Question

The highest peak of Himalayas in India is in ____________.
A.Uttar pradesh
B.Kashmir
C.Sikkim
D.Himachal pradesh

Answer 1

Hint:This state, bordered by Bhutan, Tibet and Nepal, is located in northeast India. It is also home to glaciers, alpine meadows and thousands of wildflower varieties. Steep paths lead to Buddhist monasteries like Pemayangtse, which date back to the early 1700s, on the hilltop.

Complete answer:
The Himalayas are Asia's great mountain range, creating a buffer between the Tibet Plateau to the north and the Indian subcontinent's alluvial plains to the south. With more than 110 peaks rising to elevations of 24,000 feet (7,300 metres) or more above sea level, the Himalayas are the world's tallest mountains.
The Great Himalaya Range is the foundation of the whole mountain chain, rising into a region of eternal snow. The range reaches its full height in Nepal; 10 of the 13 highest peaks in the world are among its peaks, each reaching 26,250 feet (8,000 metres) in elevation. The peaks are Nanga Parbat, Dhaulagiri, Annapurna, Manaslu, Xixabangma (Gosainthan), Cho Oyu, Mount Everest, Lhotse, Makalu and Kanchenjunga, from west to east.

From Jammu and Kashmir to Sikkim, an old Himalayan kingdom which is now a state of India, the range trends northwest-southeast. It runs east-west for another 260 miles (420 km) east of Sikkim through Bhutan and the eastern portion of Arunachal Pradesh to the summit of Kangto (23,260 feet [7090 metres]) and gradually bends northeast, ending at Namcha Barwa.
The Great Himalayas and the ranges, plateaus, and basins lying north of the Great Himalayas have no sharp borders. The names of the Tethys, or Tibetan, Himalayas and Trans-Himalayas, which stretch far north into Tibet, are normally grouped together. The Tethys are at their widest, forming the Spiti Basin and the Zaskar Range in Kashmir and in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.

Hence, the correct answer is option (C).

Note:While India, Nepal, and Bhutan have jurisdiction over most of the Himalayas, parts of them are still controlled by Pakistan and China. Pakistan has administrative control of some 32,400 square miles (83,900 square km) of the range lying north and west of the 'line of control' defined in 1972 between India and Pakistan in the contested Kashmir area. In the Ladakh district of Kashmir, China administers some 14,000 square miles (36,000 square km) and has claimed territories within the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh at the eastern end of the Himalayas. The border problems facing India and its neighbours in the Himalayan region are accentuated by these conflicts.