Question

The second highest peak in the world is _____.
A. Kanchenjunga
B. K2
C. Himalayas
D. Andes

Answer 1

Hint:It is also called the ‘Savage Mountain’. It is the most dangerous to climb in the world, hence the name ‘Savage Mountain’. Approximately for every four people that reach the summit of this mountain, one person dies.

Complete answer:
A. Kanchenjunga – It is the third highest mountain peak in the world. It is 8586 meters high. It lies between Nepal and India. Before 1852, it was believed to be the highest mountain peak in the world. Later according to new calculations and measurements it was confirmed that a mountain called Peak XV (presently called Everest) was the highest. It was officially announced that Kanchenjunga was the third highest peak in the year 1856.
B. K2 – It is the second highest peak in the world and is 8,611 meters high. It lies on the China-Pakistan border. In 1953, a climber, George Bell reported that K2 was a savage mountain that tried to kill you and the mountain has ever since been called the ‘Savage Mountain’. The first persons to scale this mountain were Italian climbers Lino Lacedelli and Achille Compagnoni in 1954.
C. Himalayas – It is not a mountain peak, rather it is a mountain range located in the northern border of India. The highest forty to fifty mountain peaks are all located in this mountain range, making it the highest mountain range in the world. The range is 2,400 kilometers long and covers the whole northern border of India, all the way from Afghanistan to Myanmar.
D. Andes – It is also not the mountain peak, but an entire mountain range. The Andes is the longest mountain on earth, located along the entire western edge of South America. It is 7000 kilometers long and runs through seven countries of South America; Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile and Columbia.

Hence the correct answer is option B.

Note:K2 is located in the Karakoram Range in the Pakistan-China border.
The Karakoram range is the second highest mountain range in the world after the Himalayas.
It is also believed that the Himalayas is the parent range of the Karakoram range.