Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the hills of Central India located from West to East?

The correct sequence from west to east is Satpura, Mahadeo, Maikal and Chhotanagpur, so option B is right. The Satpura range runs east-west across central India, and the Mahadeo hills form its eastward continuation in Madhya Pradesh, around Pachmarhi. The Maikal range lies further east and runs into Amarkantak, where the Narmada and Son rise. The Chhotanagpur Plateau is the easternmost block, spreading across Jharkhand and parts of Odisha, West Bengal and Chhattisgarh.

• Option A is wrong because Maikal lies east of Satpura and Mahadeo, not west of them.
• Option C is wrong because it places Maikal before Mahadeo and Satpura after Mahadeo, which reverses the order.
• Option D is wrong because Maikal lies west of Chhotanagpur, so Chhotanagpur cannot come before it.

This question sits under physiography of India, and the hill ranges explain the Narmada-Son drainage and the Deccan-Gangetic divide. Keep a map in front of you when you revise, because the ordering is easy to memorise wrongly without spatial sense.

Trap: Aspirants often put Maikal beside Satpura because both are associated with the Narmada region. Maikal is the eastern end of that system and sits beyond Mahadeo.