MPSC PYQ

Mountain Ranges

Mountain Ranges is a Geography concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 2 past MPSC questions (2016, 2025). Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations, plus the concepts worth being comfortable with first.

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2 · 2016–2025
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Basic topography of Maharashtra

Real questions that test this

पुढील शिखरे उंचीच्या उतरत्या क्रमाने लावा : अ. नंदा देवी ब. कांचनजंगा क. गंगोत्री ड. बद्रीनाथ इ. नंगा पर्वत

(a)नंदा देवी

(b)कांचनजंगा

(c)गंगोत्री

(d)बद्रीनाथ

(e)नंगा पर्वत

1)ब, आ, इ, क, ड
2)ब, इ, अ, क, ड✓ Correct
3)ब, इ, अ, ड, क
4)अ, ब, इ, ड, क

Arranging the Himalayan peaks in descending order of height: Kangchenjunga (8,586 m), Nanga Parbat (8,126 m), Nanda Devi (7,816 m), Gangotri (7,780 m), Badrinath (7,138 m). Thus the correct order is b, e, a, c, d.

खालीलपैकी कोणता खडकंचा प्रकार रासायनिक प्रक्रियेद्वारा निर्मित जलजन्य खडक आहे ? / Which of the following rock types is a hydrous rock formed by chemical processes ?

1)जिप्सम / Gypsum✓ Correct
2)शेल / Shale
3)ग्रॅनाईट / Granite
4)पंकाश्म / Pumice

Gypsum (hydrated calcium sulphate) is a chemically formed sedimentary rock: it crystallises out when water in seas or salt lakes evaporates, and it holds water in its structure. Shale is a mechanically formed sedimentary rock (compacted clay), granite is an intrusive igneous rock, and pumice is a volcanic igneous rock.

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