UPSC Civil Services Model Paper 1

● The Himalayan region contains many passes, which are a stretch of lands usually passing through the mountains that connects two different regions .
● Some important passes of the Indian subcontinent are
● Zoji La: It is a high mountain pass state of Jammu and Kashmir. Hence pair 1 is not correct .
◦ It is located between Srinagar and Leh in the western Himalaya mountain range.
◦ It separates Kashmir valley to its west from Dras valley to the northeast.
● Bara lacha la: It is a mountain pass in Zanskar range. Hence pair 3 is not correct.
◦ It connects Lahaul district in Himachal Pradesh to Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir.
● Shipki La: It is a mountain pass on the India China border.
◦ It is located in Kinnaur district in the state of Himachal Pradesh. Hence pair 4 is correct.
◦ The river Sutlej enters India near this pass.
◦ The pass is one of India's border post along with the Nathu la in Sikkim and Lipulekh in Uttarakhand.
● Jelep La: It is a mountain pass between Sikkim and Tibet. Hence pair 2 is correct.
◦ It is on the route that connects Lhasa and India.