CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The responsibility of the Survey of India is to prepare authoritative maps, and its work involves carrying out extensive land surveys and mapping topographical features. Starting in 1952, the Survey of India undertook an exercise to measure the height of Mount Everest (then known as Peak XV).

Detailed explanation-2: -According to the measurement done in 1954 by Survey of India, the height of Mount Everest is 8, 848 metres. The widely accepted height of 8, 848 metres or 29, 028 feet was determined by the Survey of India in 1954 from Bihar, using the trigonometric method.

Detailed explanation-3: -K2 lies in the northwestern Karakoram Range. It is located in the Baltistan region of Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan, and the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang, China.

Detailed explanation-4: -Survey of India, Dehradun 250 Glorious Years of the Service to the Nation Page 2 Page 3 • Survey of India was the first agency to determine the height of Mount Everest as 29002 ft, in 1850 and identify it as the world’s highest peak. Subsequent observations of 1952-54 by Survey of India yielded the height of the Mt.

Detailed explanation-5: -Mount Everest is the highest of the Himalayan mountains, and-at 8, 850 meters (29, 035 feet)-is considered the highest point on Earth. Mount Everest is a peak in the Himalaya mountain range. It is located between Nepal and Tibet, an autonomous region of China.