Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below -
List-I (Mountain)
(A) Kilimanjaro
(B) Toubkal
(C) Stanley
(D) Hoggar
List-II (Countries)
(1) Morocco
(2) Algeria
(3

Question

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below -
List-I (Mountain)
(A) Kilimanjaro
(B) Toubkal
(C) Stanley
(D) Hoggar
List-II (Countries)
(1) Morocco
(2) Algeria
(3) Tanzania
(4) Uganda
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Correct — C (A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2). Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa (a dormant volcano, ~5,895 m), is in Tanzania → (3). Toubkal, the highest peak of the Atlas Mountains and of North Africa (~4,167 m), is in Morocco → (1). Mount Stanley (with Margherita Peak, its highest point) lies in the Rwenzori range on the Uganda–DR Congo border and is the highest point of Uganda → (4). The Hoggar (Ahaggar) is a highland massif in the central Sahara of Algeria → (2). Only option (c) pairs all four correctly.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) It puts Kilimanjaro in Uganda (A-4) and Toubkal in Algeria (B-2), Stanley in Tanzania (C-3) and Hoggar in Morocco (D-1) — every pair is wrong. Kilimanjaro is in Tanzania and Toubkal in Morocco.  (b) Kilimanjaro-Tanzania (A-3) and Hoggar-Algeria (D-2) are right, but it wrongly puts Toubkal in Uganda (B-4) and Stanley in Morocco (C-1). Toubkal is in Morocco and Stanley in Uganda.  (d) It mis-places Kilimanjaro in Uganda (A-4), Toubkal in Tanzania (B-3), Stanley in Algeria (C-2) and Hoggar in Morocco (D-1) — none of these pairs is correct.

Concept: This tests African physical geography — matching well-known mountains/highlands to their countries. Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) is Africa's highest peak; Toubkal (Morocco) tops the Atlas Mountains of the north-west; Mount Stanley (Uganda–DR Congo, Rwenzori range) is the highest point of Uganda and the third-highest in Africa; and the Hoggar/Ahaggar highlands sit in the central Sahara in Algeria.

State PCS 2023 Q140 — Geography PYQ with Answer

State PCS 2023 Q140 — Geography PYQ with Answer