) Western Ghats is wrong because Incredible India links Mount Abu with the Aravalli Range, while the question's hill station is in Rajasthan.
- (D) Vindhya Range is wrong because Mount Abu's highest-point reference and Guru Shikhar's 1,722-metre peak are both tied to the Aravalli Range.
Concept
This tests the physical geography of Rajasthan, especially the Aravalli system and its major peaks. It recurs in RAS because Mount Abu and Guru Shikhar are standard map-based anchors for Rajasthan's relief features.