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Peaks of India: asked and not asked.
UPSC has asked 13 of these 33. 2 came more than once. 20 have not come yet. Lock the repeated ones first, then read the rest.
First, the concept
Every range has one highest peak, and UPPCS asks it as a pair: peak and state, or peak and range.
On India's map, K2 (Ladakh) is India's highest peak. Kangchenjunga (Sikkim) is the highest in the area India administers. Nanda Devi is the highest peak that lies wholly inside India.
South of the Himalayas, Anamudi (Kerala) is the highest. Then each range: Nilgiri → Doddabetta, Aravalli → Guru Shikhar, Satpura → Dhupgarh.
UPPCS also asks order: east to west along the Himalayas, or north to south down the country.
🔁 Asked again and again (2)
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Himalaya in India
✅ Asked once (11)
Himalaya in India
- K2 (Godwin Austen) · Karakoram, Ladakh on India's map; India's highest peak
- Kangchenjunga · Sikkim, on the Nepal border; the world's third highest 2008
- Kamet · Uttarakhand (Garhwal)
North-East hills and islands
- Saramati · Highest peak of Nagaland (Patkai, Myanmar border) 2014
- Saddle Peak · North Andaman; highest point of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Mount Thullier · Great Nicobar; highest point of the Nicobar group
Peninsular India
- Anamudi · Kerala (Anaimalai hills); highest peak of peninsular India
- Guru Shikhar · Mount Abu, Rajasthan; highest peak of the Aravalli
- Mahendragiri · Odisha, in the Eastern Ghats 2026
Not in India (the usual odd one out)
- Mount Everest · Nepal–Tibet border
- Nanga Parbat · Western end of the Himalayas; on India's map in Ladakh
❌ Not asked by UPSC yet (20)
Items marked 'asked in UPPCS' have already come in the UP state exam, so examiners do use them.
Himalaya in India
- Trishul · Uttarakhand (Kumaon) asked in UPPCS
- Saser Kangri · Ladakh; highest of the Saser range of the Karakoram
- Nun Kun · Ladakh; highest in the Zanskar range
- Reo Purgyil · Highest peak of Himachal Pradesh
- Kangto · Highest peak of Arunachal Pradesh
- Sandakphu · Highest point of West Bengal (Singalila ridge)
North-East hills and islands
- Phawngpui (Blue Mountain) · Highest peak of Mizoram
- Shillong Peak · Highest point of Meghalaya
Peninsular India
- Doddabetta · Tamil Nadu; highest peak of the Nilgiris asked in UPPCS
- Dhupgarh · Pachmarhi, Madhya Pradesh; highest peak of the Satpura asked in UPPCS
- Kudremukh · Karnataka; known for iron ore asked in UPPCS
- Kalsubai · Highest peak of Maharashtra (Sahyadri) asked in UPPCS
- Girnar · Highest point of Gujarat asked in UPPCS
- Mullayanagiri · Chikmagalur; highest peak of Karnataka
- Parasnath · Highest peak of Jharkhand
- Arma Konda · Andhra Pradesh; highest peak of the Eastern Ghats
- Deomali · Koraput; highest peak of Odisha
Not in India (the usual odd one out)
- Gosain Than (Shishapangma) · Tibet (China) asked in UPPCS
- Makalu · Nepal–Tibet border asked in UPPCS
- Dhaulagiri · Nepal asked in UPPCS
⚠️ Gosain Than and Namcha Barwa are in Tibet, and Everest is on the Nepal border: none of them is in India. Anamudi is in Kerala, not Tamil Nadu.
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