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UPPCS Indian Geography Gap Sheet: Peaks of India.
UPPCS has asked 21 of these. 12 have not been asked yet. Lock the first list, then read the second: it holds what UPPCS has not used yet.
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.
✅ Already asked (21)
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
- Nanda Devi · Uttarakhand; highest peak wholly inside India
- Kamet · Uttarakhand (Garhwal)
- Trishul · Uttarakhand (Kumaon)
North-East hills and islands
- Saramati · Highest peak of Nagaland (Patkai, Myanmar border)
- Saddle Peak · North Andaman; highest point of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Peninsular India
- Anamudi · Kerala (Anaimalai hills); highest peak of peninsular India
- Doddabetta · Tamil Nadu; highest peak of the Nilgiris
- Guru Shikhar · Mount Abu, Rajasthan; highest peak of the Aravalli
- Dhupgarh · Pachmarhi, Madhya Pradesh; highest peak of the Satpura
- Kudremukh · Karnataka; known for iron ore
- Kalsubai · Highest peak of Maharashtra (Sahyadri)
- Girnar · Highest point of Gujarat
- Mahendragiri · Odisha, in the Eastern Ghats
Not in India (the usual odd one out)
- Mount Everest · Nepal–Tibet border
- Gosain Than (Shishapangma) · Tibet (China)
- Namcha Barwa · Tibet; the eastern end of the Himalayas, where the Tsangpo turns
- Makalu · Nepal–Tibet border
- Dhaulagiri · Nepal
- Nanga Parbat · Western end of the Himalayas; on India's map in Ladakh
❌ Not asked yet (12)
Items marked 'asked in other exams' have come in UPSC or other state exams, not yet in UPPCS.
🔒 12 items not asked yet
Himalaya in India: 5 · North-East hills and islands: 3 · Peninsular India: 4
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⚠️ 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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