Which of the following peaks of the Himalayan mountains are not in India? 4. Bachendri Pal is a well-known name in the following field— 5. The second Indian woman to climb Mount Everest was— 2. Which of the following is the longest glacier of the Himalayan Mountains? 3. Which of the following regions has the lowest snow line? 4. The average height of the snow line in Uttar Pradesh is— 5. Which of the following states of India is the Likhapani Glacier located?

Explanation

Dhaulagiri peak is located in Nepal. Nanga Parbat lies in India’s Pakistan-occupied area in the Zanskar Range, while Kamet peak is located in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand. Ans. (d) Bachendri Pal, born on 24 May, 1954 in Nakuri village of Uttarkashi district (present-day Uttarakhand), is India’s first woman to climb the Mount Everest peak. Bachendri Pal hoisted the flag of victory on the summit of Everest on 23 May, 1984. Ans. (b) Santosh Yadav, a resident of Haryana and an officer in the Indo-Tibetan Border Police, is the second Indian woman to achieve victory on the Mount Everest peak. Among the few women in the world to climb Everest twice, Santosh Yadav climbed Everest first in May, 1992 and again in May, 1993. For this achievement, the Government of India honoured her with the Padma Shri award in the year 2000. Ans. (b) Among the given options, Batura Glacier (57 kilometres) is the longest glacier of the Himalayas. It is located in the Karakoram Range in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan. Ans. (c) Snow line means the altitude limit above which permanent snow remains throughout the year; due to this, generally vegetation does not grow there. Among the given options, the snow line is lowest in the Alps region. Ans. (*) The altitude above which snow remains permanently throughout the year at a particular place is called the snow-line altitude. After the separation of Uttarakhand, there is no snow line in Uttar Pradesh. Therefore, none of the options is correct. Ans.…