The highest peak in the Eastern Ghats of India is:

Concept: The Eastern Ghats are a discontinuous chain of low hill ranges (unlike the continuous Western Ghats), so the “highest peak” of the range is whichever isolated hill survey data currently measures as tallest — and that record can change when a more accurate re-survey finds a taller point.

Application: For decades, Mahendragiri (1,501 m, Gajapati district, Odisha) was taught as the highest peak of the Eastern Ghats. In 2011, a survey team (led by Venkat Reddy Y) measured Jindhagada Peak in the Araku Valley, Andhra Pradesh, at 1,690 m — taller than Mahendragiri — and it is now recognised as the actual highest point of the Eastern Ghats. Since Jindhagada Peak is not one of the named peaks offered here, none of the listed peaks is correct.

Cross-check — why each named peak fails:

• Anai Mudi (2,695 m) is the highest peak of the Western Ghats (and of peninsular India), not the Eastern Ghats.

• Kanchenjunga (8,586 m) lies in the Himalayas, unconnected to either Ghat range.

• Mahendragiri (1,501 m) was the old textbook answer for the Eastern Ghats, but the 2011 re-survey showed a taller point exists within the same range.

Result: since none of Anai Mudi, Kanchenjunga, or Mahendragiri is the Eastern Ghats' current highest point, the correct choice is “None of the above.”