Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists :
List – I (Mountain): A. Atlas, B. Kalimanjaro, C. Chimbrozo, D. Pyrenees
List – II (Country): 1. Fra

Question

Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists :
List – I (Mountain): A. Atlas, B. Kalimanjaro, C. Chimbrozo, D. Pyrenees
List – II (Country): 1. France/Spain, 2. Ecuador, 3. Tanzania, 4. Morocco

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Correct — A, A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1. The Atlas Mountains run across north-western Africa and are chiefly associated with Morocco (4). Kilimanjaro ('Kalimanjaro'), Africa's highest peak (~5,895 m), is a free-standing volcano in Tanzania (3). Chimborazo ('Chimbrozo'), the highest mountain of Ecuador (~6,263 m), lies in Ecuador (2). The Pyrenees form the natural border between France and Spain (1). Only option (a) maps all four correctly.

Why the other options are wrong — (b) Keeps Atlas–Morocco and Chimborazo–Ecuador right, but wrongly sends Kilimanjaro to France/Spain and the Pyrenees to Tanzania — Kilimanjaro is in Tanzania and the Pyrenees are on the France–Spain border.  (c) Only Kilimanjaro–Tanzania and Pyrenees–France/Spain are right; it mis-places Atlas in Ecuador and Chimborazo in Morocco, whereas Atlas is in Morocco and Chimborazo in Ecuador.  (d) Only Kilimanjaro–Tanzania is right; Atlas is placed in France/Spain, Chimborazo in Morocco and the Pyrenees in Ecuador — all wrong.

Concept: This is a 'landmark mountain → country' recall set. Fix each range to its continent and country: the Atlas is an African fold range in Morocco (with Algeria and Tunisia); Kilimanjaro is a lone East-African volcano in Tanzania; Chimborazo is an Andean volcano in Ecuador; the Pyrenees are a European range walling off the Iberian Peninsula between France and Spain.

State PCS 2020 Q86 — Geography PYQ with Answer

State PCS 2020 Q86 — Geography PYQ with Answer