🇵🇰 Pakistan Affairs

K2, the world's second-highest mountain, is also famously known by which of the following names?

A Mount Everest
B Godwin Austen
C Nanga Parbat
D Broad Peak

✓ Correct Answer: Option B

K2 was initially named Mount Godwin Austen after Henry Haversham Godwin Austen, who was part of the survey team that first surveyed the peak.

💡 Why is B) the correct answer?

The correct answer to the question "K2, the world's second-highest mountain, is also famously known by which of the following names?" is Option B: Godwin Austen.

The other options — A) Mount Everest, C) Nanga Parbat, D) Broad Peak — are incorrect for this Pakistan Affairs question. As explained above: K2 was initially named Mount Godwin Austen after Henry Haversham Godwin Austen, who was part of the survey team that first surveyed the peak.

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