Where are the Saltora Ranges located? (1) Ladakh (2) Along the Vindhyas (3) Part of the Karakoram Ranges (4) Part of the Western Ghats

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(3) Part of the Karakoram Ranges Explanation: Telangana plateau is a plateau in western Andhra Pradesh, comprising the northeastern part of the Deccan plateau. The Aravali Range literally meaning 'line of peaks', is a range of mountains in western India and eastern Pakistan running approximately 800 km from northwest to southwest across Indian states of Rajasthan, Haryana and Gujarat and Pakistani provinces of Punjab and Sindh. The Aravali Range is the eroded stub of a range of ancient folded mountains. The range rose in a Precambrian event called the Aravali-Delhi orogen. The range joins two of the ancient segments that make up the Indian craton, the Marwar segment to the northwest of the range, and the Bundelkh and segment to the southeast.

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Last Answer : Part of the Karakoram Ranges

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Last Answer : Ans: (b)

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Last Answer : Ans: (c)

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Last Answer : Ans: (d)

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Last Answer : Ans: (a)

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Last Answer : Ans: (c)

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Last Answer : Ans: (d)

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Last Answer : Ans: (d)

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Last Answer : Ans: (c)

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Last Answer : Ans: (b)

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Last Answer : Ans: (b)

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Last Answer : Ans: (c)

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Last Answer : Ans: (a)

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Last Answer : Ans: (a)

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Last Answer : Ans: (a)

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Description : Where do the Western and Eastern Ghats meet? (1) Nilgiri hills (2) Cardamom hills (3) Palani hills (4) Annamalai hills

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