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50 questions covering every section of the note.
This Lok Sewa practice set has 50 multiple-choice questions (Subject: Geography of Nepal · For: Kharidar, Nayab Subba, Section Officer · 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 50 questions with answers and explanations
How many of the world's fourteen 8,000 m peaks are in Nepal?
- A) Six
- B) Eight ✔
- C) Ten
- D) Five
Why: Eight of the world's fourteen 8,000 m peaks are in Nepal, including Everest, Kanchenjunga, Lhotse and Makalu.
What is the official height of Sagarmatha announced in 2020?
- A) 8,848 m
- B) 8,850 m
- C) 8,848.86 m ✔
- D) 8,844.43 m
Why: Nepal and China jointly announced Sagarmatha's height as 8,848.86 m in 2020.
In which district is Sagarmatha?
- A) Solukhumbu ✔
- B) Sankhuwasabha
- C) Taplejung
- D) Dolakha
Why: Sagarmatha is in Solukhumbu district, inside Sagarmatha National Park.
Who gave the name Sagarmatha?
- A) Bhanubhakta Acharya
- B) Baburam Acharya ✔
- C) Laxmi Prasad Devkota
- D) Balkrishna Sama
Why: Historian Baburam Acharya gave the name Sagarmatha.
When was Everest first climbed?
- A) 29 May 1953 ✔
- B) 8 May 1950
- C) 16 May 1975
- D) 22 April 1993
Why: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa first climbed Everest on 29 May 1953.
Edmund Hillary was from which country?
- A) United Kingdom
- B) Australia
- C) USA
- D) New Zealand ✔
Why: Edmund Hillary was from New Zealand.
Which is the third highest peak in the world?
- A) Lhotse
- B) Kanchenjunga ✔
- C) Makalu
- D) K2
Why: Kanchenjunga (8,586 m) is the third highest peak.
Kanchenjunga lies in which district?
- A) Ilam
- B) Panchthar
- C) Taplejung ✔
- D) Sankhuwasabha
Why: Kanchenjunga lies in Taplejung on the Nepal–India (Sikkim) border.
Makalu is located in which district?
- A) Sankhuwasabha ✔
- B) Solukhumbu
- C) Gorkha
- D) Myagdi
Why: Makalu, the fifth highest peak, is in Sankhuwasabha.
Manaslu, the world's eighth highest peak, is in which district?
- A) Lamjung
- B) Manang
- C) Gorkha ✔
- D) Dhading
Why: Manaslu (8,163 m) is in Gorkha district.
Which was the first 8,000 m peak ever climbed?
- A) Sagarmatha
- B) Annapurna I ✔
- C) Cho Oyu
- D) Lhotse
Why: Annapurna I was first climbed in 1950 by a French team led by Maurice Herzog.
Who was the first woman to climb Everest?
- A) Junko Tabei ✔
- B) Pasang Lhamu Sherpa
- C) Wanda Rutkiewicz
- D) Lakpa Sherpa
Why: Junko Tabei of Japan was the first woman to climb Everest, in 1975.
Who was the first Nepali woman to climb Everest?
- A) Lakpa Sherpa
- B) Pemba Doma Sherpa
- C) Pasang Lhamu Sherpa ✔
- D) Maya Gurung
Why: Pasang Lhamu Sherpa was the first Nepali woman to climb Everest, in 1993.
Which range is the youngest and lowest in Nepal?
- A) Great Himalaya
- B) Mahabharat
- C) Chure (Siwalik) ✔
- D) Karakoram
Why: The Chure (Siwalik) range is the youngest and lowest range, made of loose rock.
The Mahabharat range is also called:
- A) Lesser Himalaya ✔
- B) Greater Himalaya
- C) Trans Himalaya
- D) Outer Himalaya
Why: The Mahabharat range is also called the Lesser Himalaya.
What is the lowest point of Nepal?
- A) Kechana Kalan, Jhapa ✔
- B) Biratnagar, Morang
- C) Birgunj, Parsa
- D) Nepalgunj, Banke
Why: Kechana Kalan in Jhapa is Nepal's lowest point.
International Mountain Day is observed on:
- A) 29 May
- B) 5 June
- C) 11 December ✔
- D) 22 April
Why: International Mountain Day is 11 December.
Dhaulagiri I is located in which district?
- A) Mustang
- B) Myagdi ✔
- C) Baglung
- D) Kaski
Why: Dhaulagiri I is in Myagdi district.
Sagarmatha National Park was listed as a World Heritage Site in:
- A) 1973
- B) 1984
- C) 1979 ✔
- D) 1996
Why: It was listed in 1979.
The Tibetan name of Mount Everest is:
- A) Chomolungma ✔
- B) Gauri Shankar
- C) Kailash
- D) Shishapangma
Why: Everest is called Chomolungma in Tibetan.
Kanchenjunga's height is:
- A) 8,586 m ✔
- B) 8,516 m
- C) 8,463 m
- D) 8,611 m
Why: Kanchenjunga is 8,586 m high.
Lhotse's height is:
- A) 8,516 m ✔
- B) 8,586 m
- C) 8,188 m
- D) 8,163 m
Why: Lhotse, the fourth highest peak, is 8,516 m high.
Lhotse lies in which district?
- A) Taplejung
- B) Solukhumbu ✔
- C) Sankhuwasabha
- D) Dolakha
Why: Lhotse lies in Solukhumbu, next to Everest.
Makalu's height is:
- A) 8,463 m ✔
- B) 8,516 m
- C) 8,091 m
- D) 8,167 m
Why: Makalu is 8,463 m high.
Cho Oyu (8,188 m) lies in which district?
