Civil Services Prep

Prelims 2014 · Geography · Question 88

Consider the following pairs — Hills : Region. 1. Cardamom Hills : Coromandel Coast 2. Kaimur Hills : Konkan Coast 3. Mahadeo Hills : Central India 4. Mikir Hills : North-East India. Which of the above pairs are correctly matched?

  1. 1 and 2
  2. 2 and 3
  3. 3 and 4
  4. 2 and 4

Answer

3 and 4

1. Cardamom Hills : Coromandel Coast — Incorrect. Cardamom Hills are in the southern Western Ghats (Kerala–Tamil Nadu border), not in the Coromandel Coast region on the eastern side.
2. Kaimur Hills : Konkan Coast — Incorrect. Kaimur Hills are an eastern extension of the Vindhyan range in central/north India, not along the Konkan Coast of western India.
3. Mahadeo Hills : Central India — Correct. Mahadeo Hills are part of the Satpura range in Madhya Pradesh, i.e., central India.
4. Mikir Hills : North-East India — Correct. Mikir Hills (Karbi Anglong Hills) are in Assam, which is in North-East India.
Therefore, the correctly matched pairs are 3 and 4.

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