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NDA 1 2025 GAT, question 95

Topic: Geography

Q95

Temperate forests of South India, known as ‘Sholas’ are found in which of the following hills ?

  1. Anaimalai

  2. Nilgiris

  3. Palani

Select the answer using the code given below :

  1. (a) 1 only
  2. (b) 1 and 2 only
  3. (c) 2 and 3 only
  4. (d) 1, 2 and 3Correct answer

Solution.

Answer: (d) 1, 2 and 3

  1. Sholas are patches of montane evergreen forest associated with high-elevation grasslands in the southern Western Ghats.
  2. They occur in the Anaimalai, Nilgiri and Palani hills.
  3. Therefore all three listed hill groups qualify.