Question

The highest peak in India is …………………….
a. Mt. Everest
b. Mt. Godwin Austin
c. Mt. Kanchenjunga
d. Dhaulagiri

Answer 1

Hint:
Mountains have only one summit but can have several peaks of their own. However, the peak in common sense was the highest point on the mountain. If we continue with this term, we can basically say that any highest point that can form around a mountain at any point is a peak.

Complete solution:
Leading mountains in India:
- Himalayas - The Himalayas are considered to be the habitat of the youngest and highest mountains and mountains in the world. The Himalayas stretch up to 2,500 km. It expands from Jammu and Kashmir in the north to Arunachal Pradesh in the east.
- Karakoram Range
- Eastern Mountain Range/ Purvanchal Range
- Satpura and Vindhyan Ranges
- Aravalli Range
- Western Ghats
- Eastern Ghats

K2 also known as Mt. Godwin-Austen is the highest peak in India. K2 is at 8,611 meters above sea level, is the second-highest mountain in the world after Mount Everest at 8,848 meters. It lies on the border between China and Pakistan between Baltistan in the Gilgit-Baltistan region in northern Pakistan and the city of Dafdar in Taskorkorgan Tajik Autonomous Region in Xinjiang, China. K2 is the highest point in the Karakoram Mountains and the highest point in Pakistan and Xinjiang

Hence, the correct answer is option B.

Note:
The name K2 comes from the name used by the Great Trigonometric Survey of British India. Thomas Montgomerie made the first exploration of Karakoram from Mount Harmukh, about 210 km south, and outlined the two most famous peaks, referring to them as K1 and K2, where K stands for the Karakoram.