Mountains & Peaks MCQs set 3 for PPSC Revenue Officer (BS-16) Geography — 20 solved questions.
Q1. Which is the highest pass in Pakistan, an ancient trading route between Kashmir and China situated at a height of 5575 meters?
Answer: Karakoram Pass
Explanation: The Karakoram Pass at 5,575 metres is the highest pass in Pakistan and one of the highest in the world, historically linking Kashmir with Xinjiang along the ancient Silk Road.
Q2. Which is the highest peak of the Salt Range?
Answer: Sakaser
Explanation: Sakaser (1,522 m) is the highest peak of the Salt Range in Punjab, Pakistan, located near Sakesar in Khushab district.
Q3. Nanga Parbat is ranked ___ in terms of the highest mountain peaks in the world.
Answer: 9th
Explanation: Nanga Parbat (8,126 m) is ranked the 9th highest mountain in the world; it is the westernmost peak of the Himalayas and the second highest in Pakistan after K2.
Q4. The Karakoram Highway (N-35) starts from:
Answer: Hasan Abdal
Explanation: The Karakoram Highway (N-35) officially starts at Hasan Abdal in Punjab and runs northward through Abbottabad, Mansehra, and Gilgit to the Khunjerab Pass at the Chinese border.
Q5. The Shiwaliks are the ____ part of the Himalayas.
Answer: Southernmost
Q6. Rainfall related to mountains is:
Answer: Orographic rainfall
Explanation: Orographic (relief) rainfall occurs when moist air is forced upward by a mountain barrier, cools adiabatically, and condenses to produce precipitation on the windward side.
Q7. Where are glaciers not formed?
Answer: Rainforest region
Q8. The first successful expedition to Mount Everest was made in which year?
Answer: 1953
Explanation: Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa of Nepal made the first confirmed ascent of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953, as part of a British expedition led by John Hunt.
Q9. Broad Peak is present in ____ mountain ranges.
Answer: Karakoram
Q10. The Silk Route (Karakoram Highway) connects Pakistan with which country?
Answer: China
Explanation: The Karakoram Highway, also called the Silk Route, runs through the Karakoram mountains to connect Pakistan with China via the Khunjerab Pass.
Q11. Broad Peak is the '''' highest mountain in Pakistan.
Answer: Fourth
Explanation: Among Pakistan's highest peaks, K-2 ranks first, Nanga Parbat second, Gasherbrum I third, and Broad Peak fourth at 8,051 metres.
Q12. Which mountain peak is called "Killer Mountain"?
Answer: Nanga Parbat
Explanation: Nanga Parbat earned the nickname "Killer Mountain" due to its extremely high death rate among climbers, making it one of the deadliest peaks in the world.
Q13. Which of the following mountains in North America which is known as "Denali Peak"?
Answer: McKinley
Explanation: Mount McKinley in Alaska is officially known as Denali, a name derived from the indigenous Athabascan language meaning "the high one."
Q14. Which is the highest peak of the Karakoram range?
Answer: K-2 peak
Explanation: K-2 (8,611 m) is the highest peak in the Karakoram Range and the second highest mountain in the world.
Q15. What is the length of the Karakoram Highway, which is also called the Silk Highway in Pakistan?
Answer: 887 Km
Explanation: The Karakoram Highway (KKH), also known as the Silk Highway, runs approximately 887 km within Pakistan from Hasan Abdal to the Khunjerab Pass.
Q16. K2 is also known as:
Answer: All of these
Explanation: K2 is officially called Godwin Austen after surveyor Henry Godwin-Austen, locally known as Chogori ("Great Mountain" in Balti), and nicknamed the Savage Mountain for its extreme fatality rate.
Q17. Which of the following mountains separates Asia from Europe?
Answer: Ural Mountains
Explanation: The Ural Mountains, stretching about 2,500 km from the Arctic to Kazakhstan, form the traditional geographical boundary between Europe and Asia.
Q18. What is the height of Sakasar peak?
Answer: 1500 meters
Explanation: Sakasar is the highest peak of the Salt Range in Punjab, with an elevation of approximately 1,500 metres above sea level.
Q19. _______ is an elevated portion of the land with some summit area.
Answer: Mountain
Q20. Gangkhar Puensum, the highest unclimbed mountain in the world, is located in:
Answer: Bhutan
Explanation: Gangkhar Puensum (7,570 m) is located in Bhutan and remains the world's highest unclimbed peak, largely because Bhutan has banned mountaineering above 6,000 m.