RAS question
The Vindhya Range separates:
Correct answer: (C) North India (Indo-Gangetic plain) from South India (Peninsular India).
The Vindhya Range is regarded as the traditional boundary separating North India, including the Indo-Gangetic plain, from Peninsular or South India.
Explanation
The Vindhya Range runs broadly east-west across central India, from Gujarat towards the Ganga valley near Varanasi, and is treated in Indian geography as the line between northern and peninsular India. That is why option C is the right answer: the range separates the North Indian plain, especially the Indo-Gangetic plain, from the southern peninsular region and the Deccan Plateau. The Narmada lies along its southern face, reinforcing why the range is read as a central Indian divide rather than an international boundary. Encyclopaedia Britannica supports the core point by describing the Vindhya as a range across central India and as marking the border between northern and peninsular India.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) India and Nepal are associated with the Himalayan boundary, whereas the Vindhya Range lies within central India.
- (B) India and Pakistan are separated by a different political boundary, not by the Vindhya Range across central India.
- (D) The Vindhya runs broadly east-west, so it functions as a north-peninsular divide rather than a divider of eastern and western India.
Concept
This tests the physiographic divisions of India, especially how major ranges separate plains and plateaus. RAS repeats this because Rajasthan geography questions often link local landforms to India’s larger relief framework.