RAS question
Which section of the Aravalli Range is known as 'Bhorat Plateau'?
Correct answer: (D) Between Kumbhalgarh and Gogunda.
The Bhorat Plateau is the section of the Aravalli Range between Kumbhalgarh and Gogunda.
Explanation
Bhorat Plateau refers to the high Aravalli section between Kumbhalgarh and Gogunda in the Udaipur-Rajsamand region. The Rajasthan Forest Department places this in the Mewar Rocky Region and states that the highest portion of the Aravalli Range lies between the forts of Kumbhalgarh and Gogunda as a plateau locally known as Bhorat. That is why option D is the precise answer. Its average height of about 1,225 metres above sea level fits the idea of Bhorat as a high-altitude plateau rather than a pass, valley, or ordinary hill stretch.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Ajmer-Pushkar is not identified as the Aravalli section locally known as Bhorat.
- (B) Mount Abu-Sirohi belongs to the Abu section mentioned separately by the Rajasthan Forest Department, not to the Kumbhalgarh-Gogunda Bhorat Plateau.
- (C) Alwar-Jaipur lies in the north-eastern Aravalli belt, whereas Bhorat is in the Udaipur-Rajsamand side between Kumbhalgarh and Gogunda.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan physiography, especially named sub-regions of the Aravalli Range. RAS repeats such location-name questions because they connect map memory with regional geography.