SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -at its summit, Everest is indeed the highest point above global mean sea level-the average level for the ocean surface from which elevations are measured. But the summit of Mt. Everest is not the farthest point from Earth’s center. farther from the center of the Earth than Everest’s peak.

Detailed explanation-2: -The peak was initially named “Gamma” and then subsequently changed to “peak b” in 1847; it was suspected that “peak b” might be the highest mountain in the world, slightly higher than Kangchenjunga* which was considered to the highest mountain in the world at that time.