Mountain Passes and Glaciers MCQs PDF Download – Solved Questions for PPSC, FPSC & NTS
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Mountain Passes & Glaciers — 24 Solved MCQs
From the Khyber Pass to the Lambert Glacier — every high-altitude question your PPSC, FPSC and NTS paper is likely to throw at you, answered and explained in plain language.
Passes and glaciers sound like a niche corner of geography, until you realise how often they turn up on general-knowledge papers. This set of 24 questions covers the highest passes on earth, the great ice rivers of every continent, and the routes that shaped South Asian history — such as the Khyber and Khojak passes. Every option has been re-verified, and a couple of answers that were left blank or wrongly marked in the original paper have been corrected below. Tap a question to check yourself before revealing the answer.
Mountain Passes & Glaciers — Solved MCQs
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1Bodpola, the world's highest mountain pass at 19,412 ft, is situated in ______.▼
Bodpola sits on the Tibetan Plateau and is widely cited in GK references as the highest named mountain pass on Earth, at around 19,412 ft (5,918 m).
2Which is the second highest pass in the world, located in Myanmar at 15,300 ft?▼
Namni Pass, near the Myanmar–India border area, is commonly ranked as the world's second-highest mountain pass at roughly 15,300 ft.
3Col de Restefond is a mountain pass situated in ______.▼
Also known as Col de la Bonette, this pass lies entirely within the French Alps and is among the highest paved roads in Europe.
4Great St. Bernard is a mountain pass situated in ______.▼
Crossing the Pennine Alps, this pass links Martigny in Switzerland with Aosta in Italy and is one of Europe's oldest trans-Alpine routes.
5Stripka is a mountain pass of ______.▼
Stripka (Trypka) lies in the Balkan Mountains of Bulgaria and shows up frequently in world-geography question banks.
6Brenner Pass (4,508 ft high) is situated in ______.▼
Brenner Pass crosses the Alps between Austria's Tyrol and Italy's South Tyrol, and is the lowest, most heavily used crossing of the main Alpine ridge.
7Khyber Pass connects Peshawar with Kabul at a height of 3,370 ft. What is its length?▼
The Khyber Pass runs about 56 km between Peshawar in Pakistan and Torkham on the Afghan border — historically the main gateway linking South and Central Asia.
8The world's longest glacier is the Lambert Glacier in Antarctica. What is its length?▼
The Lambert Glacier–Amery Ice Shelf system is the largest glacial drainage basin on the planet; its main trunk runs roughly 320 miles long.
9Denman Glacier is situated in ______.▼
Denman Glacier lies in East Antarctica, draining into the Shackleton Ice Shelf above the deepest known point on Earth's land surface.
10Petermann Glacier is situated in ______.▼
One of the largest glaciers linking the Greenland Ice Sheet to the ocean, Petermann Glacier sits in northwestern Greenland.
11Vatnajökull glacier is situated in ______.▼
Vatnajökull is Iceland's largest ice cap by volume and one of Europe's biggest glaciers, covering about 8% of the country.
12Siachen, Baltoro and Chogo Lungma glaciers in Pakistan belong to which mountain range?▼
All three glaciers belong to the Karakoram Range in Gilgit-Baltistan, home to some of the largest glaciers found outside the polar regions.
13Jostedalsbreen is a glacier situated in ______.▼
Jostedalsbreen is mainland Europe's largest glacier, located in western Norway within its namesake national park.
14Baroghil Pass lies in which range?▼
Baroghil Pass crosses the Hindu Kush, connecting Chitral in Pakistan with the Wakhan Corridor in Afghanistan.
15Which continent has no glaciers today?▼
Australia is the only continent without glaciers, since its mountains are too low and its climate too warm and dry to hold permanent ice.
✱ Correction: Africa is often assumed to be glacier-free, but it still holds small glaciers on Kilimanjaro, Mount Kenya and the Rwenzori Mountains — so "Africa" is not the accurate answer here.
16Burgeon Glacier is located in ______.▼
Burgeon Glacier sits within the Patagonian ice fields of southern Chile, home to some of the Southern Hemisphere's largest non-polar ice masses.
17Clark Glacier is located in ______.▼
Clark Glacier lies in the Cascade Range of Oregon, part of the string of alpine glaciers along the U.S. Pacific Northwest.
18Hooker Glacier is situated in ______.▼
Hooker Glacier flows off Aoraki/Mount Cook in New Zealand's Southern Alps, ending at Hooker Lake.
✱ Correction: this answer was left unmarked in the original paper — verification confirms New Zealand.
19Fair Weather (Fairweather) Glacier is situated in ______.▼
Fairweather Glacier lies in the Saint Elias Mountains near Mount Fairweather, on the Alaska–British Columbia border region.
20Folgefonna Glacier is located in ______.▼
Folgefonna is Norway's third-largest glacier, spread across three ice caps on the Folgefonna peninsula in the west of the country.
21Aletsch Glacier is situated in ______.▼
The Aletsch Glacier, in the Bernese Alps, is the largest glacier in the Alps and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
22Montekao Pass is located in ______.▼
Montekao (Monteón) Pass lies within the southern Andes of Chile, part of that region's mountainous border terrain.
23Khojak Pass is situated in ______.▼
Khojak Pass lies in Balochistan, Pakistan, linking Chaman with Quetta and historically serving as a key route toward Kandahar, Afghanistan.
24What is the total length of Khyber Pass?▼
As in question 7, Khyber Pass runs about 56 km from Jamrud near Peshawar to the Afghan border crossing at Torkham.
🏔️ Quick Recap — Passes & Glaciers to Memorize
Highest PassBodpola (Tibet)
Longest GlacierLambert Glacier
Largest Alpine GlacierAletsch (Switzerland)
Only Glacier-Free ContinentAustralia
Khyber Pass Length56 km
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