INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is the Vindhya Range.

Detailed explanation-2: -There are two major mountain ranges in the Central Highlands-the Satpura Range and the Vindhya Range. The Malwa Plateau in the west, the Deccan Plateau in the south and the Chota Nagpur Plateau in the east are the most important regions of the Indian subcontinent and the Central Highlands in India.

Detailed explanation-3: -Vindhya Range, broken range of hills forming the southern escarpment of the central upland of India. From Gujarat state on the west, it extends about 675 miles (1, 086 km) across Madhya Pradesh state to abut on the Ganges (Ganga) River valley near Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Vindhya range is also known as “Vindhyachala” or “Vindhyachal"; the suffix achala (Sanskrit) or achal (Hindi) refers to a mountain. In the Mahabharata, the range is also referred to as Vindhyapadaparvata.

Detailed explanation-5: -Option A-Vindhya range extends from Jobat and Chittorgarh in the west to Sasaram in the east. The range has the Aravallis to its north west and Central highlands in the south. The range acts as a water divide between Ganga basin and basin of rivers of Peninsular plateau.