Following are the mountain ranges of India 1. Garo Hills 2. Nandadevi 3. Kamet 4. K2 Which of the following is their correct sequence from east to west ?
1 2 3 4
The order from east to west is Garo Hills, Nanda Devi, Kamet, K2 — that is, 1 2 3 4, option 4.
Place each feature on the map.
| Order | Feature | Where it lies | Approximate longitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garo Hills | Western Meghalaya, part of the Meghalaya plateau in the north-east | About 90° E — the easternmost |
| 2 | Nanda Devi | Chamoli district, Uttarakhand; 7,816 m | About 80° E |
| 3 | Kamet | Also in Chamoli, but further north-west near the Tibet border; 7,756 m | About 79·6° E |
| 4 | K2 | Karakoram range, in the Gilgit-Baltistan area claimed by India; 8,611 m | About 76·5° E — the westernmost |
How to reason it out without remembering longitudes. Start from the two extremes, which are easy. The Garo Hills are in the north-east, so they must be first in an east-to-west list; K2 is in the Karakoram of the far north-west, so it must be last. That alone leaves only option 4, since options 1, 2 and 3 all begin or end incorrectly. The only real work is separating Nanda Devi from Kamet, and there the rule is that Kamet lies to the north-west of Nanda Devi, closer to the Tibetan border.
A few facts worth carrying. Nanda Devi is the highest peak lying entirely within India and gives its name to a national park and biosphere reserve that is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Kamet is the second highest in Uttarakhand. K2, also called Godwin-Austen, is the second highest mountain in the world after Everest. The Garo Hills, with the Khasi and Jaintia Hills, form the Meghalaya plateau, which is geologically a detached block of the peninsular shield rather than part of the Himalaya at all.
Hence, the answer is 1 2 3 4.
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