Question

Which of the following is not correctly matched?

	Mountain pass	State
(a)	Sipki la	Himachal Pradesh
(b)	Bomdila	Arunachal Pradesh
(c)	Nathu la	Meghalaya
(d)	Zojila	Jammu & Kashmir

1. (a)
2. (b)
3. (c)
4. (d)

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : (c)

The correct answer is C.

• S.no	Mountain Pass	State
  a	Sipki la	Himachal Pradesh
  b	Bomdila	Arunachal Pradesh
  c	Nathu la	Sikkim
  d	Zojila	Jammu & Kashmir

  • Nathu La is a mountain pass in the Himalayas in East Sikkim district.
  • It connects the Indian state of Sikkim with China's Tibet Autonomous Region.
  • The pass, at 4,310 m above mean sea level, forms a part of an offshoot of the ancient Tea Horse Road.
  • Nathu means "listening ears" and La means "pass" in Tibetan. 
• Hence, option 3 is correct. 

• Sipki la :
  • Shipki La is a mountain pass and border post with a dozen buildings of significant size on the India-China border.
  • The river Sutlej, which is called Langqên Zangbo in Tibet, enters India near this pass.
  • A spur road on the Indian side rises to an altitude of 4,720-meter km southwest of Shipki La.
• Bomdila :
  • The Bum La Pass is a border pass between Tibet's Cona County and India's Tawang district in Arunachal Pradesh.
  • It is 37 km away from the town of Tawang and 43 km from the town of Cona.
• Zojila :
  • Zoji La is a high mountain pass located in the Kargil district of Ladakh.
  • The pass links Leh and Srinagar and provides an important link between the Union Territories of Ladakh and Kashmir.