UPSC Prelims 2015 · Question 15 of 98
UPSC Prelims 2015 question on Srisailam Omkareshwar Pushkar Hills
- ExamUPSC CSE
- Year2015
- PaperGeneral Studies Paper I
- SubjectGeography
- TopicIndian Geography
- DifficultyMedium
- TypeMatch
Consider the following pairs:
Place of Pilgrimage - Location
1. Srisailam - Nallamala Hills
2. Omkareshwar - Satmala Hills
3. Pushkar - Mahadeo Hills
Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?
Show answer
Answer: A. 1 only
Verdict
The answer is 1 only. Srisailam is correctly placed in the Nallamala Hills; the other two pilgrimage sites are wrongly located.
Analysis
Pair 1 is CORRECT. Srisailam, celebrated for the shrine of Lord Mallikarjuna, stands on the flat top of the Nallamala Hills in Andhra Pradesh. Pair 2 is INCORRECT. Omkareshwar is on Mandhata island in the Narmada, within the Vindhya ranges of Madhya Pradesh, not in the Satmala Hills of Maharashtra. Pair 3 is INCORRECT. Pushkar lies in a valley formed among the Aravalli hills of Rajasthan, not in the Mahadeo Hills of central Madhya Pradesh.
How to crack it
Approach this as applied map work rather than as pilgrimage trivia. Place the town's State first, then ask whether the named hill range even runs through that State. Omkareshwar is Madhya Pradesh while the Satmalas are Maharashtra, and Pushkar is Rajasthan while the Mahadeo Hills are Madhya Pradesh, so both pairs fail on State mismatch alone without any knowledge of the shrines. Note that the PDF gives no usable source for this row, so no source block is offered.