The Himalayan range is the youngest folded mountain range in the world.
(A) It extends across the north, northwest, and northeast of India, forming an arch.
(B) It begins at Arunachal Pradesh in the west and stretches up to the Pamir Knot in the east.
(C) It is divided into two main parts: the Karakoram and the Himalayas.
(D) The Karakoram Range includes Zaskar, Ladakh, and Kyunlun.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A), (C) and (D) only
The Himalaya is a young fold mountain system that runs along India’s northern border in a great arc, from the Indus in the west to the Brahmaputra in the east.
(A) It extends across the north, northwest, and northeast of India, forming an arch. Correct. The ranges bend in an arc about 2,400 km long across Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh, the convex side facing south.
(B) It begins at Arunachal Pradesh in the west and stretches up to the Pamir Knot in the east. Incorrect. The directions are reversed: the system starts from the Pamir Knot in the west and ends in Arunachal Pradesh in the east, where the Brahmaputra turns south.
(C) It is divided into two main parts: the Karakoram and the Himalayas. Correct. In this division the northern group of ranges beyond the Great Himalaya, the Karakoram or Trans-Himalaya, is taken as one part and the Himalaya proper (Greater, Lesser and Shiwalik ranges) as the other.
(D) The Karakoram Range includes Zaskar, Ladakh, and Kyunlun. Correct. The northern part of the division groups the Zaskar and Ladakh ranges with the Karakoram, and the Kunlun (printed “Kyunlun”) continues the system farther north, beyond India’s border.