Mountains & Peaks MCQs set 2 for GBPSC Sub Inspector (BS-14) Geography — 20 solved questions.
Q1. Which is the highest peak of the Koh-e-Sufaid range?
Answer: Sikaram
Explanation: Sikaram (3,441 m) is the highest peak of the Koh-e-Sufaid (Safed Koh) range, located on the border between Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Afghanistan.
Q2. Peak Godwin-Austen is commonly known as:
Answer: K-2
Explanation: Godwin-Austen is the official surveyor's name for K-2, the world's second-highest mountain at 8,611 metres, named after British surveyor Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen.
Q3. The largest glaciers are ________.
Answer: continental glaciers
Explanation: Continental glaciers (ice sheets) are the largest glaciers, covering vast areas like Antarctica and Greenland; the Antarctic Ice Sheet alone covers about 14 million km².
Q4. In which year was Broad Peak first climbed?
Answer: 1957
Explanation: Broad Peak (8,051 m) in the Karakoram was first summited on June 9, 1957, by an Austrian team comprising Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, and Hermann Buhl.
Q5. What is the height of Broad Peak?
Answer: 8047 meters
Explanation: Broad Peak (K3) stands at 8,051 metres above sea level and is the 12th highest mountain in the world, located in the Karakoram range.
Q6. Nanga Parbat is part of which range?
Answer: Himalayas
Explanation: Nanga Parbat (8,126 m) is the westernmost major peak of the Himalayan range, located in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
Q7. The Andes is the longest mountain range in:
Answer: South America
Explanation: The Andes mountain range runs approximately 7,000 km along the western coast of South America, making it the longest continental mountain range in the world.
Q8. The height of the Himalaya range increases as it moves from:
Answer: South to North
Explanation: The Himalayan range generally increases in elevation from south to north, with the foothills (Siwaliks) in the south giving way to the Greater Himalayas with peaks above 8,000 m northward.
Q9. In which of the following countries are the Atlas Mountains found?
Answer: Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco
Q10. Baltoro Glacier is found in the ____ ranges of Pakistan.
Answer: Karakoram
Explanation: The Baltoro Glacier, one of the world's longest mountain glaciers at about 62 km, is situated in the Karakoram range of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
Q11. The highest peak in Africa is:
Answer: Mount Kilimanjaro
Q12. 'The longest mountain range (above sea level) is:
Answer: Andes
Explanation: The Andes mountain range in South America, stretching about 7,000 km along the western coast, is the longest mountain range above sea level in the world.
Q13. Which pass connects Chitral with Gilgit?
Answer: Shandur
Explanation: The Shandur Pass (3,734 m), located between Chitral and Ghizer districts, connects Chitral with the Gilgit-Baltistan region and is famous for the annual polo festival.
Q14. What is the other name of K2?
Answer: Godwin Austen
Explanation: K2 is also known as "Godwin Austen" after Colonel Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen, the British surveyor who first surveyed it in 1856.
Q15. Pir Panjal range is a part of which range?
Answer: Himalaya
Explanation: The Pir Panjal range is a sub-range of the outer Himalayas, running through Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir, forming the southern wall of the Kashmir Valley.
Q16. Which mountain peak is also known as K4?
Answer: Gasherbrum II
Q17. The Siachen Glacier is in the ____ mountain range.
Answer: Karakoram
Explanation: The Siachen Glacier (76 km long) lies in the Karakoram range of the Eastern Karakoram mountains, between the Saltoro Ridge and the main Karakoram range.
Q18. Which of the following glaciers are present in the Karakoram range?
Answer: All of above
Explanation: The Karakoram range contains numerous major glaciers including Siachen, Hispar, Biafo, Batura, and Chogo Lungma, making it home to the greatest concentration of high-altitude glaciers outside polar regions.
Q19. What is the height of Takht-e-Suleiman peak?
Answer: 3500 meters
Explanation: Takht-e-Suleiman (Throne of Solomon) at approximately 3,487-3,500 metres is the highest peak of the Sulaiman Range on the Balochistan-KPK border.
Q20. What is the highest glacier in the Karakoram Mountain range?
Answer: Siachen Glacier
Explanation: The Siachen Glacier (about 76 km long, up to 5,753 m elevation) is the highest and longest glacier in the Karakoram range and the world's second-longest non-polar glacier.