Which is the highest Himalayan peak in India?

Correct answers: (b) K2 or (c) Nanda Devi

Explanation

Which peak counts as the highest "in India" depends on what is counted:

• K2 (Godwin Austen, 8,611 m), in the Karakoram (Trans-Himalaya) in Gilgit-Baltistan, is India's highest peak by India's official position, since India claims the whole of Ladakh;
• Kangchenjunga (8,586 m), on the Sikkim–Nepal border, is the highest peak of the Himalaya proper in India, but it is not an option;
• Nanda Devi (7,816 m), in Uttarakhand, is the highest peak lying wholly within India;
• Kamet (7,756 m) is another high peak of Uttarakhand;
• Mount Everest is on the Nepal–China border, not in India.

The book's key is (c), Nanda Devi, the highest Himalayan peak lying wholly within India. India's official highest peak is K2, in the Karakoram, which many books count with the Himalaya, so (b) is also accepted.