RAS question
The Andes Mountains are located in:
Correct answer: (A) South America.
The Andes Mountains are located in South America, extending along the continent's western coast.
Explanation
The Andes are a South American mountain system, not a North American, African, or European one. NASA describes the Andes as one of the longest continuous mountain ranges in the world and places them along South America's western coast. This directly supports option A. The range is roughly 7,000-8,900 km long, is treated as the world's longest continental mountain range, and runs through Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina. For an RAS geography MCQ, the key recognition point is the continent-location pairing: Andes equals South America.
Why the other options are wrong
- (B) North America is associated here with the Rocky Mountains, whereas the Andes are placed by NASA along South America's western coast.
- (C) Africa is not the location of the Andes; the option confuses the continent with ranges such as the Atlas Mountains.
- (D) Europe does not contain the Andes; the European mountain association in this set is the Alps, not the Andes.
Concept
This tests world physical geography, especially major mountain ranges and their continent-location pairs. It recurs in RAS because such one-line map facts underpin both direct MCQs and broader geography elimination questions.