Consider the following pairs : Hills : Region 1. Cardamom Hills : Coro

Consider the following pairs :
Hills : Region
1. Cardamom Hills : Coromandel Coast
2. Kaimur Hills : Konkan Coast
3. Mahadeo Hills : Central India
4. Mikir Hills : North-East India
Which of the above pairs are correctly matched?

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1 and 2

2 and 3

3 and 4

2 and 4

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UPSC IAS – 2014

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Pair 3 (Mahadeo Hills : Central India) and Pair 4 (Mikir Hills : North-East India) are correctly matched.

The question tests knowledge of the geographical location of various hill ranges in India.

Pair 1 is incorrect; Cardamom Hills are part of the Southern Western Ghats, located in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, while the Coromandel Coast is the southeastern coast of India. Pair 2 is incorrect; Kaimur Hills are part of the Vindhya Range located primarily in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Jharkhand, while the Konkan Coast is the western coastline stretching across Maharashtra, Goa, and Karnataka. Mahadeo Hills are part of the Satpura Range in Madhya Pradesh, which is indeed in Central India. Mikir Hills are located in Assam and are part of the Meghalaya Plateau/Purvanchal ranges, which are in North-East India.

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