Question

The famous hill station of the north – Shimla, Mussoorie, Nainital are in the __________ range.
A. Shivalik
B. Himachal
C. Himadri
D. Trans-Himalayan

Answer 1

Hint:Himalayan mountains are not a single chain. It consists of three mountain chains running almost parallel to each other. One among them acts as a transition between the great Indian plains and other mountain chains of the Himalayas. This mountain range also has many of the famous hill stations.

Complete Answer:When Himalayan mountains are mentioned, we often visualize it as a single mountain chain, but in reality, it has three mountain chains running almost parallel to each other. These are referred to as the Greater Himalayas, the Lesser Himalayas, and the Outer Himalayas. When we move from the Indian plains towards the Himalayas, the first mountain range we encounter is Outer Himalayas also referred to as the Shivalik mountain range. Outer Himalayas stretches from the Indus River to the Brahmaputra river, the length of which is around 2400km. The Himalayas are considered to be young mountain ranges with very difficult terrain. Traveling towards the greater Himalayas is not a task for faint-hearted people. Although there are tourist destinations in the Greater and Lesser Himalayas, those are more suitable for adventure seekers. For general public sceneries and terrains of Siwalik range is more than enough. This is one of the reasons you will find many of the famous hill stations in the Shivalik range. Some hill stations were created during the rule of the British over India.

Thus, option (A) is correct.

Note:Greater Himalayas is also referred to as Himadri. There is one more mountain range, which is not included in the Himalayas. It is called Trans-Himalayas or Tibetan Himalayas.