Which of the following statements about the geographic characteristics of the Jammu region are correct? I. Jammu city is situated…

Question

Which of the following statements about the geographic characteristics of the Jammu region are correct?

I. Jammu city is situated on uneven ridges of the Shivalik Hills.

II. It is surrounded by the Ladakh range and Trikuta Range.

1. A. I only (Correct answer)
2. B. II only
3. C. Both of the above
4. D. Neither of the above

Correct Answer

Option A — A

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is Option A.

Key Points

• Statement I is correct: Jammu city sits on the uneven ridges of the Shivalik (Outer Himalaya) hills, on the right bank of the Tawi river — its terraced, ridge-and-valley setting is characteristic of the Shivaliks.
• Statement II is incorrect, and is the key: the LADAKH RANGE is a trans-Himalayan range hundreds of kilometres to the north-east, in Ladakh — nowhere near Jammu.
• The Trikuta range (which carries the Vaishno Devi shrine) is indeed near Jammu, but pairing it with the Ladakh range makes the statement false.

Exam Tip

• a compound statement is false if ANY part of it is false.
• Here the Trikuta half is right and the Ladakh half is wrong, so the whole statement fails.

Additional Information

• Jammu city sits on the Shivalik foothills above the Tawi, marking the transition from the plains to the outer Himalaya.
• The Jammu region includes the Kandi belt, a dry gravelly zone at the Shivalik foot where water percolates rapidly and irrigation is difficult.
• The region divides into the outer plains, the Kandi belt, the Shivaliks and the middle mountains — a structure that recurs in J&K geography questions.