Correct answer: (c) 3 4 2 1
Explanation
- A
1 3 4 2
Code 1 3 4 2 would give Kerala Dodda Betta, Nagaland Anai Mudi, Uttarakhand Saramati and Tamil Nadu Nanda Devi. Those peaks sit in the wrong states. The matching collapses at the first pair.
- B
2 3 4 1
Code 2 3 4 1 would give Kerala Nanda Devi and Tamil Nadu Dodda Betta after a scrambled middle. Nanda Devi is not in Kerala. This permutation is false.
- C
3 4 2 1
(c) Official key: 3 4 2 1 matches Kerala–Anai Mudi, Nagaland–Saramati, Uttarakhand–Nanda Devi and Tamil Nadu–Dodda Betta. Anai Mudi is the highest in the Western Ghats (Kerala); Saramati is Nagaland’s high peak; Nanda Devi is Uttarakhand’s iconic summit; Dodda Betta is the Nilgiri high point in Tamil Nadu.
- D
1 2 3 4
Code 1 2 3 4 is the lazy serial match and pairs every state with the wrong peak. It is the uncoded list order, not geography.
Summary. Official key is (c). Remember four peaks: Anai Mudi in Kerala, Saramati in Nagaland, Nanda Devi in Uttarakhand, Dodda Betta in Tamil Nadu. That order is 3-4-2-1 against List-II. Serial 1-2-3-4 and the swapped Ghats-Himalaya codes fail. The official matching is 3 4 2 1.