Bijagarh hill is situated in which of the following mountain ranges?

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Correct — A, Satpura range. Bijagarh is one of the constituent hill tracts of the Satpura mountain system in south-western Madhya Pradesh, part of the same west-central fold system that also includes the Mahadeo Hills, the Maikal Range, and the Asirgarh/Barwani hills.

Why the other options are wrong — (b) The Vindhya Range lies north of the Narmada valley, running roughly parallel to the Satpuras but as a geologically distinct system — Bijagarh belongs to the Satpura system south of the Narmada, not the Vindhyas.  (c) The Kaimur range is the easternmost extension of the Vindhyan system, spanning MP's Rewa-Sidhi area further east — nowhere near Bijagarh's location in the Satpura belt.  (d) The Mahadeo Hills are a real, well-known Satpura constituent (site of Dhoopgarh, MP's highest peak) — but they are a distinct hill tract from Bijagarh, not interchangeable with it.

Concept: The Satpura Range is not a single ridge but a family of parallel hill tracts running roughly east-west, south of the Narmada valley — the Mahadeo Hills, Maikal Range, Bijagarh, Asirgarh, and the Barwani hills are all named constituent parts of this wider Satpura system, each locally named but geologically part of the same fold belt.

State PCS 2023 Q75 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer

State PCS 2023 Q75 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer