Question

The Outer Himalayas Corresponds with
(A) The Karakoram Range
(B) The Shiwalik Range
(C) The Kailas Range
(D) The Hindukush Range

Answer 1

Hint
1. Often known as Outer Himalayas or the young Himalayas.
2. Positioned between the Great Plains and Lesser Himalayas.
3. This range is made up of consolidated sands, gravels, and conglomerate, etc.

Complete Solution in Steps
Himalayas
1. Includes the Himalayas,
2. Purvanchal and
3. their extensions in Arakan Yoma (Myanmar)
4. It is the most precarious landmass and youngest mountain ranges of India.
5. Tectonic movements are very common here.

There are three parallel ranges in the Himalayas from the north to the south. They are:
1. Himadri-also is known as Grater Himalaya or Inner Himalaya.
2. It's famous for its hills and glaciers.
3. Important peaks of the planet can be found here.
4. Himachal-also known as the lower Himalayas.
5. It's popular for its ranges.
6. Here you will find Pir Panjal, Dhaula Dhar, etc.
7. Shivalik-also is known as the Outer Himalayas.
8. The place is renowned for the Duns.
9. Important Duns are Dehra Dun, Patli Dun, Kotli Dun.

Division of the Himalayas in Northern India:
1. Often called Outer Himalayas or commonly Shiwaliks
2. Lesser or also called Middle Himalayas
3. The Greater Himalayas
4. The Trans-Himalayas – The Tibetan Himalayas.
5. Purvanchal - The Eastern Hills.

Shivalik
1. First, Total Length: 2400 Km = towards the southern slope
2. Second, The altitude ranges: From 600 to 1500 meters = the southern slopes are steep while the northern slopes are gentle
3. Third, the range of the Shiwalik in Himachal ranges: from 50 km to less than 15 km in Arunachal Pradesh.
4. Fourth, It extends from the North East of India to Nepal and is surrounded by dense forests, but the forest cover is decreasing from Nepal to the West (the amount of rainfall in It and Ganga Plains is decreasing from the East to the West)

Option B. the Shiwalik Range is the correct Answer

Note
1. It(Shiwaliks) was the last of all the ranges (2-20 million years ago).
2. It is consolidated sands, gravels, and conglomerate deposits [Alluvial fans] carried by rivers streaming from the higher reaches.
3. These deposits were folded and hardened by the compression provided by the northward movement of the Indian plate.