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MediumConsider 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?
Answer & explanation
Answer: (a) 1 only
Only Srisailam is matched correctly: its temple stands in the Nallamala Hills of Andhra Pradesh. Omkareshwar is on a Narmada river island in Madhya Pradesh, far from the Satmala Hills on the southern edge of the Tapi basin. Pushkar lies in the Aravalli Range of Rajasthan, not the Mahadeo Hills.
- ✓ 1. The Srisailam temple in Andhra Pradesh is set amid the Nallamala Hills, a range of the Eastern Ghats, above the Krishna river.
- ✗ 2. Omkareshwar is on an Om-shaped island in the Narmada in Khandwa district, Madhya Pradesh. The Satmala Hills lie on the southern edge of the Tapi basin, alongside the Ajanta Range.
- ✗ 3. Pushkar lies in the Aravalli Range, about 10 km northwest of Ajmer in Rajasthan. The Mahadeo Hills are in central India, forming part of the northern edge of the Deccan Plateau and bounding the Tapi basin on the east.
Remember · Srisailam is in the Nallamala Hills (Eastern Ghats), Pushkar is in the Aravallis, and Omkareshwar is on a Narmada island. The Satmala and Mahadeo hills both border the Tapi basin.
📘 Read it in NCERT: Class 11 India: Physical Environment, Ch 2 (practise this chapter)
Sources
- Incredible India (Ministry of Tourism) – Srisailam Temple ↗ “Nestled amidst the picturesque Nallamala Hills of Andhra Pradesh, Srisailam Temple stands as a beacon of spirituality and devotion”
- Khandwa District (NIC) – Omkareshwar Mandhata ↗ “Omkareshwar temple in Mandhata is located on an pranva shaped (shape like “ॐ”) island at Narmada.”
- India-WRIS (Ministry of Jal Shakti) – Tapi basin ↗ “bounded by the Satpura range on the north, by the Mahadev hills on the east, by the Ajanta Range and the Satmala hills on the south and by the Arabian Sea on the west”
- NCERT Class 11 · India: Physical Environment, Chapter 2 “This is bordered by the Western Ghats in the west, Eastern Ghats in the east and the Satpura, Maikal range and Mahadeo hills in the north.”
- Encyclopaedia Britannica – Pushkar ↗ · reference work “It lies in the Aravalli Range about 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Ajmer .”
Question: UPSC Civil Services (Preliminary) 2015, General Studies paper. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 25 Oct 2026 (how we verify). ·