Question

Which plateau is locally known as the Meghalaya and Karbi Anglong Plateau?
a. Peninsular Plateau
b. Tibetan Plateau
c. Deccan Plateau
d. Chota Nagpur Plateau

Answer 1

Hint:
The Chota Nagpur Plateau is a plateau in eastern India, which occupies a large portion of the Jharkhand state as well as the neighbouring areas of Odisha, West Bengal, and Chhattisgarh.


Complete step by step solution:

Karbi Anglong Plateau –
Karbi Anglong Plateau is an extension of the Indian Peninsular Plateau in Assam, North East India.
This region receives maximum rainfall from the summer monsoon of the Southwest from June to September.
The overall height of the plateau ranges from 300 meters to 400 meters.
The Karbi Plateau is pear-shaped and has an area of approximately 7000 km square.
Its connexion to the Meghalaya itself is to the south across a patch of extremely dense and subdued senile terrain.

Meghalaya Plateau –
Traditionally, the Meghalaya Plateau is divided into Garo, Khasi, and Jaintia Hills.
Karbi-Meghalaya Plateau is, in fact, an extension of the main Indian peninsular plateau and originally two different plateaus-Karbi Anglong Plateau and Meghalaya Plateau.
Traditionally, the Meghalaya Plateau is divided into Garo, Khasi, and Jaintia Hills.
The area from the River Dhansiri in the east to the River Singimari in the west is approximately 400 km long with an average width of approximately 40 km, covering approximately 35, 291 km square.
Meghalaya Plateau is, in fact, an extension of the main Indian peninsular plateau and originally two different plateaus-Karbi Anglong Plateau and Meghalaya Plateau.


Hence, the correct answer is option A.

Note:
The Tibetan Plateau is a large high plateau in Central Asia and East Asia, including much of Tibet's Autonomous Region, Northwestern Yunnan, the western half of Sichuan, southern Gansu and Qinghai provinces in western China, Indian regions of Ladakh and Lahaul and Spiti (Himachal Pradesh) as well as Bhutan.