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NDA 2018 GAT · General Knowledge · Indian Geography · medium

The highest peak located entirely within India is

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The highest peak located entirely within India is
  1. A. K2
  2. B. Nanda Devi
  3. C. Kanchenjunga
  4. D. Mount Everest
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Answer: (B) Nanda Devi

Nanda Devi (7,816 m) in Uttarakhand is the highest peak lying entirely within India. Kanchenjunga (8,586 m) is higher, but it stands on the Sikkim-Nepal border, so it is not entirely within India. K2 lies on the border of Pakistan-administered Gilgit-Baltistan and China, and Mount Everest is on the Nepal-China border. The words 'entirely within' are the trap.
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