Mountain Passes of India

25 passes from Karakoram to Palghat. Each one shows what it connects and the state trap examiners keep setting.

On this map (25)

Karakoram Pass · Ladakh — Ladakh ↔ Xinjiang (China). On the old caravan route from Leh to Yarkand
Aghil Pass · Ladakh — Ladakh ↔ Xinjiang (China). North of K2, towards the Shaksgam valley
Khardung La · Ladakh — Leh ↔ Nubra valley. Leh ↔ Nubra and Shyok valleys, and on to Siachen
Chang La · Ladakh — Leh ↔ Pangong Tso (Changthang). Road from Leh to Pangong lake
Zoji La · Ladakh — Srinagar (Kashmir) ↔ Kargil–Leh (Ladakh). Kashmir valley ↔ Ladakh: THE road pass to Leh from Srinagar (NH-1)
Banihal Pass · Jammu & Kashmir — Jammu ↔ Srinagar. Jammu ↔ Kashmir valley across the Pir Panjal range
Pir Panjal Pass (Peer ki Gali) · Jammu & Kashmir — Poonch–Rajouri ↔ Shopian. On the Mughal Road: Rajouri–Poonch ↔ Kashmir valley
Rohtang Pass · Himachal Pradesh — Kullu (Manali) ↔ Lahaul-Spiti. Manali ↔ Lahaul valley on the Manali–Leh road
Bara Lacha La · Himachal Pradesh — Lahaul ↔ Leh. On the Manali–Leh road, after Rohtang
Shipki La · Himachal Pradesh — Kinnaur ↔ Tibet (China). Where the SUTLEJ enters India from Tibet
Mana Pass · Uttarakhand — Chamoli (beyond Badrinath) ↔ Tibet. Uttarakhand — NOT Himachal Pradesh
Niti Pass · Uttarakhand — Chamoli ↔ Tibet. Uttarakhand ↔ Tibet, above the Dhauliganga valley
Muling La · Uttarakhand — Uttarkashi ↔ Tibet. Uttarakhand ↔ Tibet, north of Gangotri
Lipulekh Pass · Uttarakhand — Pithoragarh (Kumaon) ↔ Tibet. Uttarakhand — NOT Uttar Pradesh (the most repeated UPPCS trap)
Nathu La · Sikkim — Gangtok ↔ Chumbi valley (Tibet). Sikkim — NOT Arunachal Pradesh or Meghalaya (asked again and again)
Jelep La · Sikkim — Sikkim ↔ Chumbi valley (Tibet). Close to Nathu La, on the old Kalimpong–Lhasa trade route
Bum La · Arunachal Pradesh — Tawang ↔ Tibet. Tawang ↔ Tibet
Sela Pass · Arunachal Pradesh — West Kameng ↔ Tawang. Arunachal Pradesh — NOT Uttarakhand (a repeated trap)
Bomdila · Arunachal Pradesh — West Kameng ↔ Bhutan/Tibet side. Arunachal Pradesh; on the road from Assam to Tawang
Diphu Pass · Arunachal Pradesh — Arunachal ↔ Myanmar. Arunachal Pradesh — NOT Ladakh (a repeated trap)
Pangsau Pass · Arunachal Pradesh — Changlang ↔ Myanmar. Arunachal ↔ Myanmar, on the Patkai hills
Thal Ghat (Kasara Ghat) · Maharashtra — Mumbai ↔ Nashik. Mumbai ↔ Nashik across the Sahyadri (Mumbai–Agra road)
Bhor Ghat · Maharashtra — Mumbai ↔ Pune (Khandala). Mumbai ↔ Pune across the Sahyadri, at Khandala
Palghat (Palakkad) Gap · Kerala — Palakkad ↔ Coimbatore. The widest break in the Western Ghats, between the NILGIRIS and the ANAMALAI hills
Shencottah Gap · Tamil Nadu — Tenkasi ↔ Kollam. A gap in the southern Western Ghats

Asked in exams

UPPCSAghil – Arunachal Pradesh → wrong
UPPCSChang La – J&K → a correct pair (before Ladakh became a UT)
UPSC 1990Zoji La is a pass between → Kashmir valley and Ladakh
UPPCSWhich pass leads to Leh? → Zoji La
UPPCSZoji La → J&K (in the pass–state match lists)
UPPCSBanihal → Jammu & Kashmir (match list)
UPPCSRohtang → Himachal Pradesh
UPPCSShipki La → Himachal Pradesh
UPPCSWest → East: Shipki La, Lipulekh, Nathu La, Bom Dila
UPPCSMana – Himachal Pradesh → wrong; Mana → Uttarakhand (match lists)
UPPCSNiti – Uttarakhand → the correct pair
UPPCSNiti → Uttarakhand (match list)
UPPCSMuling La → Uttarakhand (match list)
UPPCSLipulekh – Uttar Pradesh → the wrong pair
UPPCSLipulekh – Uttarakhand → correct
UPPCSNathu La is in which state? → Sikkim
UPPCSNathu La – Arunachal Pradesh / – Meghalaya → the wrong pair
UPPCSJelep La → Sikkim (match lists)
UPPCSBum La → Arunachal Pradesh (match list)
UPPCSSela – Uttarakhand → the wrong pair
UPPCSBomdila → Arunachal Pradesh
UPPCSDiphu – Ladakh → wrong
UPPCSNot a Western Ghats pass: Thal, Bhor, Khyber, Pal Ghat? → Khyber
UPPCSBhor Ghat – Himachal Pradesh → the wrong pair
UPSC 1990Palghat Gap lies between → the Nilgiris and the Anamalai hills
UPPCSPalghat → Kerala (a correct pair, asked again and again)

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