- A) Solukhumbu ✔
- B) Gorkha
- C) Myagdi
- D) Rasuwa
Why: Cho Oyu lies in Solukhumbu on the Nepal–China border.
Dhaulagiri I's height is:
- A) 8,167 m ✔
- B) 8,163 m
- C) 8,091 m
- D) 8,188 m
Why: Dhaulagiri I is 8,167 m high.
Manaslu's height is:
- A) 8,163 m ✔
- B) 8,167 m
- C) 8,091 m
- D) 8,188 m
Why: Manaslu is 8,163 m high, the eighth highest peak.
Annapurna I's height is:
- A) 8,091 m ✔
- B) 8,163 m
- C) 8,167 m
- D) 8,201 m
Why: Annapurna I is 8,091 m high.
Annapurna I is the world's ____ highest peak.
- A) 8th
- B) 10th ✔
- C) 7th
- D) 6th
Why: Annapurna I is the 10th highest peak in the world.
K2, the world's second highest peak, lies in the:
- A) Nepal Himalaya
- B) Karakoram ✔
- C) Hindu Kush
- D) Ladakh
Why: K2 (8,611 m) lies in the Karakoram range on the Pakistan–China border.
Who first climbed Annapurna I in 1950?
- A) Hillary and Tenzing
- B) Herzog and Lachenal ✔
- C) Brown and Band
- D) Herbert Tichy
Why: Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal of France made the first ascent in 1950.
Cho Oyu was first climbed in 1954 by a team from:
- A) Austria ✔
- B) Switzerland
- C) Japan
- D) France
Why: An Austrian team led by Herbert Tichy first climbed Cho Oyu in 1954.
Kanchenjunga was first climbed in:
- A) 1953
- B) 1955 ✔
- C) 1956
- D) 1960
Why: A British team first climbed Kanchenjunga in 1955, stopping just short of the summit out of respect for local beliefs.
Manaslu was first climbed by a team from:
- A) Japan ✔
- B) Switzerland
- C) France
- D) Britain
Why: A Japanese team first climbed Manaslu in 1956.
Lhotse was first climbed in 1956 by a team from:
- A) Switzerland ✔
- B) Japan
- C) Austria
- D) USA
Why: A Swiss team first climbed Lhotse in 1956.
Dhaulagiri I was first climbed in:
- A) 1955
- B) 1956
- C) 1960 ✔
- D) 1964
Why: A Swiss-led team first climbed Dhaulagiri I in 1960.
Makalu was first climbed in 1955 by a team from:
- A) France ✔
- B) Britain
- C) Japan
- D) Italy
Why: A French team first climbed Makalu in 1955.
Nepal's height of Everest was announced jointly with China on:
- A) 29 May 2020
- B) 8 December 2020 ✔
- C) 11 December 2019
- D) 1 January 2021
Why: Nepal and China jointly announced the height of 8,848.86 m on 8 December 2020.
International Everest Day is observed on:
- A) 29 May ✔
- B) 11 December
- C) 5 June
- D) 8 December
Why: International Everest Day is 29 May, the anniversary of the 1953 first ascent.
Junko Tabei, the first woman to climb Everest, was from:
- A) China
- B) Japan ✔
- C) Korea
- D) Nepal
Why: Junko Tabei was from Japan; she climbed Everest in 1975.
Pasang Lhamu Sherpa climbed Everest in:
- A) 1975
- B) 1993 ✔
- C) 1953
- D) 2000
Why: Pasang Lhamu Sherpa climbed Everest in 1993.
Sagarmatha National Park became a World Heritage Site in:
- A) 1979 ✔
- B) 1984
- C) 1975
- D) 1991
Why: 1979.
Valleys between ranges such as Chitwan and Dang are called:
- A) Bhabar
- B) Dun (inner Terai) ✔
- C) Tal
- D) Khola
Why: Wide valleys between the Chure and Mahabharat ranges, such as Chitwan, Dang and Surkhet, are called dun valleys (inner Terai).
The Mahabharat range mostly lies between:
- A) 500–1,000 m
- B) 1,500–2,700 m ✔
- C) 3,000–5,000 m
- D) above 6,000 m
Why: The Mahabharat range mostly lies between about 1,500 and 2,700 m.
GLOF stands for:
- A) Glacial Lake Outburst Flood ✔
- B) Global Land Overflow Flood
- C) Glacier Level Overflow
- D) Ground Lake Outflow
Why: Glacial Lake Outburst Flood.
Tsho Rolpa and Imja are examples of:
- A) Hot springs
- B) Glacial lakes at GLOF risk ✔
- C) Rivers
- D) Passes
Why: Tsho Rolpa (Dolakha) and Imja (Solukhumbu) are glacial lakes at risk of outburst floods; their water levels have been lowered for safety.
The lowest point of Nepal, Kechana Kalan, is about:
- A) 59 m ✔
- B) 70 m
- C) 100 m
- D) 30 m
Why: Kechana Kalan in Jhapa is about 59 m above sea level, Nepal's lowest point.
Mountain region of Nepal covers about:
- A) 15% ✔
- B) 17%
- C) 68%
- D) 30%
Why: The mountain (Himalayan) region covers about 15% of Nepal's area.
Which of these 8,000 m peaks is in Sankhuwasabha?
- A) Makalu ✔
- B) Lhotse
- C) Cho Oyu
- D) Manaslu
Why: Makalu is in Sankhuwasabha.
Annapurna I lies across which districts?
- A) Myagdi/Kaski ✔
- B) Gorkha/Lamjung
- C) Mustang/Manang
- D) Dolpa/Jumla
Why: Annapurna I lies on the border of Myagdi and Kaski districts.