RAS question
The highest peak in Asia and the world is:
Correct answer: (B) Mount Everest (8,849 m).
Mount Everest, also called Sagarmatha, is the highest peak in Asia and the world.
Explanation
Mount Everest is the peak the question is testing because the official Nepal Department of Tourism page lists Mount Everest and describes Mt. Sagarmatha or Everest as the world's highest mountain, rising to 8848.46 metres above sea level. Mount Everest, on the Nepal-Tibet (China) border, is the highest peak in both Asia and the world. Its Nepali name is Sagarmatha, its Tibetan name is Chomolungma, and the 2020 China-Nepal survey revised its height to 8,849 m. So among the four Himalayan eight-thousanders listed, Everest is the only option whose status is highest globally, not merely high-ranking.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Kangchenjunga is not the highest peak because the question's data identifies it as the third highest, below Everest.
- (C) K2 is not the answer because the question's data places it second, while Everest is the highest.
- (D) Lhotse is not the answer because the question's data places it fourth, and the Department of Tourism, Government of Nepal separately lists Lhotse at 8516 m beside Everest.
Concept
This tests the World Geography static-GK concept of major mountain peaks and their relative heights. It recurs in RAS because Himalayan physical geography is a standard factual area where options often differ only by rank and elevation.