UPSC Civil Services 2017 Prelims General Studies Paper I

● If you apply commonsense that Himalaya ought to be passing through international border states only i.e. J & K, Himachal, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunanchal Pradesh = total 5 states. But we've to count the "eastern hills" also, because they're part of Himalayan system as per NCERT Class11 India- Physical Geography. So that'd cover Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram et also definitely more than five states. Hence first statement is wrong.
● Western Ghats are spread over six States:Gujarat ( southern part), Maharastra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamilnadu - so 2nd statement is wrong.
● By elimination we are left with Answer "B".