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- Shillong
- Cherrapunji
- Kohima
- Aizawl
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Correct answer: B. Cherrapunji
Mawsynram is a village near Cherrapunji on the windward side of the Garo-Khasi hills.
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Mawsynram, the wettest place in the world, lies near which town?Read the answer and worked solution →Which range in Ladakh is the most heavily glaciated part of the world outside the polar regions?Read the answer and worked solution →The Patkai ranges lie near India's eastern border with which country?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the lowest and southernmost of the four parallel Himalayan ranges?Read the answer and worked solution →Which peak is the third-highest mountain in the world and the highest point of India?Read the answer and worked solution →Nanda Devi lies in which Himalayan sub-region?Read the answer and worked solution →The eastern and western limits of the Himalayas are defined by the Yarlung Tsangpo and which river?Read the answer and worked solution →The Himalayas keep northern India warm in winter by blocking which winds?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Himalayan syntaxis lies on the northwestern corner of the Indian continent?Read the answer and worked solution →Cape Comorin is the former name of which place?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these is a gulf on India's coast?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Indian river system has the largest catchment?Read the answer and worked solution →Temperatures in India rose by about how many degrees Celsius between 1901 and 2018?Read the answer and worked solution →
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Which range in Ladakh is the most heavily glaciated part of the world outside the polar regions?
- Karakoram
- Patkai
- Pir Panjal
- Zanskar
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Correct answer: A. Karakoram
The roughly 500 km Karakoram is the most glaciated region outside the poles.
The Patkai ranges lie near India's eastern border with which country?
- Bhutan
- Nepal
- Myanmar
- China
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Correct answer: C. Myanmar
The Patkai, or Purvanchal, stand along the Myanmar (Burma) border.
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