About this quiz
Practice questions on Nepal's 8000 m peaks, Mount Everest, mountain ranges, passes and famous mountaineering firsts.
This Lok Sewa practice set has 20 multiple-choice questions (Subject: General Knowledge · For: Kharidar, Nayab Subba · Level: Easy). Take the quiz above first; after that, use the study list below to revise every question with its correct answer and a short explanation.
Study list: all 20 questions with answers and explanations
How many of the world's fourteen peaks above 8,000 m lie fully or partly in Nepal?
- A) 8 ✔
- B) 6
- C) 10
- D) 14
Why: Eight of the fourteen 8,000 m peaks, including Everest, Kangchenjunga and Lhotse, lie in Nepal or on its border.
What is the height of Mount Everest announced jointly by Nepal and China in 2077 BS (2020 AD)?
- A) 8,848 m
- B) 8,848.86 m ✔
- C) 8,850 m
- D) 8,844.43 m
Why: In 2077 BS (December 2020) Nepal and China jointly announced the height of Sagarmatha as 8,848.86 m.
In which district of Nepal does Mount Everest lie?
- A) Sankhuwasabha
- B) Taplejung
- C) Solukhumbu ✔
- D) Dolakha
Why: Mount Everest (Sagarmatha) lies in Solukhumbu district of Koshi Province, on the Nepal-China border.
On which date was Mount Everest first climbed?
- A) 29 May 1950
- B) 3 June 1950
- C) 15 May 1956
- D) 29 May 1953 ✔
Why: Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and Edmund Hillary reached the summit of Everest on 29 May 1953.
Edmund Hillary, who made the first ascent of Everest with Tenzing Norgay, was from which country?
- A) United Kingdom
- B) New Zealand ✔
- C) Australia
- D) Canada
Why: Edmund Hillary was a New Zealander; the 1953 expedition was a British expedition led by John Hunt.
Which is the highest mountain range of Nepal, lying in the north?
- A) Himalaya ✔
- B) Mahabharat
- C) Chure
- D) Siwalik
Why: The Great Himalaya runs along the northern part of Nepal and contains all of its highest peaks.
The Chure range of Nepal is also known by which name?
- A) Mahabharat range
- B) Great Himalaya
- C) Trans-Himalaya
- D) Siwalik range ✔
Why: The Chure range is the Siwalik range, the southernmost and youngest mountain range of Nepal, lying just north of the Tarai.
Which mountain range lies between the Chure range and the Himalaya?
- A) Hindu Kush
- B) Karakoram
- C) Mahabharat ✔
- D) Aravalli
Why: The Mahabharat range lies in the middle hill region, between the Chure (Siwalik) in the south and the Himalaya in the north.
Which was the first peak above 8,000 m in the world to be climbed?
- A) Annapurna I ✔
- B) Mount Everest
- C) Kangchenjunga
- D) Dhaulagiri
Why: A French expedition with Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal climbed Annapurna I in 1950, the first 8,000 m peak ever climbed.
Kangchenjunga, the second highest peak in Nepal, lies in which district?
- A) Ilam
- B) Panchthar
- C) Taplejung ✔
- D) Sankhuwasabha
Why: Kangchenjunga lies in Taplejung district on the border between Nepal and the Indian state of Sikkim.
Who was the first woman in the world to climb Mount Everest?
- A) Pasang Lhamu Sherpa
- B) Junko Tabei ✔
- C) Wanda Rutkiewicz
- D) Bachendri Pal
Why: Junko Tabei of Japan became the first woman to reach the summit of Everest in 1975.
Who was the first Nepali woman to climb Mount Everest?
- A) Junko Tabei
- B) Lhakpa Sherpa
- C) Bachendri Pal
- D) Pasang Lhamu Sherpa ✔
Why: Pasang Lhamu Sherpa reached the summit of Everest in 2050 BS (1993 AD) and died while descending.
The Kali Gandaki gorge lies between which two mountains?
- A) Everest and Lhotse
- B) Manaslu and Ganesh Himal
- C) Dhaulagiri and Annapurna ✔
- D) Makalu and Kangchenjunga
Why: The Kali Gandaki river cuts a very deep gorge between the Dhaulagiri and Annapurna massifs.
Mount Manaslu lies in which district of Nepal?
- A) Gorkha ✔
- B) Lamjung
- C) Dhading
- D) Rasuwa
Why: Manaslu, the eighth highest mountain in the world, lies in Gorkha district of Gandaki Province.
Thorong La pass on the Annapurna circuit links which two districts?
- A) Dolpa and Mugu
- B) Rasuwa and Nuwakot
- C) Gorkha and Lamjung
- D) Manang and Mustang ✔
Why: Thorong La is a high pass on the Annapurna circuit that connects Manang district with Mustang district.
Mount Everest was named after George Everest, who held which post?
- A) Viceroy of India
- B) Surveyor General of India ✔
- C) British Resident in Kathmandu
- D) Leader of the first Everest expedition
Why: The peak was named after Sir George Everest, a former Surveyor General of India; the name was adopted in 1865.
In which mountain range (himal) does Mount Everest lie?
- A) Rolwaling Himal
- B) Kumbhakarna Himal
- C) Ganesh Himal
- D) Mahalangur Himal ✔
Why: Mount Everest is part of the Mahalangur Himal range in eastern Nepal.
Who were the first climbers to reach the summit of Everest without supplementary oxygen, in 1978?
- A) Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler ✔
- B) Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary
- C) Junko Tabei and Ang Tsering
- D) Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal
Why: Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler first climbed Everest without bottled oxygen in 1978.
Mount Dhaulagiri lies in which district of Nepal?
- A) Kaski
- B) Mustang
- C) Myagdi ✔
- D) Dolpa
Why: Dhaulagiri I, the seventh highest mountain in the world, lies in Myagdi district of Gandaki Province.
Which mountain near Pokhara, also called Fishtail, is considered sacred and is not open for climbing?
- A) Annapurna South
- B) Machhapuchhre ✔
- C) Himchuli
- D) Lamjung Himal
Why: Machhapuchhre in Kaski district is regarded as sacred and has not been opened for climbing.