The mountain range which divides the North and the South India is– (1) Himalayas (2) Western ghats (3) Vindhyas (4) Satpura

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(3) Vindhyas Explanation: The Vindhya Range is considered as the traditional boundary between North India and South India. It is a complex, discontinuous chain of mountain ridges, hill ranges, and plateau escarpments in west-central India. It runs north of and roughly parallel to the Narmada River in Madhya Pradesh and extends up to Gujarat in the west, and Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in the east.

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