Question

Garo , Khasi , Jaintia Hills are situated on_________.
A. Meghalaya plateau
B. Chotanagpur plateau
C. Malwa plateau
D. Mysore plateau

Answer 1

Hint:
1. In the same era as the Malwa Plateau, the Garo, Khasi and Jaintia hills were created. Peninsular India is part of the Garo, Khasi and Jaintia. As the Shillong plateau, the Peninsular plateau extends far east from the Rajmahal hills to the north-east, the distance between them is referred to as the Rajmahal-Garo gap.
2. The Khasi Hills are part of the area of Garo-Khasi-Jaintia and link further east to the Purvanchal Range and the larger Patkai Range.

Complete solution:
1. In Meghalaya, the Khasi, Garo, and Jaintia hills are situated. A major fault was formed between the Rajmahal hills and the Meghalaya Plateau due to the force exerted by the northeast motion of the Indian plate at the time of the Himalayan origin.
2. Garo , Khasi , Jaintia Hills are situated on Meghalaya plateau.
3. Shillong Plateau, East Meghalaya Highland Region, Northeast India. It is a rolling tableland that occupies much of Meghalaya and is the highest portion of the hill mass.
4. The western, northern and southern escarpments of the plateau are called the hills of Garo, Khasi, and Jaintia, respectively. The Shillong Plateau is an outlier of peninsular India's plateau and is mainly composed of ancient rocks. It includes coal and iron ore reserves and there is quarrying of limestone.

Option A is the correct option as Garo , Khasi , Jaintia Hills are situated on Meghalaya plateau.
Option B is not the correct option as Garo , Khasi , Jaintia Hills are situated on Chotanagpur plateau.
Option C is not the correct option as Garo , Khasi , Jaintia Hills are situated on Malwa plateau.
Option D is not the correct option as Garo , Khasi , Jaintia Hills are situated on Mysore plateau.

Hence, the correct answer is option A.

Note:
1. In eastern India, the Chota Nagpur Plateau is a plateau which covers much of the state of Jharkhand as well as adjacent parts of Odisha, West Bengal and Chhattisgarh. The Indo-Gangetic plain lies to the north and east of the plateau, and the basin of the Mahanadi River lies to the south.
2. Malwa is a historical Indian doab region occupying a plateau of volcanic origin in western-central India. Geologically, north of the Vindhya Range, the Malwa Plateau usually refers to the volcanic upland.